Wes Fryer, a blogger I have been following for many years, has created a wonderful resource page called “Mapping Media to the Curriculum” page.
He starts with the simple question:
What do you want to create today?
Take a look… there are MANY examples from the classroom. See what inspires you? See how you can upgrade a traditionally taught lesson or project?
It is not just about the fun and tech “wow” such upgrades can bring, but about the valuable and necessary skills we are exposing our students to (at their developmentally appropriate stage). Skills they will need for THEIR future. Remember what Heidi Hayes Jacobs always says:
“What year are YOU preparing your students for?”
These skills, these kind of media ARE their world. Traditional skills and literacies (reading, writing, etc) are embedded as you are upgrading.
Thanks for the shout-out for my Mapping Media to the Curriculum site. I’m working on this as my next eBook, and should have all 12 of the media options “drafted out” in the next couple weeks. I still lack four more… The pages are there, I just need to add the content in them. If you have any suggestions on improving this project please let me know. I’m planning to create a framework for teachers to earn badges for creating personal media projects as well as facilitating student media projects for each media type, using Mozilla’s open badges project.
“@mrneedleman: What do [your students] want to create today? http://t.co/A0uHsrWp”