Student+Integration+Work


 * STUDENT WORK**


 * Laptops for Research, Writing and Note Taking**
 * Trevor Payne** and **Alan Mezger** both encourage students to use laptops, Microsoft Word, and the Internet during lectures as a way to take notes and to research information as it's being discussed.


 * Interactive PowerPoints**
 * Carl Rosin,** **Paul Wright,** and **Roseann Burns** asked students to use PowerPoint and create an [|interactive digital lab report] to document the dissection of a sheep's brain. This was done as part of class exploration of consciousness. (Senior Seminar)

Kathy Pearsall Todd Miller
 * Inspiration**

Carl Rosin with 9th grade American Literature, Academic class used Audacity to record a conference call with an outside expert.
 * Podcasts (using Audacity)**


 * Trevor** **Payne and Rick Dunbar** required students to create a radio address that a leader of a political party might have delivered over the German airways during the Reichstag elections of 1932. This was one piece of a larger project called [|Propoganda: Mass Media and Mythology]. (Western Civilizations, 9th Grade, Honors)

TJ Neary used Poll Everywhere in several classes. He created a multiple choice format in conjunction with an anticipation guide for //Romeo & Juliet// and with a critical interpretation activity. Students used their cell phone to respond to the survey. In Global Issues (10th grade interdisciplinary), we used the free response format to brainstorm ideas based on a given prompt. He comments, though, that while fun and entertaining, it didn't feel practical and left room for some inappropriate language in the responses.
 * Online Surveys**

**Google Groups** Carl Rosin and Jessica Verguldi-Scott Rob King TJ Neary Todd Miller ** Google Docs ** This tool, by far and away, has become the most widely used Web 2.0 tool by CFF faculty. A couple of highlights...
 * Kathy Pearsall's ** AP students used google docs a couple of times this year. She wanted to find a way for small groups to interact with one another when discussing the choral odes in Oedipus Rex; She also wanted a single product from the group.

Stephanie Sturdivant used Google Docs primarily for peer editing two critical analysis essays. She also ecouraged students to use it as a place to store work. (World Literature, 10th grade, Honors and College Prep) Terri Parkinson

Janee Peterson Kelly Ryan Glen Jaskelwicz **Social Networking Sites** Abby Daniels Todd Miller As part of reading the short story //Paul's Case// by Willa Cather, **Jeanne Lynam's** students were assigned a role (teacher, neighbor, classmate or family member), and after joining the Ning, created an online profile a person in that role. They then responded to questions about the main character of the short story in voice of their person. **Video Production** **Colleen Myers** and **Bob Hostetler** asked their students to create a Meet the Press-style **television show** as the culmination of their study on the 2009 Presidential Elections. It comes complete with commercials and political ads! This was a major collaboration with Radnor HS television studio. **PhotoEssays** **Rob King**'s students created historical photo documentaries on subjects of their choosing. (AP US History) **Alexis Swinehart**'s students created movie trailers that summarize the plots of their choice reading books. (Essentials of Literacy) **Blogging** **Paul Wright** and **Carl Rosin** asked their students to Blog during election night. A great use of a tool that has provided a venue for and arecord of students' thinking in the moment. http://www.rtsd.org/599926298254/Blog/browse.asp?C=58192&A=398&DomainID=&PostID=465&Month=0 **Paul Wright** used a Schoolwires blog several times this year. He was especially satisfied with a blogging activity  that asked students to read and react not only to poems they were studying, but to classmates' posts as well. (Western Civilizations, 9th grade, Academic and College Prep) **Backchanneling/Microblogging** Carl Rosin **Online Note Taking** ** Jessica Virguldi-Scott ** 's students chose a genre of music from eras discussed in class. They were required to write a research paper showing how the music reflected the culture of the time. They used  Noodle Tools  to record and save research notes on line as well as to make sure that all reference information was recorded in proper MLA format. For information, contact Ilene Goldis! (American Literature, 11th grade, College Prep)