Hi y'all! My name is Carrie Fisher. In the fall I will begin my twenty third year of teaching, and my fifth year of providing reading and math intervention to our kindergarten through fifth grade MES Roadrunners!
Now that my own children have all completed elementary school, I would love to teach theatre at the middle school level. Through theatre, I could help students grow their literacy analysis, vocabulary, fluency, and critical thinking skills while developing a love of theatre. While I have not taught theatre in my professional career, I believe finishing out my career at the middle school level would be a welcome challenge.
One of the aspects of teaching I love the most is creating assignments that allow students to utilize their creativity in showing what they know. The ISTE standard, Innovative Designer, expects "students use a variety of technologies within a design process to, identify and solve problems by creating, new, useful or imaginative solutions" (ISTE standards: Students 2017).
In order to support Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) 4.11, the writing process, and TEKS 4.13h, choosing a mode of delivery using ITSE standard four, I would have the students research elements of fairy tales, compose an original fairy tales, then publish their story as a digital book. Students would use choose from a variety of design tools to create their book. As they create and develop their animations and voice overs, students will have to assess their work and make changes as needed. Students would also provide feedback to their peers in order to make the best digital book experience.
When students are able to choose from a variety of digital tools to create their digital story, they are given the opportunity to experience the Triple E Framework, engagement, enhancement, and extensions of learning goals (Kolb, 2020). Students are engaged because they are making their stories come to life. They are actively involved with their peers solving problems and discussing what is working and what needs improvement.
Their understanding of the writing process and their own writing is brought to life. They must have a strong understanding of the message they want to send their reader and how the message will be created. Students make decisions about where how to break their stories into sections and how illustrations will enhance that part of the story.
Students are able to extend their writing experience. Students enjoy watching their words turn into ideas, then their ideas turn into visual experience such as a digital book. Students also get to experience their peers creativity when their share their artifacts. Students are able to learn from one another at the same time, be entertained by the fantastic stories that being brought to life.
References:
ISTE standards: Students. ISTE. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://www.iste.org/standards/iste-standards-for-students
Kolb, L. (2020). Learning First, technology second in practice: New Strategies, research and tools for Student Success. International Society for Technology in Education.
Texas administrative code. (n.d.). Retrieved June 29, 2022, from https://texreg.sos.state.tx.us/public/readtac$ext.TacPage?
Hi Carrie,
ReplyDeleteYES to the digital book idea! Consider using Scripsi by Student Treasures. It will hit the learning objective you described above, is free, and makes amazing books. This could also be adapted to a lesson that teaches the structure of a play and playwrighting. They could adapt a fairytale into a digital script.
Great thoughts!
So fun! I love the original fairy tales idea. I think your students will really latch onto that project. I'll be excited to see how that turns out. I can see lots of opportunities to teach vocabulary with that type of language!
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