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What Do Teenagers Believe?
January 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Tags: Lessons · Philosophy · Projects · Resources · Teaching · Writing
Announcing Called2BSaints.com
November 1st, 2007 · No Comments
Today’s the day! On this feast of All Saints, my eighth grade class at All Saints Catholic School announces the launch of Called2BSaints.com:
Called 2 B Saints is an online Catholic organization created by teens, for teens. Our mission is to give everyday information from around the world, but to also focus on Catholic events, information, [...]
Tags: Media Literacy · Projects · Site News · Teaching
Real Projects for Real Students
September 24th, 2007 · 4 Comments
This year I’m using a project-based approach to teach my eighth grade English class. The students are in the process of planning a multimedia site consisting of a blog, an audio podcast and a video podcast. Here’s of rough outline of how they’re doing it:
Tags: Education · Lessons · Media Literacy · Projects · Technology
Poetry Multimedia Assignment
June 19th, 2007 · 5 Comments
If you’re teaching students poetry and you want another way for students to react than writing an essay, here’s an activity you might consider:
Materials Needed:
Windows Movie Maker software (available with Windows XP or as a free download)
Librivox.org (for public domain recordings of poetry)
Wikimedia Commons (for public domain images)
Procedure:
Students find a poem they like on Librivox.org [...]


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