Clark H. Maxwell course 3 Post 5

Info-graphic Day

     This past Friday we put our research together into info-graphics.  I have never done one of these or knew what they were until we started this class.  I played around with a few different things.  I heard about this one website from another teacher called easel.ly.  As Friday approached I talked at length with this teacher.  Her class just happened to be researching for their own project that would use this website, it was on textile mill baseball and Shoeless Joe Jackson.  I have had a few family members play in the old textile leagues and talked with some of the students about that.  I also know a good bit about Shoeless Joe.  Well, this teacher had a great idea.  Since I had never done an info-graphic, and they were going to be doing one as well, why don't we combine and kill two birds with one stone.

    She was great.  She got all students logged in and started.  My students have done these before, and they obviously know computers better than I do, so their learning curve was very short.  we managed to finish the whole thing in a little over one class period.  As I helped my students as best I could, I was also on tap for any baseball questions that her students had.  

    I guess you could call this cross curricular and cross grade level.  Her class was 8th graders and mine were 7th.  There were no problems, all students were working diligently.  I was surprised at my students creativity.  A few groups took a generic approach, which was fine.  But a few went above and beyond and turned out some spectacular work.  I am still new to this, so when I finally figure out how to save them and upload them, I will.  Fortunately, the teacher I partnered with knows how to do that.  I cannot thank her enough for doing what she did for me, she did not have to.