My Notecard Confession
I have seen many different types of notecard confessions on Facebook, Twitter, and all over the web. Most of these confessions are personal stories that are emotionally wrenching and is a great way to get across information.This would be really effective in using this as an educational tool can grab our students attention and to get them emotionally involved to the content. The content I decided to make my notecard confession about is the play, Oedipus The King. I felt this would be a great topic to make a confession about because Greek Mythological plays can be daunting and seen as boring. Showing students the amount of emotion and drama within this play was a great elements to add to the notecard confession video. How I made my video was I re-read the play and put sticky notes on the events that were vital in the re-telling of the story. Then for every sticky note I added on to my notecard story. I made sure to chose words that emphasized the sorrow and suspense within the play. Re-reading the plot line through the notecards was really exciting because, even though I knew the story, it was still suspenseful and gut-wrenching. Actually making my video was quite easy, as I used (as I call it a "dragon holder") an iPad stand. I hooked it onto the table and placed my iPad within the holder and began practicing with the notecards. Flipping each individual notecard got trickier the more takes I did, so I had to really focus on flipping one notecard at a time and going slow. However, looking back at the video now, this project was very satisfying and rewarding to watch.
Within my classroom, this would be a great excessive in given circumstances and character development. As I did within my video, I read a play and then did a character analysis over the title character. Within my secondary education theatre classroom, I could allow my students to create a notecard confession over a play we are talking about in class. This way, the student reads the play, they think critically about what a certain character and all characters are thinking, and thinking deeply about why characters did the things they did. I think Notecard Confessions would get students engaged within technology, theatre, and their own creativity , and would create a positive, critically thinking, and worth while excessive in the classroom.
Within my classroom, this would be a great excessive in given circumstances and character development. As I did within my video, I read a play and then did a character analysis over the title character. Within my secondary education theatre classroom, I could allow my students to create a notecard confession over a play we are talking about in class. This way, the student reads the play, they think critically about what a certain character and all characters are thinking, and thinking deeply about why characters did the things they did. I think Notecard Confessions would get students engaged within technology, theatre, and their own creativity , and would create a positive, critically thinking, and worth while excessive in the classroom.