Collaborative Project

This has been a challenge right now, but I think the pod casts and discussions will spur me to think more about collaborative opportunities for my students and for members of the National Junior Honor Society, which I co-advise. For Skills Lab, which is mostly writing, I might be able to have students write collaboratively. One thing I do is work on organization, using the video, "The Day Lincoln was Shot" as a starting point for an essay that shows Lincoln as a father, a husband, and a President. The whole class can watch the movie, with group 1 taking notes on one aspect of Lincoln's personality, how he is as a father, while group 2 takes notes on his role as a husband, and the third takes notes on his role as President. Then a student from each group would come together to write the essay, including proofreading and typing. (This needs some refining!)