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Mapping Wordsworth

July 21st, 2013 · 2 Comments

Hi everyone,

Here is our write-up for our project in PDF form, as well as the link to our map again.

LLED 368 Media II Project WRITE UP

Link to our map: http://goo.gl/maps/wZyqk

Cheers,

Katrina, Samantha, Zlatina, Dominic

 

Tags: Media Project II

2 responses so far ↓

  • TMD // Jul 24th 2013 at 3:35 pm

    Dear Katrina, Samantha, Dominic and Zlatina,

    Thanks for leading the class in the Wordsworth mapping activity. I agree that this is an approach that would appeal to kinesthetic learners. As well, it is one that may be modified in a number of ways, such as those we discussed in class (the text may be poetry or prose, fiction or non-fiction, published or written by students, ordered or unordered [with the opportunity for ordering upon return to class], and so on).

    The assessment rubrics you propose are sound. As I noted in class, I particularly like the idea of having students contemplate how the physical location of the text may correspond to content, either through juxtaposition, reinforcement, etc. An activity during the text hunt (if it is set up by the teacher rather than prepared by students), then, might be to encourage discussion of how the situation of the text influences reader understanding.

    As you are aware, challenges include getting permission to move off of school grounds to complete the activity. The ease of arranging this would vary depending on the school location and administrative policies. Substituting QR codes for the map and reducing the area to be explored, as we have seen, is a viable alternate that has a kinesthetic component and can be managed within school grounds. As well, it is possible simply to give students — or have them prepare — paper charts to manage such an activity without requiring digital media.

    Altogether, I think this approach is very promising. Thanks for exploring the activity and presenting it so expertly!

    Best regards,

    Teresa

  • katrinalo // Jul 24th 2013 at 4:36 pm

    Thanks for the feedback, Teresa!

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