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One New Milford High School teacher continues to push the envelop in this area. Earlier in the year I blogged about Mrs. Westbrooks use of Instrgram in her English class as a means for her students to demonstrate conceptual understanding. Today I was super excited to see yet another one of her impressive learning activities. For their last project, her 9th graders had to complete a video explication of a poem dealing with one of the four themes from the year. They used the videos from the Favorite Poem Project as exemplar texts and followed the basic structure of those videos. After Mr. Pevny, another NMHS teacher, gave her some suggestions on how to use iMovie, the kids ran with it.
It them about a week of writing, rehearsing, and creating to finish the explications. In the final versions, students spoke briefly about a poems personal significance. They then read the poem aloud connecting to the poem’s message and its impact on their lives. The major focus for their work was on making personal and original connections and on demonstrating a deep understanding of the text. Therefore, the students emphasized interpretation and the thoughtful recognition of devices that contribute to tone and theme.
Mrs. Westbrook is pretty proud of the results. The video below show the explication of "If" by Rudyard Kipling where one of her students even added extra thoughts to the explication with a second video because he felt he could say more. In his explication, you hear him note the personal and universal significance of the poets message and make productive and substantive points about the poets diction. It was exactly what I Mrs. Westbrook was hoping for.
To view the complete project that Mrs. Westbrook developed click HERE.
How are you or your school using artifacts created with the use of technology as a means for students to demonstrate conceptual mastery and learning?
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