• Digital Poetry
• IMMEX in the Classroom

Digital Poetry at Athens & Veterans Park

Students at Athens and Veterans Park Elementary Schools have been creating their own digital poetry.  See the two samples below (click on images to play):

IMMEX in the Classroom

Students in April McGuire's 8th grade class have been using IMMEX this year.  Read some of their thoughts and comments below on this type of activity.

• Brittney: I thoroughly enjoyed working on the IMMEX program  “Who Messed with Roger Rabbit.”  The details were very realistic and made the person playing the game actually think.  The clues, alibis, and interviews made it seem as though you were an actual investigator working at a crime scene.  I particularly liked the fact that it was set up in a folder which created a sense of an investigator doing his job.  The only part I did not like was the graphics in the rabbit's cage - the berries and ink.  They weren’t very realistic to me.  Other than that, I enjoyed the game, it made me think, and sometimes I got just the littlest bit frustrated, but that made me put the clues together even more.

• Nikki : Overall, I enjoyed the problem set, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit.”  I think that the whole idea was creative and interesting.  The thing I really didn’t like about the set was that it took a while to figure it out.  I also believe it would have been easier if you could view things such as the suspect interviews and eyewitness interviews at the same time.  I thought it was interesting all the ways that you could see the data.  This problem set really made me think.  It wasn’t easy because it could be anybody in any group.  I don’t really know of any other game or project that has made me think in that way to try and solve the problem.  I thought the characters'  names were very interesting, such as Ms. Fizicks.  I enjoyed the problem and I look forward to doing another.

• Amy : I loved the Immex Corporation problem set “Who Messed with Roger Rabbit.”  It was really fun.  It was kind of like Forensic Science when you looked at hair, fiber, and ink samples, but it was challenging too.  The suspects had alibis, student records, and lots of other clues that helped me find the solution.

• Emily: I immensely liked the solution set “Who Messed with Roger Rabbit.”  The program had great details by using pictures, clues, and a realistic crime.  Trying to figure out the solution was very tricky.  You had to look over all the alibis, clues, student records, and even more clues.  Overall I thought the program was extremely fun and interesting.  It made you think like a detective trying to solve a real crime.

• Becca: I think that Who Messed with Rodger Rabbit was cleverly designed and very mind-boggling.  The IMMEX Corporation I think had a neat design and certainly made you think about what you were doing.  Surprisingly, it was actually a lot of fun too!  It was a little confusing, but since it was the first one I’ve ever done, I think inexperience was more the factor there.  I think it’s really cool that we actually get to incorporate  computers into our learning, and I hope we get to solve more of these problem sets.

For more information on using IMMEX with your students, contact Lucinda Sanders.