Beth+Firme

Hi. My name is Beth Firme. I am an 8th and 6th grade English teacher at a middle school in Washington County, Maryland. I've been teaching for about 10 years and am in my 6th year at my current school. I've used wikis before and really like them; hope everyone else has positive experiences with them. I am looking forward to working with this group for our project. Cheers, Beth

App5 was my original copy of the lesson plan. After looking at Luke's and Jennifer's papers, I revamped my original plan to reflect a more organized approach. This is App6 in the lineup. I used a format very much like Jennifer's, but used my own information and changed the presentation a bit. Thanks to Jennifer and Luke for helping me see what it should have looked like in the beginning. I like it better now and I can follow it more easily.

Application 6a is my use of technology and online collaboration using wikispaces and Diigo in the Drummer Boy of Shiloh lesson plan. I extended the Drummer Boy lesson because it is simply an extension of the lesson that I do and I already had this idea to use prior to the start of this class. I hope to implement it soon and see how it goes. It should be interesting if nothing else. Let me know if you see anything that could be changed to be better or more student-friendly.

App7 is the third lesson plan, however, I combined it with lesson plan two becasue the part about digital storytelling is really an extension of the second lesson's research. It is the presentation part, so I extended the lesson to include this portion.