Nancy Barile's article, "A Teen Soap Opera to Learn SAT Vocabulary" is a great example of using technology in the classroom. She had her students, who often spoke English as a second language, write and produce their own soap operas to learn their SAT vocabulary. Each week they had to use fourteen vocabulary words in the dialogue of their screen play. This allowed for vocabulary to be learned in a fun and creative way. When the screen play is produced, the context in which the vocabulary is used in dialogue will stick in their heads and allow them to remember the meaning of each word.
This lesson is a great example of using technology in the classroom. It also gave me another idea about how to incorporate technology into literature lessons. I could have students take Shakespeare's plays and modernize them into a short film. Not only would this help in understanding Shakespeare's often confusing language by putting it into modern context, but it also helps students to remember the plays plots for future courses.
website used: http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/classroom-solutions/2011/01/teen-soap-opera-learn-sat-vocabulary
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