RILS Pitch

So, I chose to do a project involving a great web 2.0 Tool called Glogster.

Here is the plan:

Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario

Joseph P. Hudson

Brief Overview: This is a fun project for students and teachers alike. It allows the creators (students) the ability to express themselves in a safe environment, and still learn different aspects and skills in music and online regarding computers and collaboration.

1.     Target Audience – Students will be in Grade 6.

2.     Materials

a.     Music vocabulary flash cards

b.     Laptops for each group (3 – 4)

                                               i.     iMovie

                                             ii.     iPhoto

c.     Camcorder

d.     Flash-drive (for instructor to keep each group’s project)

3.     Objectives – At the end of the scenario the learner will be able to…

a.     Analyze others work within their own group, as well as the end product of other groups

b.     Design an interactive poster to describe different aspects of education

c.     Define musical terms

4.     Procedure–

a.     Teacher/Instructor splits class into groups of 4 (my classes have 16 students)

b.     Each group is given a set of musical vocabulary terms

                                               i.     Dynamics – volume in music

                                             ii.     Tempos – speed in music

c.     Students research what each term means and come up with their own unique definition for a modern audience to understand

d.     After coming up with their definitions, the groups will start to create their posters, incorporating interesting and interactive ways for the viewer to see the definition the group came up with

e.     In addition to the words, each group MUST incorporate a home-made music video to show the different terms being used using the camcorder and iMovie to edit.

                                               i.     The style is completely up to the students (rock, rap, classical). They must be in the video to get credit.

f.      After creating their poster, they will save the link, and post it to a blog set up by the teacher. They will also send the teacher the link in a Word document.

g.     Each group will grade each other’s work within the group, as well as other group’s finished product.

5.     Web 2.0 Tool – Glogster – Glogster is a Web 2.0 tool that allows the user to be able to create interactive and multi-media posters on a variety of different subjects. Build your own poster, and share it with friends, classmates and teachers. You can incorporate words, photos, videos, and music.

6.     Social Participation/Social learning – Each group will choose a group leader, multi-media person, note-taker, and architect. This way, each student has a function, but must still work together to get their task done. All students in the group must do the research together.

a.     Group Leader – Responsible for keeping the product and making sure things get done on schedule

b.     Multi Media Person – responsible to the formatting of the movie with the group’s input

c.     Note Taker – keeps track of what goes on during discussions, the terms/definitions being used, etc.

d.     Architect – responsible for formulating the layout of the poster with the group’s input

7.     Making Connections

a.     Previous Knowledge – Each student has a knowledge that will show and be utilized in this project

                                               i.     Musical knowledge

                                             ii.     Computer savvy

                                            iii.     Words/Vocabulary

b.     Relevant to them – The song/music video is their choosing. They can use whatever style of music (song is school-appropriate)

c.     Local audience – each group will view and critique the other groups. Therefore, it must be appealing to a majority, not just yourself

8.     Create/Produce – An interactive poster that incorporates various aspects.

a.     Music/Video – Create a music video to explain vocabulary

b.     Interactive definitions

                                               i.     Definitions for ancient words that a modern audience can understand

c.     Collaboration/Teamwork

9.     Assessment – SEE RUBRIC AT BOTTOM

10.  Reflection

a.     Each student will have a GoogleDoc form to fill out regarding his/her experience

                                               i.     Things learned

                                             ii.     How well they think others worked with them

                                            iii.     How well they think they worked with others

                                            iv.     What they liked about the assignment

                                             v.     What they did not like

b.     Teacher/instructor can take the answers from the GoogleDoc to establish the feasibility of the assignment. It can also be used to see if anything was repeated by multiple students, that may be something to change.

TASK                                     WORTH         ST. GRADE               TEACHER GRADE

Working with others               25%                 _________                  _________

Creativity                                25%                 _________                  _________

Student was in video               10%                 _________                  _________

Critique finished                     15%                 _________                  _________

All components asked for       25%                 _________                  _________

            *5% taken off for

            all missing tasks

TOTAL                                              100%               _________                  _________

And my video presentation:

You can also view this at my Viddler site