Futuring

A. How would you "grade" or assess Fox Becomes a Better Person, and School Train?

In order to appropriately assess School Train and Hannah- Fox Becomes a Better Person a rubric would be necessary. The vidoes were both innovative and interesting in their use of digital technology, and as long as all required elements and information required by the assignment are present, "grading" would be straight-forward.


More specifically, for School Train, their assignment asked the students to show they understood the meaning of a metaphor. The students comparison of school to a train clearly displayed their understanding of the term. Their use of technology also displays the amount of digital technology knowledge young people have in our present day.

Also, for Hannah-Fox Becomes a Better Person, without knowing the requirements for the assignment, it is difficult to know if she accomplished the task. I would assess the assignment based on the following:

• Was the story Hannah told an accurate accounting of the story based on cultural knowledge?
• Did the digital technology enhance the story?
• Were all the required elements present in the final project?

B. What impacts could the developments prtrayed in epic2015 have on your classroom, particularly with respect to things like podcasting?

The developments portrayed in epic2015 could have positive and in the classroom. The ability to share information through podcasting could enable students and teachers to have greater access to information needed to enhance the learning process. Conversely, and perhaps it is a bit pessimistic, but podcasting could make cheating more prevalent, without greater diligence by teachers. Another possible negative aspect is the ease of posting information on the web. Information found by students could not be accurate or completely false, and that possibility also requires greater diligence and knowledge by teachers.


C. How might you use Sabrina's piece as a model for something would do with your own students?

How would I use the piece as a model? As I ponder that question, I think about how Sabrina's journey is her personal history and how, as a history teacher, how can I incorporate this type of assignment with my students? One idea is to have students link their personal histories and journey's through school with an historical event or person that inspires them and to continue with their goals for their futures.