Mallory's Paper

      You have the groundwork laid out--you inform your audience that Shakespeare is taught all around the world and that all different cultures can bring in a new perspective on these texts. From your paper, we learn that many people believe that all interpretations of Shakespeare's texts have been made, and so many educators only teach these reused ideas, not willing (or not able?) to think outside the box.

      Now that you've built the foundation, I like that you want your next step to be informing teachers how to get teachers out of this rut, using digital mediums. Like you said, teachers would certainly be out of their element if this is the way they have been taught to teach Shakespeare and how they have been practicing teaching it. If you could find some way to (1) persuade teachers that their methods might need to change, and (2) give them some ideas on how to actually make these changes effective.

      I think a good place for you to start is just to research how teachers are already implementing digital strategies so that students can learn about Shakespeare in new ways and from new perspectives. There are quite a few articles and blogs online that describe these different methods.

      Here's a link to an article about a teacher educating his students in a modern way. As one kid says, these new digital and other modern mediums allow students to interpret Shakespeare in a contemporary way. It's kind of cheesy, but it gets the message across.

http://www.edutopia.org/teaching-shakespeare-digital-media

      This article suggests that the old ways of thinking about Shakespeare tend to intimidate students, or else make them treat Shakespeare as just stuffy writing from a stuffy old man that they can't relate to. Short films, podcasts, blog posts, etc. get Shakespeare into their brains in ways that modern students are used to. Putting Shakespeare into new, digital forms also makes it more relevant, as today's world seems to be trending away from dusty old books toward fresh, visual formats we find on the internet.

      YouTube also appears to be a good place to find proof of the success of this new way of teaching. Many students have posted their projects online. Type "Shakespeare English projects" into a YouTube search and look at the variety of videos you find! Another interesting thing to search for is "Shakespeare student study programs." This brings up a lot of videos from people who are talking about rediscovering Shakespeare and why students should study it and so on and so on. "Teachers study Shakespeare" might be especially helpful to you because it talks about teachers themselves learning about how to help students appreciate it more.

      This is all I can think of right now. If I think of anything else to help you expand your process, I'll let you know!