Teaching the Emerging Literacies
This page highlights some of the curriculum that supports teaching the literacies. It shows places where embedding technology has strengthened what we are able to do in the classroom. For technology that is used on a day-to-day basis click here.
The Sudan Class
Visit the Sudan Class - A documentary course about the history and literature of the Sudan Conflict.
Flat Classroom
MICDS participates with the FlatClassroom project designed by Julie Lindsay and Vicki Davis. It is part of the AP Stats Curriculum. This project helps students sharpen their network, information, and intercultural literacies. You can hear Amy Scheer discuss it here.
Facebook with the Reformers
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Frederick Douglass Speaker Series
Students learned about Frederick Douglass, oratory, and presentation skills.Presentations were ustreamed for students to view themselves later and so parents could watch. View presentations.
Hamlet Videos
Students created their own versions of Hamlet in Sophomore English.
Lord of the Flies Survivor Island
Student in English 9 played a research game on a wiki. They learned collaboration skills by playing on a wiki.
BRIC Nations WikiBook
Students in the BRIC nations class refined their information literacy skills as they created their own textbook. They made use of a number of Web 2.0 tools to create interactive elements to embed in their text.
VoiceThread Stereotypes
Students in English 11 explored sterotypes before and after 1960.
Antigone Graphic
Novels
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Presidential Politics Ads
Students created Ads for the various candidates during the election. Students learned valuable lessons about media and visual literacy while identifying key themes in the election.
World History Research Wiki
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