dragging lee and grant into the blogosphere
DESCRIPTION
Making American history come alive for students can be daunting. Teachers often do not have the time or energy to create engaging, research-based alternatives for their students. ASMSA teachers will share an answer: role-playing Civil War blogs.TRANSCRIPT
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Dragging Lee and Grantinto the Blogosphere
Using Web 2.0 Tools for Primary Source Document Research and Writing
Cliff Happy, Donna Hutchison, and Daniel MoixArkansas School for Mathematics, Sciences, and the Arts
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History @ ASMSA
• Interdisciplinary• Alternative Assessment
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History @ ASMSA
• Interdisciplinary• Alternative Assessment
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History @ ASMSA
• Interdisciplinary• Alternative Assessment
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History @ ASMSA
• Interdisciplinary• Alternative Assessment
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Blog Idea
Purpose:• Deeper understanding• Individual effects• Strategy/Policy • Primary source use• Historical writing
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Just One Problem…
We’re like oil and water– Moix nearly failed AmStud– Happy & Hutch “Don’t know
nothing about no blogs.”
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Blog Project Parameters
• Students select characters• Ten focus events, one per day• Characters create one post
and two comments daily• Writing reflects period,
supported by resources• Citations
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The Good
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The Bad
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The Outstanding
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Expectations
• Greater knowledge of period and events• Deeper understanding of
personal cost of decisions• Refine research skills• Familiarity with primary source
documents• Articulate historical viewpoints
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Surprises
• Avalanche of grading• Students revealed skills/voices
unseen before• Time constraints for students• Quality of research• Disconnect between student/
character identities
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Lessons Learned• Fewer focus events• Lengthen commenting period• Grade with RSS reader• Take more time with project
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Teacher Resource Site
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Teacher Resource Site
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Teacher Resource Site
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Photo Credits
http://flickr.com/photos/prachigauriar/3204278047/
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Photo Credits
http://www.flickr.com/photos/minilaura/2279151013/
Photos used under Creative Commons License
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