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I love using social media platforms to amplify student voice. As the moderator (not manager) who ties the social media platforms to student learning, it’s important to give agency to our learners so that their voices are authentic.
I love using social media platforms to amplify student voice. As the moderator (not manager) who ties the social media platforms to student learning, it’s important to give agency to our learners so that their voices are authentic.
Write On Body
Write On Body
Our ‘Write on Body’ project was inspired by @dearworld, a community that “connects people through their honest stories. [They] believe the space for genuine connection is rare. [They] create those opportunities.”
Photo credit @yunalibra
I did this project with multilinguals in my Literacy Development for grades 9 and 10. Students wrote a personal narrative about their identity, and were asked to think about the importance of powerful words. To feel the weight of their power, they were asked to pick the most powerful words from their writing pieces and write them on their bodies. The results were empowering portraits showcasing their identities, as well as connecting them to a global community.
Through out the project, I used Twitter to showcase the learning experience.
The layout of the whole 'I Am' Unit design is available here sites.google.com/view/cecigg-iam/home - you're welcome to take any ideas, remix and/or embed to your curricula.
The layout of the whole 'I Am' Unit design is available here sites.google.com/view/cecigg-iam/home - you're welcome to take any ideas, remix and/or embed to your curricula.
Using Social Media to Connect w Authors
Using Social Media to Connect w Authors
Start Connecting!
Start Connecting!
Through twitter, we have connected with authors such as Mark Haddon and Samira Ahmed. Those connections encourage students to want to have their voices heard. It is the at the heart of redefinition: connecting with authors of powerful texts read at school – it doesn’t get more authentic than that!
Through twitter, we have connected with authors such as Mark Haddon and Samira Ahmed. Those connections encourage students to want to have their voices heard. It is the at the heart of redefinition: connecting with authors of powerful texts read at school – it doesn’t get more authentic than that!
As we continued to connect with Mark Haddon during our whole class reading of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime', readers continued to interact with Mr. Haddon and even got to do a Q&A.
As we continued to connect with Mark Haddon during our whole class reading of 'The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime', readers continued to interact with Mr. Haddon and even got to do a Q&A.
Book Clubs
Book Clubs
When rolling out our collaborative book club unit, my former teaching partner Jamie Bacigalupo and I were intentional in picking high-quality texts with contemporary authors, especially those with active social media accounts.
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