Revisit Project Based Learning - Start KWL Chart

Project-based Learning Examples PowerPoint

Covers Chapter 5, Project Management Strategies for Teachers and Learners, of Reinventing Project-Based Learning, p. 75 to 91.

You will create an informational digital story, using MovieMaker. This movie MUST focus on a concept within your Project topic. You can make the movie non-fiction or fiction as long as it relates to your topic. This movie will be used as an introduction to a lesson plan for a specific concept within your Project topic. You will need to discuss in lab and post in Blog (as a comment) which team member will work on which digital story. If two members of the team use the same lesson, neither will receive points for this assignment.

Requirements:

1. A title slide
2. An ending credit slide
3. At least one minute and six sub units (six different slides/images) of information on your specific topic
4. Images and/or graphics for each of the six sub units
5. Recorded script that you will need to record in Movie Maker (we will provide headphones)
6. Sound track at least for the title slide and the credit slide
7. At least 3 different effects should be used throughout the movie 

Procedure:

You MUST save all slides, images, and music files in the same spot. If you do not, you will run into all kinds of problems. Once you have begin working on your movie, you need to save it in the same spot as your images and music files. Then when you go to work on again, BE SURE to go to your saved project and open it there. IMPORTANT: Save, Save, Save! The more you save, the less chance you have of losing your work.

1. Choose all images and sound files that you will use and save into same spot on your USB keydrive.
2. Import all files into MovieMaker -- both image files and sound files.
3. Once they are imported, place all image files on the Show Timeline in the order you want them to appear.
4. Add text slide by going to Tools and then to Titles and Credits. You will need to choose where you want the text to appear.
5. Add transitions between each slide by going to Tools and then Video Transitions.
6. Add video effects by going to Tools and then Video Effects.
7. You can test your movie by clicking on Play button on the Player on the right-hand side.
8. Add your music.
9. Click on Tools and then Narrate Timeline to record information.
10. Click on Tasks to get to the area in which you are working.
11. Once your movie is completed, you need to click on Finish Movie and follow the directions. This will take several minutes so be patient. If you are working from home, you might have an updated version of MovieMaker which means you will need to Publish Movie.
12. You then need to go to YouTube and click on sign up. You will then click on Upload button. You will then browse for your MovieMaker file -- it will end in .wmv and upload to YouTube. You will receive an URL to link to your YouTube Movie. This link will be posted in Module #5 under Posting of Movie URL.

By now, you should have discovered some new ideas for your Collaborative Project. Therefore, you need to revise your Collaborative Inspiration concept map. This should be discussed as a post in Blog of what changes you have found and what changes need to be changed. You will also need to decide which team member should download the free 30-day trial of Inspiration Trial (10 Megs) Kidspiration Trial (16 Megs)-- be sure that only one group member does this. Then the concept map needs to be revised. (It will be compared to first one for revisions.)

SUBMITTING ASSIGNMENT: Once you have finalized your movie and uploaded it into YouTube, the URL needs to be posted in Module #5 under Posting of Movie URL.

Revised Collaborative Inspiration needs to be posted to your blog. Do not remove the first concept map... they should both be posted.

NOTE: All assignments have specific due dates. Late assignments will lose 10 points for each WEEK they are late. NO EXCEPTIONS!

DUE DATE:YouTube URL posted by 11:59 p.m., Friday, October 30, 2009. Revised Collaborative Inspiration posted on blog by Friday, October 30, 2009.

Movie Rubric

Non-fictional Sample Movie

Fictional Sample Movie

Assistance for use of MovieMaker can be found at the Microsoft website at MovieMaker for Beginners.

Free Music Web Site