Come to Texas!

Ms. Dyer, Ms. Conrad, Mr. Cockroft and Mr. Wrinkle have been keeping their 7th grade students busy as they have been assigned to work for an empresario to get settlers to come to Texas!   First they gathered information about what Texas was like in the 1820s and then created a storyboard plan to create an advertisement using images of Texas, key information from the 1820s and a modern web 2.0 tool -  Animoto.  The results were a commercial that covered the key TEKS for the unit and some great technology skills in creating a multimedia presentation.

The students enjoyed the project as well.  Here are some of their comments:

• "its like a powerpoint but not as boring"
• "This project was very fun and I enjoyed doing it. I liked having the power to be creative and choose my own style."
• "I like that there's a hint of my inner self and style in there"
• "I love how easy it is to make the video, but I don't like the character limit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
• "I loved the animoto itself, it is way easier than powerpoint! I think the most challenging part about this project was find the right pictures."

Here are some student product from this project:

My Come to Texas Project

Lorenzo do Zavala

Come to Lorenzo de Zavala's Colony

Come to Texas - David G Burnet

Come to Texas - Stephen F. Austin

Dewitt County

Come to Burnet County