Name: Mara Edwards

PART A: Describe how students could create and publish an original movie, audio file, podcast, or vodcast in order to achieve
required learning standards. Challenge: For an A provide an idea where the learning activity reaches a LoTi level 4a or
MULTI-MEDIA
AUTHORING
TEMPLATE
above. To do this you will have to design
a project where students
engage in higher-order
thinking and publish their work to an
audience that will use or care about the results. Broad feedback for their work is also a great way to boost interest and
performance.
Grade Level: First Grade
Content Area: Social Studies
Technology Used (check all that apply): Movie Audio Podcast Vodcast Other: (list)
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed:
SS1G3 The student will locate major topographical features of the earth surface
a.
Locate all of the continents:
North America, South America, Africa, Europe,
Asia, Antarctica, and Australia.
b.
Locate the major oceans:
Arctic, Atlantic, Pacific, and Indian.
c.
Identify and describe landforms (mountains, deserts, vall
eys, plains, plateaus, and
coasts)
Brief Description of Learning Experience: What learning standards will be addressed? What will
students and teachers do? How will the project be introduced? How long will it take to complete? What
audience will use/care about the multimedia projects students are creating? How broad is this
audience? How will student work be assessed and by whom? Who will provide feedback to students
about their work?
Withtheguidanceanddirectionoftheteacher,studentswillcollaboratewithasmallgroupofstudentstocreateavideoonone
oftwotopics:
Locatingallofthecontinents

Locatingthemajoroceans
Thestudentsinthegroupwillworktogethertocreateascriptandillustrationsthatwillleadviewerstoabasicknowledgeof
theirtopics.Studentsmaycreateastory,amusicvideo,aninterview,orsimplycreateafactualvideo.Theprojectwilltake
approximately23weeksofinclassworktocreateafinishedproduct,andtheteacherwillneedtocreateavideoshooting
schedulesothatstudentsknowwhentheywillhaveaccesstotheteacherandcameratocreateanylivevideo that they need for
their project. The teacher and their peers will grade the videos using the following criteria:

1. Group Participation and Collaboration

2. Evidence of Contribution
3. Accuracy of Information
4. Video Appearance
Audience Engagement During the process, teachers will have students turn in drafts of scripts, attend conferences with the
teacher, and submit reports on their own evaluation of the process so that everyone is receiving feedback constantly. The finished
project could be of interest to anyone who wanted to learn about these specific topics or to elementary school children learning
about the film process.
Student Engagement/Higher-Order Thinking: What LoTi level would this lesson be and Why?
Which indicators of Engaged Learning are strong and why?
ThislessonisaLoTilevel5.Studentsareassumingadultrolesandpublishingtheirmaterialsforanaudience.Learningis
studentdirectedandallowsstudentstomakechoicesabouttheirlearning.
Thislessonhasseveralindicatorsofengagedlearning.Themostprevalentarecollaboration,teacherfacilitatorandguide,student
producerandteacher,andauthenticmultidisciplinaryandstudentdirectedlearningtasks.Otherindicatorsarecertainlypresent,
butthesearetheonesthatwillhavethemostemphasisduringthisprocess.

Importance of technology: Why is using a multimedia authoring tools critical to the project? Could
the project be completed without this technology? What would be lost without using it? What other
types of technology, if any, are going to be used in the learning experience?