Today I assigned my seventh grade students my first ever project. They are to design a website that details key elements of five major world religions. They will have eight days to create a website with six different webpages, one for each main religion and a homepage that explains why it is important to understand world religions. My key objective here is to promote the acceptance of religious diversity, as it is so prevalent in my school and in my classroom. In my first hour class alone, I have a Buddhist student, a Hindu, Christians, and Muslims. This class already represents 4 of the 5 religions under study! Long story short, this project got off to a great start.
The students love working on the computers, and for some of them, I could not get started fast enough. They wanted to jump right into the project and explore the possibilities. They played with web design, layout, images, text options, and titles. Their final projects are going to be as unique as they are, and I am so excited to see what they come up with!
The students followed my lead, followed my directions, and followed through with the project so far. Technology can be a wonderful thing, and I hope my students learn as much about it as they do about the religions we are studying!
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