As you can see Bloom's Digital Taxonomy is covered and often overlapping within throughout the steps of the project. The most difficult aspect will be writing a poem and analyzing whether that poem will work for the assignment. The lesson begins with UNDERSTANDING the best type of poem to write for the project with digital poetry examples and guidelines given. My own sample poem will also be demonstrated for students to model after. The students will APPLY and EVALUATE images to choose for each slide and the most appropriate font and font size to use. Students will also ANALYZE and EVALUATE music to use for their background. The final level of Bloom's Taxonomy used will be to CREATE their digital poem narrated presentation.
 

Another challenge for the students will be in ensuring the link to their videos work on their portfolios and could fail due to improper file saving. For example, when using Screencast-o-matic, the screencast has to be saved as a video, instead of the other options.  A timeframe issue may also occur when recording the narration and some frustration usually occurs when figuring out how to use the Web 2.0 tool they chose, especially the audio recording software and the best way to use a peripheral microphone. As the teacher, I will demo each tool and point out any problems that may occur, but until the student tries the application on their own they won't feel completely comfortable using it. 

Students experience a variety of emotions in the various steps of the project. Many students who have never written a poem before may be initally "stumped" but after connecting themes and words, they realize they can write a poem and then feel some "creative" success. Most students enjoy searching for the right images and background music, but many tend to spend too much time on this activity. Another fear some students must overcome is hearing the sound of their own voice when recording their narrations, becoming another area to feel successful where they haven't in the past. Other than uploading the video, the final challenge is getting the timings correct and putting the presentation together. All of the projects turn out as wonderful student creations. Here are some poems from last year: The War by Phillip Thompson, Legato by Ricardo Aviles, and Poem by Chyanne Gonzalez. There are more to view on Oxnard High School's SchoolTube channel.