1. Choose Your Own Adventure: Student Writing with a Twist of Technology April Moore & Gil Diaz SBCSS Resources for todays workshop available at http://www.sbcsseport.org/http://www.sbcsseport.org/, click on C, and CABE

2. Why Choose Your Own Adventure? Interactive learning experience Various genres of writing Technology and oral presentation skills High student engagement Interactive learning experience Various genres of writing Technology and oral presentation skills High student engagement

3. The Assignment Students will create a suspenseful narrative essay. They will utilize rising action, climax of the plot, and resolution of the story. Using PowerPoint ®, students will then make an interactive multimedia presentation (similar to the 1980s Choose Your Own Adventure books).Choose Your Own Adventure Students will create a suspenseful narrative essay. They will utilize rising action, climax of the plot, and resolution of the story. Using PowerPoint ®, students will then make an interactive multimedia presentation (similar to the 1980s Choose Your Own Adventure books).Choose Your Own Adventure

4. The Structure

5. Scoring & Grading Writing Presentation Media/technology use –Graphics –Navigation Writing Presentation Media/technology use –Graphics –Navigation

6. Student Examples Sample 1Sample 2 Sample 1Sample 2

7. Equipment Needed Required: Multimedia presentation software such as PowerPoint Inspiration Web Design Software Required: Multimedia presentation software such as PowerPoint Inspiration Web Design Software Optional Modes of capturing digital images Internet Digital Camera Scanner Video camera

8. Group Discussion & Brainstorming How do you envision Choose Your Own Adventure PowerPoint ® presentations in your classroom?

9. Resources & How To Resources for setting up this assignment, along with instructions for using PowerPoint ® are available at http://www.sbcsseport.org/, click on C, and CABE http://www.sbcsseport.org/ Resources for setting up this assignment, along with instructions for using PowerPoint ® are available at http://www.sbcsseport.org/, click on C, and CABE http://www.sbcsseport.org/

10. Credits Thank you to Joseph Machado and Linda Dunseth, 6th Grade Teachers at Denair Middle School