Thursday, June 26, 2008
So, up to this point I have been spending my time familiarizing myself with comic life. I plan to have students use a digital camera to snap some photos of classmates in some type of "emotional" scene. Next, they will use speech balloons to add comments and captions to demonstrate the skill of using quotation marks. I was hoping that the speech bubbles would provide a very clear visual of exactly which words are surrounded by quotation marks in a sentence containing dialog. The photos would also help to show emotion which would help to increase vocabulary (using words other than "said"). I feel as though the air has just been let out of my sails (you can use that as one of your idioms, Andy) concerning my motivation for this project. I had planned to use it in my classroom next year, because I was going to specialize in math and writing, while my partner would handle the rest of language arts. However, I just left a message stating that I would be happy to pursue a position as a math coach. Oh well. I will probably just continue on with this project and share it with my now possibly "former" grade level partners. I have always seen a logical connection between language arts and technology projects that I can incorporate in a third grade classroom, but I am at a loss as to how to create "doable" elementary math projects. Any suggestions?
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Hey Marci,
Congratulations on the Math Coach position!
As for this project, I'd suggest going forward with what you have started developing. I'm sure thet your partners will find it helpful (if they are willing to use technology in their teaching). The project sounds solid and you have some good connections to the ELA standards.
This would also have wonderful applications for ELL and, at the high school level, foreign language.
Wow, I never even thought about the other applications. Thanks :)
Dude!
Put the wind back in your jiboom and keep sailing.
Your idea using comic life is waay cool...regardless of what your status may be next year. Let yourself be creative and have fun with it. As to the math thing try to think outside the stuff classroom teachers are expected to do with daily facts...and approach it with...hmmm, perhaps your love of music and organizing stuff...like a database of songs and how long the average tune is played on the radio or on an album...just thinking out loud. =:)
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