I’m sure everyone is busy with learn at home initiatives right now. I hope you’re all staying healthy and safe and this post can help spark some ideas for remote learning.

Last week I was contacted by an educator in Ottawa thanking me for my Storage War$ media literacy template. It’s always so nice to hear from educators who are using a resource I created in their classrooms! We’ve been chatting over email ever since and I’ve asked her to share her awesome updated “Learn at Home” Storage War$ version with all of you!
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Guest Post by Leslie Mott @MrsMottandclass

I became familiar with Larissa’s innovative and user-friendly approach to enriching the curriculum with technology at a conference several years ago.  I have used her “Storage Wars” activity as a media unit every year and my students love it!  I love the fact that it allows for student choice, provides a range of activities so that all students can access rich learning, and helps students use a variety of forms to express their thinking.  This year I was going to use it, but now that we are learning from home, I started to think about how our students’ experience right now is like the storage locker, filled with artifacts of a very different school experience.  I took Larissa’s project and tweaked it so students’ responses would include a collection of reflections of their new, at home, learning experiences.  The original project was so elegantly laid out that it was easy to modify it to my idea.  I am so grateful to Larissa for generously sharing her wonderful ideas and inspiring me to try making it my own!
Here’s the new version I created for our current remote learning situation, feel free to share and modify!

You can check out the template and make a copy of it by clicking here.

Thank you so much to Leslie for sharing!! I’m excited to share this with my students.

For more learn at home-friendly posts check out:
Digital Books and Online Reading for FSL
Google Drawings 101
Online Escape Games for Students

All the best with your remote “emergency” learn at home endeavors, everyone!