Final+Project

· Use the class timeline to make connections between the communication tools shown. Students will pick one area/category of communication to focus their quest on. (Music, TV, Phone, Print, Theatre, etc...) · Students will select a question that interests them based on one type of communication. · Reflect on their journals · Use class timeline · Brainstorm together · Let students formulate the questions themselves · Focus on getting the question as personal and authentic as possible · If students cannot choose a question on their own, support them with some possible questions: o How can I advocate to the principal that we should get to use cell phones in school? o How can I convince my mom that I should be able to have a .....? o How has technology impacted.... ? o What are the pros and cons... ? o How has .... changed the way I live? o How is my life different from my grandfather's? o What are the differences between Hi-Def and Blue-Ray? o How have safety concerns for children on the Internet changed over the years? Final project should include: · Formal Writing · Multimedia Composition - Visual (Technology Demo) · Oral Presentation Suggestion to teachers: Set smaller, specific due dates with students to help them stay on track. See appendix for project ideas: "Making Meaningful Projects" Other Suggestions: Presentations of the Quest
 * Pursuing the Quest **
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 * Quest Ideas **
 * Timelines – past, present and future of communication format: slide show
 * Pictures of the old, present, future communication tools
 * Collaboration between more than one class (social action projects)
 * Skit - interview, debate, etc....playing the role of an inventor and defending your invention
 * Advertisement using any slideshow or digital storytelling software like [|www.voicethread.com]
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Sample Student Projects