Shakespeare is a must read
for most high school students
but how do you make
Shakespeare interesting
to the iPod generation?
One creative English teacher
is doing this
by mixing Shakespeare
with social media.
He has set up a chat room
for his students
where
he posts questions
and assignments.
Students earn marks by making comments
and by replying to comments
made by other students.
Because students don’t want
to look like idiots
in front of their peers,
they go to class
and pay attention.
And by framing it
in a familiar, fun environment,
old Shakespeare becomes new Bill.
Can you make an old product
new again
by selling it with social media?