Planning,+Process,Product,+Publication

**Colorful Colorado Comes to Life** __**Description of Project:**__ Students were asked to research a famous person or landmark in Colorado history. Students then wrote an introduction to their person/landmark in the first person and created a podcast using the Blabberize podcasting tool. These were then uploaded to a Glogster (online, interactive poster) along with appropriate photos and/or slideshows, text boxes and a link to a significant event that happened in history during their lifetime or when the landmark site was established.

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 * **Task** || **Supporting Documents & Exemplars** ||
 * < ** Planning..........Planning..........Planning..........Planning..........Planning ** ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Planning Meeting** || **Planning Guide Presented at Teacher Team Meeting:**
 * **Project Exemplar** || **Aunt Clara Brown Glogster presented at teacher planning meeting & used as student exemplar:**
 * **Teacher-Created Project Planning Guide** || **Teacher-created project description to use with students:**
 * **Student Graphic Organizers** || **1) Photopeach slide show graphic organizers:**
 * **3rd Grade, Royal Gorge**
 * **4th Grade, Brown Palace**
 * 2) 2nd Grade Mixbook Project:**
 * **Note-taking graphic organizer**
 * **Picture/caption graphic organizer**

|| or 2) Create ONE account (one username and password) to distribute to the students who all use the SAME account to create their project. ||
 * 1** **Student's picture & caption from notes:**
 * 2 Student's picture & caption from notes:**
 * < ** Process...........Process............Process.............Process............Process ** ||
 * **Set up Web 2.0 student accounts** || **1) Set up student accounts and post login/password information on a wiki or someplace accessible to students:**
 * **Create Exemplars for all Web 2.0 tools and steps for students.** || **1) See Glogster exemplar above**


 * Discuss key aspects of exemplar with students:**
 * **keyword search strategies**
 * **types of images**
 * **layout**
 * **font size &** **amount of text to include**
 * **background**
 * ........ --not too busy or distracting**
 * **including text bubbles to direct viewers to links**

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 * 2) Blabberize exemplar:**

http://msfrachetti.wikispaces.com/Podcasting+Resource+Page ||
 * 3) 5th grade booktalk podcast & Wordle exemplar**
 * ("The Hunger Games"--scroll down):**
 * **Pull together and post student research resources** || **All online research resources for this project are posted on the library website at:**
 * http://msfrachetti.wikispaces.com/Research+Resources**


 * 5th grade digital storytelling (booktalk) resources: (Click the "scroll" to link to the student resource page on the library website) .**


 * Additional print resources were pulled together and provided to classroom teachers.** ||
 * **Teach Web 2.0 tools**
 * to classes--whole class**
 * instruction overview** || * **Demonstrate each tool used with tips and tricks.**
 * **Direct students to library website where account information and tutorials are posted.**
 * **IMPORTANT: give students a protocol to follow if they get stuck....**

__**What to do if you get stuck/need help:**__
 * 1) Ask your partner or teammate;**
 * 2) Follow the tutorial posted on the website;**
 * 3) Try to problem-solve with a partner within the tool--use the help menu and/or carefully look at all menu options;**
 * 4) Last option: Raise your hand and ask for help.** ||
 * **Management of Student Work** || * **Teachers created research folders for all printed documents;**
 * **Student folders were created on the school server account for students to save research info., word documents of typed reports (scripts), images, etc.**
 * **Consider using digital lockers, jump drives, email or other easily accessible storage tools;**
 * **Create a spreadsheet or "master list" of student accounts and passwords for teacher access.**


 * Glogster student account spreadsheet:**

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 * Mixbook project student task assignment spreadsheet:**
 * ** Project Publication & Assessment....................Project Publication & Assessment ** ||
 * Publish & Celebrate Student Projects || * Post to a website, then email link to parents and/or send home a parent letter with a description of the project and instructions for how to access student work; See following example: 1) [[file:3rd-4th gr. parent ltr.-CO Landmarks.doc]]
 * Set up a parent and/or school "share fair" to showcase student projects (invite other grade levels and school administrators);
 * Make sure all students know how to access their projects on a website or by logging into the tool it's published within. ||
 * Evaluation || * Create a grading rubric and/or work with the classroom teacher to determine how final projects will be graded. Example of a Grading Rubric for a Middle School Animoto project:[[file:Animoto-Student Rubric.doc]]
 * Create a way for student peer evaluation. See Google spreadsheet example for 5th grade booktalks--click this link and scroll down to "Rate your favorite booktalks form":