The media projects that my students are working on as a component of their persuasive essay assignment are starting to come to a close this week. Many are using Glogster.edu for creating a media experience that complements the message of their essay (this correlation idea was at the heart of our class discussions yesterday — how to align the message of an essay with the message of a multimedia project).
Here is one student example about Rainforests:

And here are a few Powerpoint Presentations — one on saving Armadillos and the other on water pollution:

And finally, one boy is looking into why bats are disappearing and he used our BitStrips Webcomic site to do his project:

Peace (by looking at the world),
Kevin