Today we continued on our WebQuest adventure! We reviewed what a "quest" was and brainstormed what each one of us would want to bring on our own quests. It's funny how many students think about chocolate or a machine gun before normal food and water! We had a good laugh over our answers. :) We reviewed what our "Sound of Music" webquest was about as well as the task set before us. It is based upon the emotions that may be evoked within each of us when we listen to music. The students are currently going through a process of 12 steps/activities to assist in learning how to match pictures/images with text and music to create an intended emotional response. The "quest" is to create with their computer partner an "e-card" designed with a holiday and an intended recipient in mind. They are pretending to be hired by Hallmark and will be doing many activities around the concept of human emotions in order to be able to "speak a common language" when making these electronic greeting cards. The students are currently in the process of bringing in paper greeting cards which we will analyze together. This will help us understand emotional messages sent in greeting cards and how the message directly corresponds with the intended recipient and the holiday in mind. As they go through the webquest they will participate in group activities as well as partner activities to complete the task of creating the card. It should take the rest of the unit to complete the task of creating individual pictures, poetry as the text and the music in a computer program called Garageband. We will keep you posted on how it is going. The students have been really excited beginning this process. Teaching in the 21st century involves meeting them where they are at with technology and going from there. Wish us luck!! Thank you for sharing your child with me today!
PS t-shirt order forms are going home this week. I have attached a copy of this form if you need an additional copy. Please attach payment with the form. Orders will be called in on March 7th.
PS t-shirt order forms are going home this week. I have attached a copy of this form if you need an additional copy. Please attach payment with the form. Orders will be called in on March 7th.