Secret Life

I am pretty excited about a wiki I have created for the 8th grade girls to compliment their study of Sue Monk Kidd's Secret Life Of Bees. It is really a variation on the literature circle concept with 2 teams of 10 alternating chapter coverage of the 14 chapters. Over the course of their study of the book, each student will take on 7 different roles and post to the wiki. I am hopeful that , in addition to creating their own work, they will be creating discussion regarding the observations by their peers as well.

I am looking forward to the whole expereince with the students writing with purpose for a large audience. Should be exciting!

Mr new badge - Free Poverty

I read about this as part of a feed from Free Technology for Teachers. Lots of fun, and it gets substantially harder and quicker. Points are awarded in cups of water . a maximum of 10 cups per correct answer based on the proximaity of your marker to the actual location.
Great fun.
click on the link within the badge to play