English

=English Department= toc

Our Project
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**Reflection**
I thought this activity was wonderful. It was creative and collaborative and relatively easy. And Ashton, our student expert, most definitely could have accomplished what we did in 50 minutes in under five.

**//Task: Poetry Slam!//**
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1. Collect several poems for you all to record into Voicethread to form a "Poetry Slam." 2. Take a photo of your department team...the photo will be used as a backdrop for your poetry slam. Or grab a photo in the "Creative Commons" using Flickrstorm. You may find more info on Flickrstorm by clicking the resources link to the left. 3. Visit voicethread.com and have one person sign in. Upload your photo and record your narrations! I would recommend creating identities under the person's account who signed in for each department member. This will allow each department member to switch identities when it comes to their time for recording their poem. 4. Feel free to either leave an audio comment for your poetry recording or you may leave an audio/video comment (just click the little film icon to do this!). 5. Have fun!
 * Explanation (in the event that the low budget video clip isn't enough direction!):**

[|Matt and Erin's Joyful Noise recital!]

Diversions
1. [|Spell w/Flickr!] Spell your department name and embed it at the top of this page! [|Directions here!] 2. [|Surf author blogs] and see what they're using blogs for. 3. Add links and resources to your department's resource bank below. Surf some of the links in the resource bank to get ideas for future class projects.

Resource Bank
-[|In this project students] share their writing pieces for review with other students. -[|Elementary student] poetry pizzaz! -[|Kids reading] their favorite poetry voicebook! -[|Collaborative Haiku] project-record your own here! -[|The Best Part of Me!] Students publish their writings for your to comment on!