LA Assignment

I continue to be impressed by how capable my students are when it comes to technology. I asked the students to write a social protest poem after reading A Christmas Carol. However, this year I offered an alternative to this assignment. I saw a video called "The Girl Effect" on Oprah, and I thought this would be a perfect fit for social protest. The problem was that I had no idea how the students would create a video like "The Girl Effect." I explained the poetry assignment and showed the video in class. I told the students that I didn’t know how they would create something like this video, but that they could if they knew what they were doing. Of course, most of them had ideas for how to create a video like this. The students are motivated by this format for the assignment. It is due after the break, but I am amazed by what they’ve already accomplished. This experience made me realize that the students are probably my best resource when it comes to technology. I can simply show them an example of what I would like them to do and ask them the best way to go about it. They did not all use the same types of technology, but the end results are the same. I love that! I’m looking forward to seeing their final projects.