Empowered Students Spreading their Voice

Funded Dec 1, 2009

Thank you so much for your generous donation. It means so much to me and to my students. In a world where technological literacies become more and more important it is crucial that we find ways to incorporate these new literacies into our classroom. The donation of the video camera and podcasting equipment allows us to do just this.

The project in which we used the equipment was so much more powerful as students were able to see how they could spread their voice and opinion to a larger public through the Internet. It is truly exciting to see this happen in the classroom. The students put more pride in their written work and went further with revisions and details because they were aware that they were going to be sharing their words with a larger public.

I look forward to finding more ways to use these tools in the classroom to create more engaging assessments and to continue encouraging multiple literacies. Thank you again.”

With gratitude,

Ms. Kelly