Welcome to Our Class!



Teachers:

Mr. Daniel Wiersema and Ms. Kara Kulick

Student Participants: 

(First row from left to right): Jennifer H., Cristelle N., Carlos C., and Carolina V.
(Second row from left to right): Sean R., Noe C., Alexis G., Justice W., Sierra W., and Jeraldin O.

Project Criteria

World Cultures & Geography
Alphabet Book
Each student will complete an Alphabet eBook. This book will contain the following:

1.      A title slide
2.      26 pages (1 page per letter)
·         2-3 sentence description (Written or spoken depending on the medium)
·         Visual or audio:
§ At least 5 videos
§ At least 5 audios
·         One skit (video)
§ Written by student, performed with other iPad project students
·         Pictures  
§ At least 16 pictures or drawings
o   Suggestions: maps

Each slide must represent any of the following:

A person or group of people
o   For example) Nelson Mandela, dictator, European Union, indigenous people
v A place
o   For example) Amazon Rainforest, Panama Canal
v Vocabulary word
o   For example) scarcity, landlocked
v A concept/idea
o   For example) supply & demand, conflict

Commitment:
Students will need to attend Activity Time Tutoring for iPad use teaching, media creation, and extra work as assigned by the teacher. Missing required sessions (and not making them up) will mean that student may be removed from the iPad project.

I _____________________________________ (student name), agree to join Mr. Wiersema and Ms. Kulick’s iPad Project Team. I will attend required tutorials and work times and complete the project on-time.
____________________________________
Student Signature





Project Timeline

Thursday, April 24th, 2014 

* Prospective project students meet with Mr. Wiersema and Ms. Kulick to receive project expectations, learner's contracts, and parent/guardian permission slips (for picture/video appearances).

Due Monday, April 28th

Week 1 (April 28th - May 2nd)
Students will be presented with the self, peer, and teacher rubric (all the same) that their project will be evaluated on
* Students meet with teachers to "test drive" Book Creator app
* Students will make sample videos, create/use pictures, and record sample audio to familiarize themselves with basic functions of the app before use in projects

Week 2 (May 5th - May 9th)

* Students receive "planning guides" for alphabet books.
* Students will decide which people, places, vocabulary, concepts/idea that will be featured in the eBook.
* Students will determine which alphabet entries will feature which media

Week 3 (May 12th - May 16th)

* Students will create media for their eBooks
- Record audio
- Record video
- Insert chosen images
- Illustrate concepts
- Write/film skits

Week 4 (May 19th - May 23rd)

* Students will create media for their eBooks
- Record audio
- Record video
- Insert chosen images
- Illustrate concepts
- Write/film skits

Week 5 (May 26th - May 28th)

* Students will edit and finalize projects for presentation