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 || **Student Examples** || __Shakespeare Historical Research__ Students were to present information on the life and times of Shakespeare using one of three presentation formats: a web-based timeline, a photostory, or a "facebook-style" wiki page. || Wikis, Photostory, [|Dipity Timeline Creator] ||
 * **Project Description** || **Tech Tools Used** || **Documents/Teacher Testimony Podcasts **
 * **English 9**

media type="file" key="Christine Botti--Shakespeare Project.mp3"
 * English Teacher Christine Botti

Wiki Link ** ||  media type="file" key="SHAKESPEARE PHOTOSTORY.wmv" || __Personal Narrative Podcast and Slideshow__ Inspired by NPR's program Story Corps,students were to write a memoir, then use photostory to build a slideshow about the memoir, and audacity to record the story as a podcast. Wikis were used for students to share stories with the class. || Audacity, Photostory, and Wikispaces || 
 * **English 10**

English Teacher Chris Ruggeri <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">media type="file" key="Chris Ruggeri--Story Corps Project.mp3" ** || media type="file" key="States.wmv" || __Shakespeare Dramatic Reading Podcast__ This was one of many choices for a project based activity that concluded a //Julius Caesar// unit. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Audacity || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> ||= <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> media type="file" key="Abby nicole and sarah Caesar read.mp3" || __Final Project__ The goal of this project was for students to showcase specific material/concept from the curriculum using a multimedia format. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Photostory, Moviemaker, Video Cameras, Television Studio || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> ||  || __Photostory Evolution Project__ <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Students developed individual photostory projects to explore topics related to evolution. These topics were introduced in class, then students selected a topic and explored it more in depth and presented their topic using images, text, narration and music. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Photostory || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> Project and Rubric
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**English 10**
 * Brutus' soliloquy**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**AP Biology**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**Bio I**

**Bio Teacher Anita Kennelly** media type="file" key="Anita K Photostory Final.mp3" || media type="file" key="Bradley Gall PS1.wmv" || __Cross curricular wiki-based discussion__ This was an online discussion between English 10 students who just finished reading //Inherit the Wind// and Bio students who had been studying evolution. The discussion was based on several posted readings and students were asked to give input based on what they have been learing in their respective classes. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Wiki ||  || Link to the Wiki || __Ad Campaign Project__** Students worked in small groups of 4-5 to develop, design and present an advertising campaign. The class used a wikispace for collaboration and communication, a web 2.0 graphic organizer called Gliffy to storyboard, and video cameras and movie editing software. || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Wiki page <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">[|Gliffy] <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Moviemaker Video Cameras || <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Class wikipage link || media type="file" key="public speaking com_.avi.flv" ||
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**English 10/Honors Bio I**
 * <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">**Public Speaking