Reflections from Challenge #1

Last week, the Edtech Challenge was to document your students using video as they demonstrated classroom rules and procedures. I also took part in the challenge this week during my lessons with the   5th and 6th graders. Every year our students must sign our district's AUP (acceptable use policy). Instead of just reading through the document with the class, I split the class into collaborative groups and assigned them a specific section of the terms of agreement. Together, each group developed an understanding of their section. After a brief discussion with their group, they then had 10 minutes to  figure out a way to teach their section to the rest of the class. Some groups made a poster, wrote a song, or created a skit. Here is an example of one of the skits created by some 5th graders. They did an awesome job writing and rehearsing this skit in just 10 minutes. The students also used a flip cam to film the video. For this skit, I was asked to play the small role of "mom".

Thank you for the wonderful comments for Edtech Challenge #1. There is always still time to participate!