Cracking Dante’s Inferno is a tough row to hoe for any high school student—but what if the reading assignment was conducted via Twitter?
The exercise “Twitter in Hell” was handed to some lucky seniors at University Laboratory High School at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, after reading the classic tome. Their mission? To write 140-character tweets describing each level in hell as if they were Dante writing to his beloved Beatrice.
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brilliant. i think that naysayers of using tech of this sort just don't have much of a leg to stand on. the arguments for using 'what is out there' just seems overwhelming. i was reading a blog a the other day that said our efforts would be better spent using tools available to us and teaching students ways to use them responsibly than wasting time banning them from learning situations.
ReplyDeleteI do love it. This teacher is really teaching summarization via tweets. It's the same assignment, yet student friendly and engaging simply by changing the input method. Bravo!
ReplyDeleteDan, I agree. We're way past banning. Those who promote banning will have to isolate and separate themselves from the real world. The ease and power of using technology drives learning like never before. Teachers just need to get into the driver's seat and take those behing-the-wheel courses. Even if they drive in the slow lane for awhile with an instructor ever at the ready, teachers must move forward.
ReplyDeleteMy son is a junior in high school. I beleive he would just thrive on this assignment. I'm new to PD, but I still feel an obligation to model this technology. When our district advances to the point where technology is our key catalyst, teachers will have jump on board to survive! That should be our overarching goal.
ReplyDeleteI love it. That teacher is on the cutting edge. We should invite him/her to PALOOZA. "Twit-on"
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