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Poetry Analysis Project

Miss Tubbs, high school English teacher, came to me with an idea for using a digital tool as a means for students to analyze poetry.  I offered three different tools that I felt would engage students so that they could be creative while interpreting poetry.

Tools suggested were...

• Haiku Deck - iPad App
• SMORE - web based
• Thinglink

The following paragraph is Miss Tubbs' wonderful, enlightening reflection of the process.

Here are some samples from the poetry analysis project.  Students chose different poems to analyze.  They had to find a theme in the poem and use three categories of poetic techniques to explain how those techniques created the theme.  While students liked Haiku deck, Smore and Thinglink worked better for this project because they were able to write using complete sentences and be more thorough in their explanations.

Smore student example:

https://www.smore.com/7b6m-the-seven-ages-of-man

Smore teacher example:

https://www.smore.com/hk9p-we-never-know-how-high-we-are?ref=my

Haiku Deck student example:

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/4PxGuN6qCb

Haiku Deck teacher example:

http://www.haikudeck.com/p/0GzexUQmvz/we-never-know

Thinglink student example:

http://www.thinglink.com/scene/381164533370060801

Thinglink teacher example:

https://www.thinglink.com/scene/377903033310248960

Thank you to Miss Tubbs for sharing her reflection and some fantastic student creations!

SMORE For Seventh Grade Safety Poster

Smore.com is a fantastic tool for digital content creation.  Hear the students' reaction to the use of the tech tool!





To complete the project so that it can be shared with the instructor, the students will be filling out a Google Form with the following items.

• First Name
• Last Name
• Class Hour
• Health Teacher
• Smore Link

United States History Movement Creations

At the beginning of the week, our United States History students began a week long learning opportunity.

• Learn about three specific movements in our United States History
• Create a digital document that would explain it using Smore, Thinglink, or MentorMob
• Evaluate peer creations
• Develop a Credo to explain a movement or belief that students were motivated to support

Some fantastic creations were turned in using a Google Form

Smore Example

Thinglink Example

Mentor Mob Example

I am thankful that Miss Wilcox and Mrs. McCumber chose to empower students to be creative, engaged students in the assessment process, and educated them on United States History movements.

*Mr. Krause would have completed the learning experience using the same methods, but with limited computer accessibility was unable to complete the project as stated above.  He did complete the learning experience, but using another approach.

Cardiovascular Case Study

As a completion to a "I am a Doctor and developing a Case Study" to present at a Symposium, we used a Google form to gather all of the web links of online created pieces of information.

This was the follow up to these processes!