Graduate students enrolled in my "Poetry for Children and Young Adults" class at Texas Woman's University have created "poem movies" for selected poems from The Poetry Friday Anthology for Middle School. Each student chose one poem from the anthology and then interpreted it in a short, original, one-minute digital film-- sometimes with input from young people themselves (and with the poet's permission, of course).
I'm so proud of them! They created a wonderful variety of mini-movies offering great examples of how digital technology can be used to interpret and promote poetry for (and with) young people. One student (go, Dana!) even made TWO films-- one offering a literal interpretation of a poem (about a turtle) and the other with a more abstract look at the "shells" we create for ourselves-- highlighting the same poem text for each. All these "poem movies" will be posted one-a-day during National Poetry Month (April). Enjoy!
