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David Sebek

The Role of Video Games in the English Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • In any classroom, a video game can provide a sure-footed entry point into content. Interested in teaching tone?
David Sebek

Questioning Toolkit - 1 views

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    Each district should create a Questioning Toolkit which contains several dozen kinds of questions and questioning tools. This Questioning Toolkit should be printed in large type on posters which reside on classroom walls close by networked, information-rich computers.
David Sebek

How to Bring Screenwriting into the Classroom | Edutopia - 0 views

  • Film producer Allison Vanore, who has two entries in this year's Garden State Film Festival, reflects on why screenwriting is important for students. "It teaches them how films are constructed, that they are stories carefully constructed to make you feel a specific way just like books, television," Vanore says. "It's important to understand the medium we ingest and put out. From a creative standpoint, it gives students another way to create and express themselves."
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    Film producer Allison Vanore, who has two entries in this year's Garden State Film Festival, reflects on why screenwriting is important for students. "It teaches them how films are constructed, that they are stories carefully constructed to make you feel a specific way just like books, television," Vanore says. "It's important to understand the medium we ingest and put out. From a creative standpoint, it gives students another way to create and express themselves."
David Sebek

Argument, Persuasion, or Propaganda? Analyzing World War II Posters - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

  • students analyze World War II posters, chosen from online collections, to explore how argument, persuasion and propaganda differ.
David Sebek

Persuasive Techniques in Advertising - ReadWriteThink - 0 views

  • tudents will learn persuasive techniques used in advertising, specifically, pathos or emotion, logos or logic, and ethos or credibility/character. They will use this knowledge to analyze advertising in a variety of sources: print, television, and Web-based advertising. Students will also explore the concepts of demographics and marketing for a specific audience. The lesson will culminate in the production of an advertisement in one of several various forms of media, intended for a specific demographic.
David Sebek

It's Not a Pipe: Teaching Kids to Read the Media | Edutopia - 0 views

  • The image projected on the screen in the front of the classroom is Magritte's painting of a pipe, including the words, "Ceci n'est pas une pipe." (1) I ask the students to each briefly make a guess why they think Magritte wrote that, since the painting is obviously a pipe. Some volunteers share their guesses with the class. One student nails it. "It's not a pipe; it's a drawing of a pipe!"
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