Literacy Projects Helps Virtual Learning Students
The virtual learning world is still a new one. Many projects, and project ideas, begin in the brick and mortar setting. Teachers in the virtual world are always looking for ways to translate those projects into the virtual setting, especially when thinking of literacy projects for our elementary students. We will show you two examples of literacy projects used in both the hybrid setting, and the virtual setting. One project is a literacy fair used for young students, giving them a chance to dig deep into a book, or author study, and then present it much like a student would at a science fair. The second example is a book trailer, where students read a novel, and then present their book in the form of a digital book trailer. These projects were both implemented by the teacher giving parents and students guidelines, rubrics, and virtual tutorials. The parents and students worked on these projects from home, and then submitted them to the teacher.
Challenges or Obstacles:
- Access to technology
- Comfort with the websites and software (teachers, families, and students)
- Engagement
Benefits and Successes:
- Projects are easy to differentiate based on level of text, difficulty of task, and the student’s ability to comprehend the stories.
- Increased rigor due to asking students to come up with deeper understanding of the texts/author’s work.
- Exposes students to rubrics and makes the project easy to follow
Additional Information:
Click here for a rubric of the 3rd grade book trailer
Click here for examples of the book trailer project
Click here for a powerpoint example of a poster session
Submitted by: Alissa Smith and Amanda Case, Hoosier Academy Virtual School