Writing 4 History

Empowering students to think beyond the school walls

3Who dreamed beyond

the school walls. . .

Mark Zuckerberg Created an online

version of popular game Risk

at 14! Facebook

at 19!

Stevie WonderBlind from birth:

Recorded first major musical hit

at 13!

First movie hit

at 14!

Michael DellBegan tinkering with computers

at 15!

Began his computer company

at 18!

Playing School!

Thinking Beyond the School Walls

W4H• Students THINK

• Students COLLABORATE

• Students WRITE

• Students EDIT

• Students DESIGN

W4HStudents:

PUBLISH

HISTORYFor

CHARITY

ToolsMini-Laptops

Google Docs

Lulu.com

The Asus EeePc Mini-Laptop

Google Docs

Collaborative Writing Process

CollaborativeWriting is like

Lulu.com

OnlineSelf

Publishing

Creates Conversations

about…

CopyrightWho owns content?

What is our responsibility?What is legal?

Creates Conversations

about…

MarketingWhat is a target audience?

How can we reach them?What tools do we use?

ProvideStudents

Opportunities

BREAK DOWN THE SCHOOL WALLS

and

CONNECT TO THE REAL WORLD

Is currently

Check for Updates:•Writing4History Group on Facebook•Our Class Blog— Viva la Historiahttp://dtsdapache.hershey.k12.pa.us/c3e3/amcultclassblog/

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