Prompt #5

As I was reading chapter 5 in Egbert’s book, I was thinking how exciting it would be to be in Mr. Lins’class.I think to be able to create advertisements using the computer and filming their ads would certainly keep students attention and active.Throughout reading the rest of the chapter I was getting energized thinking of how I can utilize all the different activities suggested by Egbert. Egbert’s offers many concepts on using creativity and production in the classroom. Creating a web quest is one of them that I have been introduced to in Dr. Wright’s class.I teach adults and in my basic class we learn how to write thank you notes. We practice them first by writing them and then we type them on the computer.We do not have internet which limits us somewhat so therefore I have to be creative and think of more hands on self generated activities in order to use the technology available to us. We also created holiday cards, students had to make one as an invitation for a class Christmas party. They were allowed to bring guests, no holiday card no guest. I also integrated a newsletter into our activities. I started the framework then invited the students to contribute stories, recipes, family or neighborhood news.