Welcome to the poetry Web Quest!
Over the next few weeks we will use this Web Quest to guide our learning and exploration of poetry. We will listen to and read poetry created by famous poets and amateur poets. We will discuss the features of poetry and then we will create our own poems. We will end the Web Quest by using various tools to take the poems and create unique pieces of art by adding visuals and sound to our words. Remember to be creative and have fun! I look forward to seeing all of your creations!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Educational Value of Animoto
The Sky is a Bowl of Ice
I created this video using Animoto. I found that it was a great tool for making short videos with pictures, music and captions. I could see my class using it to express poetry in a technological way, highlight interesting facts they learned or main ideas from a story. Another potential classroom application is using it as a tool to share highlights from classroom events and celebrations with the community. The free version allows you to create short 30 second clips. 30 seconds is perfect for short poems such as haikus!
Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.
I created this video using Animoto. I found that it was a great tool for making short videos with pictures, music and captions. I could see my class using it to express poetry in a technological way, highlight interesting facts they learned or main ideas from a story. Another potential classroom application is using it as a tool to share highlights from classroom events and celebrations with the community. The free version allows you to create short 30 second clips. 30 seconds is perfect for short poems such as haikus!
Make your own photo slideshow at Animoto.
Sunday, October 6, 2013
Educational Value of Wordle or Tagxedo
When I was a student, I loved writing and reading poetry. I loved and still love how creative and concise it is. In only a few words you can be transported to someplace new, feel the wind in your hair or smell the salt from the ocean. This blog will be used to help share that experience and love with my students.
There are many web 2.0 tools available to use today. Two of the tools that we can use to create art with words are Wordle or Tagxedo. I chose to use Tagxedo because I found it worked without needing to update various applications on my computer. Both are very user friendly and would be easy for students to use. I can see them being applied for a number of applications including: highlighting "juicy" words, spelling words or other vocabulary or theme words. Creating fun labels or name art, creating story covers, or expressing a poem in a unconventional way.
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