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__June 29 NING__
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Teachers can use NING as an interactive tool for posting assignments and other personal files. Students can check NING for assignments and explanations that might not be available in class. In case the students forget an instruction, they can always go back to ning for the clarification, or ask their classmates on the same web page for help. It would be a fun way for students to interact with each other not only about academic stuff but also about personal stuff. they can send birthday wishes, condolences and congratulations for whatever sucesses the accomplish. This can help them see the teacher as a human, and could create a bond which can only make them feel more like a family.

__June 26 Photo Story__

Students will use photo story to create a story board showing the conflict of a character of their choice. Teachers can use the photo story as an alternative to power point when making a presentation on any topic.

__June 25 Power Point with Audio and video__

Students will use power point to create a presentation on a theme in the text. They will be placed in groups to work on these. Teachers can use movie maker to introduce a text that they want to teach. It can also be an excellent way of letting students see their work on film after they have dramatized it.

__June 24 Movie Maker__ Students can use movie maker to create a movie of a scene they will dramatize from the text, depicting how one character deals with conflict.

__June 23__ Students would be asked to create their own newsletters about self esteem. They would have to write poems relating to Bronx Masquerade. There would be a discussion on the steps they would need to take to protect their intellectual property.

__June 22, 2009__

My students could use igoogle to create their own personal pages. They could work in groups to create a one page class magazine on self esteem. The could include features and gadgets which portray their ideas on self esteem. SInce the unit is one on identity this would be a great way to show their individual creativity and talent.

__June 21,2009__

On Friday we learned how to use inspiration. My students would enjoy using this software to create cartoons and clooages. One o fthe projects I assign when I teach Niki Grimes' __Bronx Masquerade__ is for students to chhose a character from the text and make a collage which depicts that person's personality. It is sort of like a character map. They would have fun doing it on Inspiration.

__June 19,2008__

I could use audacity to teach students how to set up and manage their wiki pages.

__ Curriculum Connections 6/17/09 __ Idea #1 My students could use art.com in my English class. One of the activities I often ask them to do is to draw their perception of a poem or selection on a template called sketch to stretch. Art.com would be a creative and fun way of creating visuals for the poem. For example the poem //We Wear The Mask// by Paul Lawrence Dunbar. Students could be asked to draw examples of a mask which they think would fit a classmate’s true personality which they try to hide. There could be a discussion as they share their masks. This could be related to the theme of identity in the poem. This could be a pre-reading activity which allows them to enter the poem, thereby engendering a greater understanding of the historical context in which Dunbar penned these lines.

Idea # 2 6/16/09

Blurb would be great for creating books. On one occasion I asked students to rewrite a fairy tale making it modern. For example Cinderella would not be transported in a carriage but a limousine. On blurb they could write their stories and create appropriate illustration to match the action of the characters. Doing it on the computer would make it more fun than writing or typing it. They could also arrive at the finished product much sooner than they would if they had to do it manually. Those who aspire to become story writers would have found an easy way to do this.

Idea #3 6/17/09

Flyers could be used in a number of ways in this unit. When Romiette and Julio go missing in London Woods, students could make missing person flyers giving information about the incident. They could use the news report given by Conrad Capelle to help them in creating the brochure. Doing it on the computer allows them to insert pictures from WORD. They can even insert animations. They could be asked to publish these on their wiki pages for others to view and critique.