Dynamic Duo: English Teacher + Teacher Librarian!
Webinar Wiki: http://tlvirtualcafe.wikispaces.com/dynamic_duo
Two English teachers from two different schools had their classes develop a script of Romeo and Juliet and perform the play. They used wikispaces in order to collaborate among classmates, as well as with the students of the other class. One school library media specialist acted as a mediator between both classes in order to organize the project and help develop ideas.
Students were excited about this project and were very eager to work hard in order to produce an authentic assessment in the form of a video. Their audience was the separate class, who was also working on an individual video performance. In order to reflect on the procedure throughout the project, students kept blogs. Their final blog entry was a more formal persuasive paper in response to Shakespeare's play.
Students decided to have all Montagues wear red to symbolize their aggression and desire to fight. All the Capulets wore white in their video. The English teacher listened while smiling, excited that the students were initiating a detailed discussion on symbolism on their own.
Here is the link to the wiki created and used by BOTH classes at two separate schools:
http://epicromeoandjuliet.wikispaces.com/
Other random things mentioned throughout the webinar:
Skype--Seek out opportunities to get authors into the classroom. The use of Skype should be explored more with the teacher-librarian relationship.
New accessibility makes it easy for the Teacher Librarian to assist teachers, even remotely.
The role of the media specialist as a facilitator allows the SLMS foster creativity within students and help them explore ideas for projects. The SLMS is able to have an open mind and be a safe place for collaboration.
www.fakemovieposter.com
Despite the fact that the focus of this webinar was a high school project, I found it very helpful in regards to creative ways a SLMS can collaborate with teachers.
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