She asserts the following:
Information retained by Students
Reading 10%
Hearing 20%
Looking at pictures/ graphics 30%
Watching a Demonstration 50%
Talking about the subject (students talking) 70%
Simulating or Doing Something Real 90%
RI Writing Project is in the 90% and we are learning how to help students write by engaging in the task. Toy Hacking used all our critical thinking skills and imagination. How can we use hacking in libraries? Emmanuel shared a Hack into movie trailers, which gave me the idea of hacking into exsiting book trailers. Allowing the students to only see, not hear the trailer. Then they can give voice to the characters as they have experienced them. Got to get tinkering on this nugget.
Wendy! I love the idea of hacking book trailers--kids making their own, giving voice to the characters, etc. Then I thought about kids making digitally produced trailers for their own stories (instead of for someone else's book). How awesome would it be to have trailers for our personal narratives? When I teach Adolescent Literature, I often have my students view book trailers (for the books we've read) made by other students. One of my favorite trailers is for the graphic novel Blankets, which I love, love, love. The trailer was made in Italy and perfectly captures, with the chosen images and song (a soft song by The Cure), the tone and feel of the book. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUIo4uI19Z4
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