Now that standardized testing season is over, I have a cool opportunity for my intervention class. I can teach in a style that is more tech-integrated, more socially-conscious and more authentic. I came inches from having my soul snagged by the Sultans of Standards, but I'm alive. On some level, I now teach with a limp, but I'll recover.
So here is what I would like to do:
I would like to have a two week collaborative unit where students from my seventh hour interact with students from another class. I'll spell out the basics:
1. We, as teachers, would share a blog where we collaborate, offer feedback and set up a general framework for the lessons. I don't think they need to be "common" given the varied contexts of each person's classroom. However, it would be cool to have a similar framework.
2. We create an avenue (I'm thinking a blog on edublogs) where students interact with one another on the two week project. In other words, students would have some method of working together. I'd like this to be tech-integrated, but it wouldn't have to require students to have computers at all times. It could be a computers-once-a-week deal.
My current project ideas are:
- Tech-integrated book clubs, where students post comments on shared blogs about particular books
- Issues in the Community, where students do a community Needs Assessment and compare issues in their communities to issues in other regions (this could also include a service or advocacy project)
My e-mail address is socialvoice@gmail.com
