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Ok. So I spent a few days in the Media Center, sans Cathy Nelson, and had my students complete a project using animoto.com. All things considered…it went really well!! The one major problem that I came across was that only one group was allowed to create a video at a time. That slowed the process down immensely. In fact, I still have a few groups that need to complete their slide show. Some of the videos came out really great. I’ll share a few with you below..

These are just three…there is no way that I can post 50+ of these videos.

In a continual effort to bring podcasting to my 7th graders while still keeping pace with our curriculum, I’ve decided to create an extra credit assignment.  The assignment is simple…write a report about any topic that we have discussed in class.  Record that project on the audacity software.  Add music.  Post podcast.

My vision is that every student would create a different topic and our curriculum will be represented by 100 podcasts.  I’m sure that will happen this school year.

I unveiled the extra credit project about a week ago and just yesterday a student has recorded the first podcast.   This student did his podcast on Adolph Hitler.

hunter-hitler.mp3

It is March and Spring is right around the corner. That means….YANKEES BASEBALL. But enough about me…what about the kids? I’ve decided to allow all my blocks participate in this neat little project. I think they will love it. Once we finish our Unit on World Wars, we will jump right into animoto.com.

Here’s our schedule for the week…2 days late.

Monday, March 3, 2008:

MIRP

CNN Student News

Tuesday, March 4, 2008:

Vocabulary Discussion:

Anti-Semitism, Nuremberg Laws, genocide, concentration camps, liberate, Holocaust

Places to Go:

Auschwitz, Warsaw, Nuremberg

7-5.6 – Vocabulary Log – Holocaust

Wednesday, March 5, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part I

Video Clips

Thursday, March 6, 2008

7-5.6 – Notes – Holocaust – part II

Video Clips

Friday, March 7, 2008

Review Game – Jeopardy??