6th GradeFamous Women Research

Project

Fran FeeleyProject Elite Culminating Activity

June 10, 2010

Voicethread

Standards

Illinois Learning StandardsMiddle/Junior High School

STATE GOAL 5: Use the language arts to acquire, assess and communicate information.

StandardsAASL 21st Century Standards

1. Inquire, think critically, and gain knowledge. 1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry.

2. Draw conclusions, make informed decisions, apply knowledge to new situations, and create new knowledge. 2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings.

Standards3. Share knowledge and participate productively

as members of our democratic society. 3.4.1 Assess the processes by which learning was achieved in order to revise strategies and learn more effectively in the future.

4. Pursue personal and aesthetic growth.

4.3.4 Practice safe and ethical behaviors in personal electronic communication and interaction.

Collaboration6th grade language arts teacherLanguage arts emphasis on research

process and writing processContent

Title PageEarly LifeAccomplishments/ImpactInteresting FactsSummaryBibliography

ActivitiesWeek 1: Project resources. Availability

of prepared citations in many sources.

Week 2: Modeling of Voicethread. School librarian provides a brief overview and demonstration of the basic functionsBrowseCreate [importing images, making comments]

My Voice [including sharing]

ActivitiesWeek 3: In-depth demonstration of

Voicethread functionsconversion of Power Point slides into JPEG’simporting of slides and/or other images into Voicethread

importing slides from public domain sources inside Voicethread

written and audio commentsSetting publishing options and playback options

sharing work products

ActivitiesWeek 4: School librarian reviews APA-style citations and the use of Son of Citation Machine to generate citations. http://citationmachine.net/

Week 5: School librarian reviews Big6 skills. Students offer examples of Big6 reflections on this project that utilize Big6 terminology correctly.

CollaborationOral Presentation?

What oral presentation ?

Getting back on track…

AssessmentTwo assessment rubrics: Teacher and

LibrarianElements assessed:

CONTENT MECHANICS - capitalization, punctuation, spelling

LENGTH – 6 paragraphs; 3-6 minutesETHICAL USE OF INFORMATION – bibliography

INFORMATION LITERACY – Big6 reflections

The Students: Eric & Hannah

25 6th grade students per class in a dual language program

Students require much guidance and support for report writing in both langauges

Hannah: Spanish Langauge Leaner

Erick: English Language Learner

The Work!Erick’s

http://voicethread.com/share/1147464/

Hannah’s http://voicethread.com/#q.b1198172.i6465074

What worked and what did not

Collaboration with teacherUse of library and computer class time

Use of library computer lab for recording

Misunderstanding regarding number of information products

Thank you!

Whew!

Was that under five minutes??