Feedback-Unit+Evaluation

1. How do you feel about the project overall? 2. What did you learn from this project? Address any or all of the following: 3. What was easy for you? 4. What did you struggle with? 5. What could we have done to help you with item #4? 6. Any other suggestions to help us improve this project?
 * Possible Questions for the Student Evaluation Surveys**
 * About poetry in general?
 * About your poem? Your poet?
 * About creating a PowerPoint or Publisher document?(6th grade)
 * About creating a Wiki or video? (8th grade)
 * About working with a partner/group?

1. What went well? 2. Were our objectives met? 3. What do we need to revise? (our own ideas + student comments) 4. Other comments/suggestions?
 * Possible Questions for theTeacher/Librarian/Technology Collaboration Surveys**

I had 3 people critique my project: my co-teacher, Tami Haas; 8th grade teacher, Helen Gunn - from whom I got the idea, and our librarian, Kathy Keck. I sent out the email Thursday morning and asked to have a reply by end of the day Monday.
 * Actual Feedback**

Wow! This is a lot of work. This looks awesome to me. When it is up and running it would be a great place for kids to go when doing our unit. Is there a way you can lock the teachers pages and just open the student pages for the kids to use? Have you looked at others that are out there on the web? I don’t think I’ve seen any as detailed as this one. I would love to use this in my class!
 * From:** Haas, Tamari
 * Sent:** Monday, March 29, 2010 8:50 AM
 * To:** VanHorn, Michelle
 * Subject:** RE: Grad school project

Tami


 * From: ** Gunn, Helen
 * Sent:** Monday, March 29, 2010 1:59 PM
 * To:** VanHorn, Michelle
 * Subject:** RE: Grad school project

Michelle, I love the Wiki that you have created. It’s clear and easy to navigate. I also really like the idea of the Wiki project for the 8th graders. That seems to be an excellent and interesting way for students to really interact with the poem they present. It requires higher level thinking and technology skills. When students have to use hyperlinks to present their analysis, they are forced to see layers of meaning in the work they are presenting. This creates a challenging process of analysis and synthesis—analyzing the work itself and synthesizing the explanatory material contained in the linked documents. I think it also helps them to view both content and form in the poetry. On complex poems, this wiki could repeat the poem twice, once with content related hyperlinks and once with form/sound device explanations. They have to do this in the poetry poster assignment as well. Using color codes to denote literary techniques takes their thinking beyond verbal skills. This employs other “intelligences” or learning styles. I also really like the pictured metaphors in your example poster. Both of these assignments are differentiated. It is possible for students with a lower level of skill to create a product that does not explore the poem in depth, but the same assignment can demonstrate higher level thinking for a more advanced student.

Helen


 * From: ** Keck, Kathleen
 * Sent:** Monday, March 29, 2010 11:42 AM
 * To:** VanHorn, Michelle
 * Subject:** RE: Grad school project

Michelle this is very detailed. Kudos!

One other item for collaboration might be the stories that are done as poems. Mel Glenn has a couple of those that would be good for 8th grade. We had several at CHS. (**MY NOTE**: Kathy used to be the librarian at our high school.) Sones, Hesse, Burg, and Applegate also have fiction stories that are told in poetic form. Of course the Illiad and The Odyssey are classic examples too.

Kathy