Pre Tech English

In our Pre-Tech English class we watched the 1979 movie All Quiet on the Western Front. As part of the reflection piece students were asked to collaborate with another student to create a Photo Story in which they introduced the main characters and summarized the plot. Students were required to use no less than eight and no more than ten slides. They were also asked to identify and comment on a theme from the movie. Another requirement was that students use background sounds, narration, or both. This was the first Photo Story we did in class and it went very well. I used one of the products as part of our presentation at the Dynamic Landscapes conference. In this Photo Story two students used machine gun sounds in the background as a way to recreate the atmosphere of the trenches in WWI as depicted in the movie. One of the students narrated the Photo Story. It was interesting to see how he basically read from the screen for the first few slides but began to move away from the text and more detail in the later slides. This project led to a “This Is Me” Photo Story later on that followed the same basic format. Check out the movie Photo Story below the fold.


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