I always love the collaborative nature of my job. Working across content areas provides a dynamic in learning that celebrates individual contributions by the team that makes the whole greater than its parts. I also enjoy bringing in partners outside of the educational circle to widen the opportunities of my students. In this case the ELL teacher and I tapped into a professional storyteller. This project spanned an entire year and we integrated the use of SKYPE, digital storytelling, iMovie, Videocasting, Google Sites, and many other technology integration. What made this project work was NOT the technology though, it was the use of the tools for the goals we were working toward. Part of those goals was the spoken word and building bravery, and courage, and expression, and having fun with the spoken word. Take a look at the article just published in NJTESOL Voices Magazine. Full story at: http://voices.njtesol-njbe.org/features-sp2018/storytelling-sp18/
Check out the Guest Blogging I contributed to on 52 Weeks on Guided Inquiry Blog Site.
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Author"I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." ~Winston Churchill Archives
May 2018
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