[CALIBK12] Teaching English w/ Technology

[Jo Avery]

You really don't need Photoshop to create a poster.  We do it with MS Word all the time.  Just set your page size to the largest paper/printer you have.  Do the work using word art, text boxes, and imported pictures.  Attached is a poster I got from another librarian of a student created poster.  I show it to students as an example.  If you open it in word, you can click on the various components to see how to edit them.

-----Original Message-----
From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu
[mailto:calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu]On Behalf Of Nickel, Cheryl
Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:08 PM
To: Daydream Queen; CALIBk12
Subject: Re: [CALIBK12] Teaching English w/ Technology


How about some internet research about how to publish your own short stories.

________________________________

From: calibk12-bounces at lists.sjsu.edu on behalf of Daydream Queen
Sent: Tue 9/25/2007 3:50 PM
To: CALIBk12
Subject: [CALIBK12] Teaching English w/ Technology


A teacher asked me for ideas with a project after teaching a series of 9th grade short stories. His goal is to incorporate technology into the final product with a possible business angle to it. i.e. create a movie poster or billboard for the story.  He wants to use technology but I'm not sure these 9th graders have competenct Photoshop skills and such. Do you have any ideas for assignements using technology?

My ideas so far have been: create a podcast or radio commercial for the story/movie version; create a commercial and video tape it. create a blog for the main characters at important points in the story. Create an avaars for the characters...

Any other ideas?

--
Sarah Bosler, LMT
Montclair High School
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
http://mohigh.com <http://mohigh.com/>

_______________________________________________
CALIBK12 site list
CALIBK12 at lists.sjsu.edu
http://lists.sjsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/calibk12

For information about the Calibk12 listserve, please
visit  http://www.calibk12.net.
-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: If we didn't have libraries.doc
Type: application/msword
Size: 21504 bytes
Desc: If we didn't have libraries.doc
Url : http://lists.sjsu.edu/pipermail/calibk12/attachments/20070926/65e28348/attachment.doc