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On this page you will use instructional technology to understand and examine poetry. Upon completing this workshop you will have a new perspective on how to enjoy poems and how to transfer this knowledge and activities to you clasrooms if you are teachers of literatures in English. You may access the days lesson plan at this link;


 * Objectives for this Workshop**


 * 1) You will use [|www.animoto.com] software to show thematic interpretations of the poem//, If We Must Die//, and should effectively add audio and visuals to reinforce interest in poetry.
 * 2) By the end of the workshop, you will identify similarities and differences between world issues and how these issues may be recreated through instructional technologies like voice thread.
 * 3) You will interpret and discuss different issues.
 * 4) By the end of the workshop you will create a screen cast at [|www.screencast.com] in which you will paraphrase a verse of the poem and explain your choices.

Instructions 1. Read the following poem //If We Must Die// by Claude McKay and identify the main theme(s) and the intended audience and discuss the identified themes by posting a comment on the discussion page.



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You will explore the theme in //If We Must Die// and create video clips with music and graphics using the online software [|www.animoto.com] to depict the theme. You may download pictures and music relevant to the theme to enhance your presentations. Go to [|www.animoto.com]. Sign up. Use this software to create your video clip. Embed to the Wiki discussion group page when completed.

3. You will research a worldwide issue which shapes your interpretation of the poem and join a group discussion [|http://voicethread.com/?#u1902877.b2173306.i15585713] or [|www.voicethread.com] with other members in the workshop. (possible themes; mortality, masculinity, warfare and honor) Go to [|www.voicethread.com] and create an account and add the presenter. The presenter's email is cotavs@yahoo.com(Shawnette Williams) and the group members as guests. Choose a world issue which may be related to the poem. Choose your method of recording you may use PowerPoint and or simple make a voice comment. Post your recorded discussions and comments on the groups' voice thread. [|http://voicethread.com/?#u1902877.b2173306.i15585713]

4. Read this second poem. Compare the two poems by Claude McKay //If We Must Die// and The //Plateau//

Identify the major differences between both poems. You may choose one or more of the following topics; theme, tone, mood, who is the poem appealing to, are they sonnets? How do they know that? Which era do they think the poem was written? Then go to [|www.voki.com]. Create a Voki, record a 1 minute analysis of your views of the comparisons/differences. Embed your Voki to Wiki discussion group page

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Finally, paraphrase one of the verses of the poem //The Plateau// By Claude McKay. Go to [|www.screencastOmatic.com]Sign up. Add graphics to reinforce your version of the poem. Present your poem orally. Explain why you use the interpretation you presented. Post your screen cast to the Wiki discussion group page

6. Complete the survey provided for this workshop.

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