October 4, 2010

  • English110 Today:

    ---English 110 students have another batch of My Words* due and they should've found a book + something else at the library while I was gone. So... I'll create a form for them to fill out (similar to the attendance sheet) to record their book + other thing. While that's being sent around, I'll use my new little toy to ("Discussion Ball") see where they are in the research process.
    ---Then, I'll have them create a Visual Definition of one of their My Words. I think.
    ---For Wednesday, they'll have to make a F/P Image** thingie of the next batch of George Carlin pages. Yeah, maybe.
    ---On Wednesday, I'll explain Animoto and have them work on their Video Trailers for P2 that'll be shown next week; I should probably have a sign-up sheet for presentations? OR they could post the link to the Video Trailer to a spot in eCompanion? That'll be easiest, I suppose.

    *Students find/pick five (5) word they do not know the meanings to (or words they want to know more about). Then they research 'em; there are six (6) items of research to find. 1-The word in it's original context. 2-Definition. 3-Part of Speech. 4-Root word or prefix/suffix? 5-Etymology of the word. 6-An original sentence using the word.

    **Find a Creative Commons image on Flickr.com (using Search > Advanced Search > click Creative Commons image > pick a search term > find an image that's not too large or too small > Save As Image to desktop) THEN head to Pixlr.com > Open image from desktop > place text on the image > Save Image again to desktop THEN log into eCollege (ndscsonline.org) and attach the image to the correct spot so the instructor can easily open them up in class for all to view.