2. CONTEXT Language Arts Unit – Animal Farm Find parallel examples of real-life propaganda Deconstruct examples of propaganda
3. Tasks Share real-life examples of propaganda Comment on Purpose and Intended Audience Comment on classmate’s propaganda Focus on Denotations and Connotations
4. Needs Sharing of examples Ease-of-use Manageable Accessible Comments and Feedback Accountability Non-linear
6. Posterous Simple blogging platform Designed for mobile blogging Lifestreaming (Social Streaming) platform like Twitter and Tumblr “...a time-ordered stream of documents that functions as a diary of your electronic life; every document you create and every document other people send you is stored in your lifestream.” Eric Freeman and David Gelernter
7. Ease of Use Manageable Accessible Sharing of Examples
13. Non-Linear Out of the classroom Students can: Review earlier responses Develop responses based on new knowledge Respond to one another Teacher can direct learning based on comments
15. Learning Points The Good Medium that (most) students are familiar with Helped with students who lacked confidence Convenience encourages students Valuable on-demand class resource
16. Learning Points The Not So Good Recalcitrant students Ability to appreciate irony Scaffolding for commentary
18. post@sc-cs2010.posterous.com Suggest other ways Posterous could be used in your class Remember to leave your name in the text of the e-mail! You can try e-mailing pictures or any other media too
