I am very excited about the progress of my final project. I had a tech release day about two weeks ago and half-way through the day, we came up with a great plan. I don't know why or how it took us until after lunch to come up with the idea, but once we began (we= me and the tech specialist) mapping it out on the whiteboard, I couldn't write fast enough to capture all ideas.
My plan is to create a "Survive the Holocaust" activity. My students will be a child of the Holocaust who has to make decisions, based on radio, letters, and other publications that pop up at them at particular decision points, on where to go next in order to survive. Along the way they will encounter other children of the Holocaust who point them in different directions all while teaching them new information, or lending personalized stories about their experiences with the Holocaust. I do not yet know if it will be web based (if I publish it, I will need a bunch of copyright issues...) or web based - but not on the web really... or what... but I know my idea and it is fleshing out in Inspiration whenever I get motivated.
I have learned that in order to get a good amount of work done, I really do need a few hours to get really involved in my work... I can't just sit and jot a few things.... I really need to get involved....