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USA: Lessons in 7 Seconds (Learning World S4E32, 3/3)

606 views · Published 7 May 2014 · 3:07 · Indexed 29 October 2026

Channel: WISE Channel · 2014 · Education

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Using new media technologies to refresh ancient literature classics is a new way to get students involved and interested.The old English epic poem Beowulf would not normally be first choice on the reading list of most teenagers. But high school students in the USA (Springfield, Nebraska) actually enjoy studying it thanks to an innovative idea: Their classes involve acting-out and filming highlights from the poem and posting them on the video-sharing app Vine.

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