1st assignment

a. How would you “grade” or assess Fox Becomes a Better Person, and School Train?

In order to assess projects similar to Fox Becomes a Better Person and School Train, I would have to set up a rubric that encourages the use of the technology and creativity over content in the final outcome. . I consider creativity a subjective concept. I think you can assess on the types of tools utilized in the final outcome. However, these would have to be defined and addressed in the rubric for the final project



b. What impacts could the developments portrayed in epic2015 have on your classroom, particularly with respect to things like podcasting?


I speculate that the impacts of the World Wide Web and the technologies that would coincide with the use would probably result in drastic changes in the education system. One possibility might lend itself to move toward a more virtual high school with the use of podcasts to provide distant learning opportunities with the help of technology similar but more advanced then Blackboard and Illuminate. Schools can be more of a social learning opportunity that are designed to promote social and leisure learning activities.


c. How might you use SabrinaJourney as a model for something you would do with your own students?


I would use SabrinaJourney as a model to get students to try to do a memoir write of their own life. I would incorporate it as a history/writing assignment, but bringing it into the new writing genre of digital storytelling. We would examine a time-line of their lives (similar to the one showcased in the video).
Students could compose various informational type of activities and assignments that would look at the process of content and then storyboarding and use of technology to emphasis and support their writing visually and auditorially.