To say that my students are obsessed with Kid President would be an understatement! Because this week has been our state tests (the CRTs), I had them watch his pep talk. They begged to watch the other videos he has, and I told them if they did their best during the tests, we could check them out in the afternoon. When we watched the video below, I stumbled upon a writing assignment! Gotta love that - best part? They WANTED to write! Even better!
Here is the video we watched:
On the video, Kid President asks:
He originally asked the question on Facebook, and here was one of the responses he shared:
My students asked if they could respond as well. I told them that if it was ok with their parents they could follow Kid President on Twitter or Facebook - a few said they would and a few said they weren't allowed to. One of my gems asked, "Couldn't we just write about it?" Love when they give themselves an assignment!
I made this quick brainstorm template on the Smart Board:
Then it was time for some turn and talk with their partners to fill in some ideas of what would make the World more awesome. I listened in and had a few volunteers write their thoughts on the board.
Here was our final product:
Then I turned the students loose to brainstorm independently in their notebooks. Here are a few brainstorms. I love how they used a variety of graphic organizers to brainstorm.
We will use our brainstorms to compose an essay and also a tweet similar to the Facebook responses shown in the video - it will be a great way to work on summarizing! I will show you their final work next week.
Thank you so much for posting this today - we watched the video - stopped it when he asked the question and then went and started making PPTs to answer the question - my class is in love with Kid President (I love him but hadn't yet showed any of his videos to my class).
I used this video to do a similar brainstorming activity with my 6th graders. I took it a step beyond writing though.
My students designed (and implemented!) their own project to actually make the world a better place. Students chose which world problem they wanted to tackle. Working in small teams, they raised money, held food drives, volunteered, collected bikes, etc.
The best part was them taking charge of their learning ,making a difference, and still covering all the communication standards required.
I'll be writing a post soon about the project on my blog!
I used this video to do a similar brainstorming activity with my 6th graders. I took it a step beyond writing though.
My students designed (and implemented!) their own project to actually make the world a better place. Students chose which world problem they wanted to tackle. Working in small teams, they raised money, held food drives, volunteered, collected bikes, etc.
The best part was them taking charge of their learning ,making a difference, and still covering all the communication standards required.
I'll be writing a post soon about the project on my blog!
Yes! My students LOVE watching the videos. I hadn't thought about applying his questions to writing. Great idea! Thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much for posting this today - we watched the video - stopped it when he asked the question and then went and started making PPTs to answer the question - my class is in love with Kid President (I love him but hadn't yet showed any of his videos to my class).
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I used this video to do a similar brainstorming activity with my 6th graders. I took it a step beyond writing though.
ReplyDeleteMy students designed (and implemented!) their own project to actually make the world a better place. Students chose which world problem they wanted to tackle. Working in small teams, they raised money, held food drives, volunteered, collected bikes, etc.
The best part was them taking charge of their learning ,making a difference, and still covering all the communication standards required.
I'll be writing a post soon about the project on my blog!
I used this video to do a similar brainstorming activity with my 6th graders. I took it a step beyond writing though.
ReplyDeleteMy students designed (and implemented!) their own project to actually make the world a better place. Students chose which world problem they wanted to tackle. Working in small teams, they raised money, held food drives, volunteered, collected bikes, etc.
The best part was them taking charge of their learning ,making a difference, and still covering all the communication standards required.
I'll be writing a post soon about the project on my blog!