Engaging Students With the I AM Poem

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Explore and create : Playground

This is presentation 2 of 3, at station "Bring Learning to Life: Integrate First Person StoryTelling in all Curriculum" within the playground "Digital StoryTelling Playground Bits & Bytes: Powerful Mini Activities to Engage Students"; scroll down to see more details.

Other presentations in this group:

Presentation 1: Topic and Research Comes to Life with Nonfiction Narratives
Presentation 3: Engage Students With the Six Word Biography

Dr. Mary Townsend
See how I AM poems can be used to examine a concept, topic, artifact, historical period or figure, or fictional character in any curricular area from elementary to high school. Create an exemplar you can use in your curricular area to teach students how to create the I AM poem.

Audience:	Teachers
Skill level:	Beginner
Attendee devices:	Devices required
Attendee device specification:	Smartphone: Android, iOS, Windows Laptop: Chromebook, Mac, PC Tablet: Android, Windows, iOS
Participant accounts, software and other materials:	Attendees will be encouraged to download the playground resources in a Google Slides presentation. This presentation will focus on Google Slides, but is tool and device agnostic.
Topic:	Communication & collaboration
Grade level:	9-12
Subject area:	Language arts, Social studies
ISTE Standards:	For Students: Knowledge Constructor Students curate information from digital resources using a variety of tools and methods to create collections of artifacts that demonstrate meaningful connections or conclusions. Creative Communicator Students choose the appropriate platforms and tools for meeting the desired objectives of their creation or communication. Students create original works or responsibly repurpose or remix digital resources into new creations.

Proposal summary

Purpose & objective

Attendees will create an exemplar they can use in their curricular area to teach students how to create the I AM poem.

Outline

Introduction and overview.
Sample poems will be shared with attendees.
Attendees will be encouraged to explore options within their own curricular area.
A template will be shared with attendees so that they can use this with their students in Google Slides.

Supporting research

Five Reasons to use Poetry in the Classroom. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/five-reasons-poetry-needed-schools-elena-aguilar

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Presenters

Dr. Mary Townsend, TWO RIVERS HIGH SCHOOL
ISTE Certified Educator