Incorporating+Technology+in+the+Language+Arts+Classroom

akocis@kasd.org for questions, info, handouts Alison Kocis, Kutztown Area High School

Book trailers: -worked in pairs -Self selected books, (Librarian involved) -Show examples of book trailers - Amazon had a contest - has some trailers online

-Introduce Specifics - Task, Requirements/Rubric, etc -Read novel -Identify important scenes that reflect the characters, conflicts, setting, moods and themes. After each third turn in info. -iMovie - cannot give away ending - had 2 -3 minute time limit -Had planning and production charts that students had to fill out. Storyboarding/Scripting Gave music links - http://freeplaymusic.com/ (gives moods to choose from) BBC Motion Gallery to get clips Stock Footage - for clips -Had iSight cameras in the room -Shared trailers - students rated it/critiqued -teacher surveyed students afterwards - comments were very positive - students liked creative aspect - liked being able to talk to their partner about the novel

Reluctant readers were hooked by this.