January 16th, 2018

Today in class we watched some of our classmates' screencasts and responded to them as characters from the book. We were all given 2 note cards and told to write our names on the backs of both. These note cards were then randomly distributed in the class, and whoever's note card we received would be the screencast we watched. We also got two additional note cards, so we can choose two people's screencast's and watch/respond to them as well. It was really interesting to see everyone's song choice and how they related them to the book. It allowed for us as students to better understand our classmates and see The Great Gatsby from a different perspective.

Throughout our lives, social media has become an extremely important source for news, careers, communication, and so much more. Videos are a large component of social media, and it is vital that we,  as young adults, can interpret and understand videos and other opinions for the rest of our lives. Today's class was a great learning experience for this and allowed students to get to know each other better through their song choice.