Coureur de Bois Glogster

You will find all the information you need to create your Glogster in this blog post. Check it weekly (each Monday) for updates.

Here is your assignment for today:
Monday, January 14, 2013

Name:
Date:

Student Self-Assessment: Coureur de Bois Glog

Instruction: Reflect on the process of creating a Glog. Use complete sentences and include specific details.

1. What is a Glog? What are the conventions of a Glog?
2. How did I create my Glog? Explain the complete process.

3. What techniques did I use to create my Glog? Were any of these new?

4. What message am I trying to communicate?

5. What did I learn about creating a text for a specific audience and purpose? (E.g. How does the audience affect how I design my poster? How does my purpose affect how I design my poster? What did I learn?)

6. What new technologies did I learn about? (E.g. Did I learn how to do anything differently? Did I learn how to create anything new? Did I learn about any new websites? Did I learn how to copy and paste images from the Internet?)

7. What was the easiest thing about creating my Glog?

8. What were the challenges I faced while creating my Glog? How did I deal with those challenges?

9. What would I do differently next time?

10. What did I enjoy the most about creating my Glog?

11. How do you think the assignment could be designed differently?

This is how your work should be formatted:

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Name: Miss Ali
Date: January 14, 2013

Student Self-Assessment:

Coureur de Bois Glog

Instruction: Reflect on the process of creating a Glog. Use complete sentences and include specific details.

1. What is a Glog? What are the conventions of a Glog?

Text should be not bolded. All text should be the same font and size. Leave at least one space between questions. Print double-sided.

2. How did I create my Glog? Explain the complete process.

You title should be centred, underlined and bolded.

3. What techniques did I use to create my Glog? Were any of these new?

Your name and date should at the top. Include your first and last name.

4. What message am I trying to communicate?

There should be sufficient spacing your name/date, title and answers.

All work should be saved as the title. All work should be saved in your Grade’s folders.

Check these expectations before you call Miss Ali to check your work. Miss Ali must approve your work before you begin.

7. What was the easiest thing about creating my Glog?

8. What were the challenges I faced while creating my Glog? How did I deal with those challenges?

9. What would I do differently next time?

10. What did I enjoy the most about creating my Glog?

11. How do you think the assignment could be designed differently?

Tuesday, December 11, 2012
The Rubric and Success Criteria have been updated to include the Log.

Monday, December 10, 2012

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Coureur de Bois Online Interactive Poster

Rubric: Grade 7

^{Due: January 7th, 2013}

Assessed by: Teacher Peer Self

	Level 1	Level 2	Level 3	Level 4
Understanding of Intended Audience (How are the colour, images, vocabulary level, appropriate for Coureur de Bois?)	Demonstrates a limited understanding of what intended audience is by creating a Glog that is not appropriate for the target audience.	Demonstrates an adequate understanding of what intended audience is by creating a Glog that is somewhat appropriate for the target audience.	Demonstrates a competent understanding of what intended audience is by creating a Glog that is appropriate for the target audience.	Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of what intended audience is by creating a Glog that is exceptionally appropriate for the target audience.
Understanding of Intended Purpose (How does the design advertise the job of a Coureur de Bois effectively?)	Demonstrates a limited understanding of what intended purpose is by creating a Glog that is not appropriate for the target purpose.	Demonstrates an adequate understanding of what intended purpose is by creating a Glog that is somewhat appropriate for the target purpose.	Demonstrates a competent understanding of what intended purpose is by creating a Glog that is appropriate for the target purpose.	Demonstrates an exceptional understanding of what intended purpose is by creating a Glog that is exceptionally appropriate for the target purpose.
Glog Conventions (Are all conventions included?)	Includes three or less of the following Glog conventions: embedded video, photographs, moving images, links, pictures.	Includes four, but not all, of the following Glog conventions: embedded video, photographs, moving images, links, pictures.	Includes all of the following Glog conventions: embedded video, photographs, moving images, links, pictures.	Includes more than the following Glog conventions: embedded video, photographs, moving images, links, pictures.
Design and detail (How do the conventions promote the purpose rather than distract or confuse?)	Design unclearly communicates the intended purpose.	Design clearly communicates the intended purpose.	Design clearly and competently communicates the intended purpose.	Design clearly and exceptionally communicates the intended purpose.
Log of Resources (Did I include my log of resources? Is my log completed with the Type of Media, Website, Date Accessed?)	No log is included.	Log is included. Some boxes are incomplete and not filled in properly. Not all resources are logged.	Log is included. All the boxes are filled in properly and completely. Log is clearly readable. All resources are logged.	Log is included. All the boxes are filled in properly and completely. Log is designed well and formatted exceptionally. All resources are logged.

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Coureur de Bois Online Interactive Poster

Success Criteria: Grade 7

Due: December 17^th, 2012

Understanding of Intended Audience Are the colour, images, vocabulary level appropriate for the time period and audience?

o Do the colours and design give the impression that this takes place in the 1800s and deals with the outdoors?

o Are the images professional?

o Do I use slang words?

Understanding of Intended Purpose (How does the design advertise the Coureur de Bois job?)

o Do I include necessary information about the job that potential employees would want to know? (i.e. job description)

o Do I include images that do not relate to the job posting that take away from the Intended Purpose?

Glog Conventions (Have I included…)

o embedded video

o photographs,

o moving images

o links

o pictures

Design and detail (How do the conventions promote the purpose rather than distract or confuse?)

o Are my images too crowded? Are there enough?

o Is my background too colourful/has too many images?

o Do I use too much colour? Is it not colourful enough?

Log of Resources (Did I include my log of resources? Is my log completed with the Type of Media, Website, Date Accessed?)

o Did I hand-in my Log?

o Are all my resources logged?

o Are all the boxes are filled in properly and completely?

o Is my Log easy to read?

Check to see if your Glog includes all of these things to achieve a Level 3. A Level 4 achievement level goes above and beyond these expectations.

Good luck!

Miss Ali

*Reminder: You must create a log of the images and videos you use.

Here is a sample:

Type of Media (i.e. photograph, video, picture)	Source (URL)	Date Located

Here are some helpful links where you can find information and pictures for your Glogster. Remember to include everything you use from the internet in a saved log.

Grade 7: Online Interactive Poster Planning Sheet

Instructions: Answer these questions before beginning to work on your Glog.

Who is the intended audience?

What is the intended purpose?

What information do I need to address the intended purpose?

How will you design your poster to target your specific audience and purpose?

What resources can I use?

What conventions of a Glog will I use?

What techniques will I use?

How will I manage my time to work effectively?

Write a list of things you would like to include in your poster below.

Create a penciled/electronic draft version as well that must be submitted to Miss Ali before you begin working on your Glog online. This draft should consider all of the Expectations.

Reflection Question: What do I think will be most difficult about creating my Glog? What strategies can I use to help me?

Grade 7: Online Interactive Poster Expectations

The life of a Coureur de Bois was dangerous and exciting. Review the material on pages 37-38 of your text and create a 'help wanted' ad for this unique job. Think carefully about the skills and experiences required.

Use the technical skills you have developed on Edu.glogster.com and understanding of Media Literacy concepts: intended audience and intended purpose, to create an online interactive poster that advertises the job of a coureur de bois.

To be successful in this assignment follow the guidelines outlined below:

1. Design you poster to address a specific target audience.

2. Follow all of Miss Li's expectations.

3. Include the following conventions: