Today students were asked to develop their own story. I suggested
a scenario wherein a student went out into the hallway from the classroom and
discovered that something had been taken from their backpack. Students were
welcome to use that scenario or one of their own choosing, but they needed to
develop the story line completely and include several witnesses – some of which
would be unreliable and one or two which would be reliable.
Students could work by themselves, or in groups of two or three.
For those who chose to work with a partner or two, they were
encouraged to divide the workload evenly, email each other so that one person
in the group would receive all of the parts of the story so they could copy and paste the
completed story into a new post on our student blogs.
Several of the children were uncertain if parents would allow them
to use email. I am hoping that for the purposes of the school assignment this
one time request could be accommodated. However, I also told the class that if
the collaboration part can't be made to work, I will not be concerned. Instead
at the very least they should come to school Monday morning with their portion
typed and saved to a thumb drive or memory stick.
