Creativity+and+Innovation

Back to Previous Page Use a classroom blog to have students summarize the day's lesson, ask sample quiz questions of each other, or share examples of their work. Save documents or sound files to the teacher's MySchool folder. The teacher can select and add the files to [|http://hsblog.ortn.edu] Saved student work can become a digital portfolio of their academic progress. Students can present mini-documentaries of local interest, or of their research on a topic.
 * Publishing Student Work**

Create a classroom, project, or group assignment wiki. Students can demonstrate the results of their project using either presentation software, word processing, web page, digital images or video of 3D products, desktop publishing. All could be published online. Continue classroom discussions using forums or blogs. Create parallel timelines comparing history, science and art developments side-by-side.
 * Collaboration**

Always powerful, and as often repeated, a picture IS worth a thousand words. Student video productions can be a series of still images or movies that show their learning in new ways. Use Windows Movie Maker or iMovie to edit and produce the videos. Use Picasa or PhotoStory 3 to make slide shows of still images. Students can role play in the learned language and capture with a video camera or webcam.
 * Digital Images**

EPals Students can learn about other cultures while practicing their language skills. Students can create lessons for younger students, or leave advice for the upcoming classes about how to "survive" your class.