For this blog post, I watched a video of a ninth grade English class from a high school in West Virginia. The class was comparing the Renaissance period to the contemporary era that we live in. Essentially, the teacher asked the student to make connections between the art, literature, and architecture of Shakespeare's time period … Continue reading Distributed Cognition

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Content (20 points) The student produces an original, personal narrative piece in the form of a video in order to tell a story to their audience. The student should ideally choose to tell a story that they are passionate about. Students are encouraged to use their own original photos and videos for their project, however … Continue reading Blog Post Eight: Digital Story Assessment

Despite all the negative aspects of this pandemic and its transition to online / distance learning, we are still able to see each other in "class" with available technology. Normally, I would be going to my placement at Beachwood High School, but I no longer can given these special circumstances. Fortunately, we are still able … Continue reading Blog Post Seven: Access to Technology

This is the voice-over narration that I will make for my digital storytelling project. I love reading. Every year, my New Year's Resolution is to read more books than the year before. One of the best purchases I ever made was an Ikea bookshelf for all of my novels. Reading offers me a nice escape … Continue reading Blog Post Five: Digital Storytelling Script

My placement this semester was (before schools were shut down due to the Coronavirus) at Beachwood High School. I was working with the ninth and eleventh graders in their English classes. The freshmen at BHS are required to take an introductory survey course, while the juniors take American literature. Even though technology is widely and … Continue reading Blog Post Four: Reflections about My Students

I am not aspiring to be a math teacher. However, I wish that my math teachers had incorporated more computer games such as "Pienado" from PBSkids.org into our classroom setting. Perhaps I was too young at the time? Laptops and tablets were not as feasible a resource as they are today. While I was playing … Continue reading Playing “Pienado” Part 2

The actual play time For this video game assignment, I chose an educational computer game from PBS Kids. There is a series of games for older children--perhaps a middle school age--called the "odd squad". I started playing a game called "pienado" (pies hurling at the audience like a tornado). https://pbskids.org/oddsquad/games/pienado/ There are lots of "odd … Continue reading Blog Post 2: first post about video gaming

Personal information1. What is your first name? Please use your preferred name, nick name, etc. Do you have preferred pronouns? My first name is Kaitlin (you actually might not have known that since my title is "Miss Peffer's Blog"). You can call me Kaitlin; I would prefer that. A long time ago back in high school--I … Continue reading Blog Post One: Class Survey