Novels+and+My+Space

Novels and MySpace - Resources and Notes: Presenters - Michele Witmyer and Fred Griffiths
Started as a new way to introduce a unit on the Renaissance. She used a webquest that she tweaked for her own use.

Research the Renaissance era for culture, food, etc. Given some guidelines for the persona they were to create. Create a Character Formulate a "My Space" profile Diary entry

She used Wikispaces for it - provided She created her Webquest in iWeb. Easy to put on Moodle as a file instead of a website.

Assessed the final product with a rubric.

[|Wikispaces is still giving away free sites to teachers.] [|Wikispace FAQ for Teachers] (go here to find out how to have them create student accounts).

This is a zipped file that contains Michele's directions and resources: