Silvia Tolisano, the author of the Langwitches blog, created a post on May 26, 2014 about "Telling a Story with Data." In her blog she discussed a class of sixth graders who were learning how to take data, analyze it, and tell a story with their findings. What their instructor, Laurel Janewinz, was able able to do with her technique was check her students ability to understand the concepts and their way to communicate the information. Once her students analyzed the information they then created charts and graphs to help others comprehend the new found knowledge. Thus, telling a story with the data.
Tolisano made another intriguing post on May 28, 2014. This post was called "Back to the Future Project: Life Cycle Snapshots in Target Language." In the post she discusses a Portuguese seventh and eighth grade teacher who had her students work on target language in the Life Cycle unit. The students were taught vocabulary and traditions from birth through adolescense, through adulthood to retirement. The task she gave her students was to create a character and a fake Facebook page to document their character's life. She had the students update the ficticious character's Facebook frequently which allowed them to engage with others using social media while learning.
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