Student 2.0 as "Homework Artist" (or: breathtaking grammar)

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Student 2.0 as "Homework Artist" (or: breathtaking grammar)

More in that quest Doug Belshaw mentioned: how to take student presentations beyond the god-awful Powerpoint or nose-against-the-notecard varieties.

Student Amy made this for our Sentence Style wiki. Projected it on the screen via LCD, and I was spellbound. Watch the creativity, as grammar homework approaches film art.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=68SsLKIyYEg[/youtube]

Have I mentioned I’m amazed? I want to interview this girl about her attitude while she made this. I mean, it’s grammar, for crying out loud. But it seems not to be, in her hands.Maybe she’ll agree to a Skypecast interview. Hope so. [Update: She did. It's here.]

And isn’t this better than reading a textbook section about this pattern? Anybody want to buy Amy’s lesson instead? I’m sure she’d sell it for a fair price.

[Postscript: "But at my back, I always hear / The teacher cynics drawing near....". So: Yes, Amy was front and center, body and voice, to clarify and answer and speak.]

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Written by Clay Burell

February 14th, 2007 at 11:20 pm

Posted in guest bloggers, language arts, project-based learning, school reform, video

Tagged with lessons, multimedia, student 2.0, teaching, textbooks, video

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Hi, yes, I spoke with Doug about your first post. Very impressed. The young lady concerned is clearly creative, shes left handed isnt she?

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Kristian

15 Feb 07 at 3:36 pm
I would to listen to your skypecast interview with her. But the link doesn’t work… any chances it can be fixed so I can have a look??

Talia’s last blog post..How To Create a Quiz in Moodle

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Talia

13 Mar 08 at 12:02 pm
Talia - wow, you’re back in Feb. 07! But I love Amy’s work still, and thanks to you, fixed the link. You should be able to find the podcast now.

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Clay Burell

13 Mar 08 at 12:51 pm