6th-Graders on Excellence

What do 6th-graders have to say on the subject of excellence?

Here is my recent work with a colleague's class. I asked these students to respond to photographs that suggested "excellence" (a photograph of Judith Jamieson dancing jubilantly, a photograph of a soccer player sitting on the field looking dejected). Then we moved on to voicethread.com , where they responded to photographs of students as well as their own drawings depicting excellence. Their observations are pretty marvelous!

They were excited about this project and eager to try all the aspects of the voicethread application. I could see this tool being used in all kinds of new ways in the classroom!