I think smiling is underrated in the classroom. Sounds like you are making your points and tickling your audience a bit in the process.
Lori On 10/8/07 5:11 PM, "TLP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As I have been preparing for an upcoming conference in which I will be > presenting virtual classrooms al la Study Wiz. I have a question for > those of you in the audience. I am using an Imovie, its really cool > with some special effects to look like a Harry Potter Booklet, ( I > will be wearing a Wizard hat after all the presentation is titles, > "Study Wizardry!" The movie features me being overloaded with binders, > and spiral notebooks, lost assignments and the like leading up to my > pleasure at the ease of managing work using a virtual classroom. Most > of the movie is my kids and their various interactions with the > program, using an elocker to store work, both finished and unfinished, > retrieving assignments and due dates, having discussions through the > discussion board, group writing, responding to podcasts, creating > their own, and my favorite, a link to our online poetry slam. The > presentation involves my colleague who will be doing a power point for > the first half and then I will complete the next half hour. The movie > is about 15 minutes so I will spend the last 15 minutes discussing the > notion of virtual classrooms and ways in which teachers can get > started. I plan on sharing our literacy workshop as a great starting > point. I believe the blog and discussion board works for any subject > as as being "literate" in any content area is key to success in a > subject... > > So back to my question. > > What do you like to see when viewing a presentation? Am I being too > hokey with the Wizard thing? I am having a lot of fun with it but > ...what do you think? -- Lori Jackson District Literacy Coach & Mentor Todd County School District Box 87 Mission SD 57555 http:www.tcsdk12.org ph. 605.856.2211 Literacies for All Summer Institute July 17-20. 2008 Tucson, Arizona _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
