Friday, November 9, 2012

Grade 6: Performance Task


Grade 6: Online Interactive Poster Planning Sheet



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


Who is the intended audience? What age group?


What is the intended purpose?


What information do you need to include 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 6: Online Interactive Poster Expectations


You have been asked to write a one-page informational report on an animal that will be living at the new zoo!  This report will be displayed on an information screen just outside of the animal’s enclosure for visitors of all ages to read while they are viewing the animal.

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 explains to zoo visitors important and interesting facts about the animal.


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


1.     Design you poster to address a specific target age.
  
2.     Follow all of the Literacy expectations from Miss Errington.

3.     Include the following conventions
·      Title, subtitles
·      Text
·      Relevant pictures
·      Links
·      Youtube video

·      Self-created video (this will be done last in the lab)
o  Introducing visitors to the exhibit
o  Explaining important and interesting information about your animal

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Grade 8: Nov 9

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Grade 8: Online Interactive Poster Planning Sheet



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


Who is the intended audience? What age group?


What is the intended purpose?


What information do you need to attract your audience?


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


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 8: Online Interactive Poster Expectations



Wesley Christian Academy is a great place to learn and grow!

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 Wesley to children.

This poster should attract children not adults. You may choose to target all ages or focus on a specific age group (Grades 1-3, 4-6 or 7-8). 


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


1.     Design you poster for a specific target age.
o   Grade 1-3, 4-6, 7-8 or all grades.
o   Use child-friendly language, colour, etc.

2.     Showcase what makes Wesley Christian Academy unique and special.

For example:
o   Great place to learn: What do you learn? What textbooks do you use?
o   Great teachers
o   Sports
o   Extra-curricular
o   Safe
o   Lunches

3.     Include the following conventions
o   Title, subtitles
o   Text
o   Relevant pictures
Links 
o   Youtube video (of Wesley Christian Academy)

o   Self-created video (this will be done last in the lab)
o   Welcome students to Wesley
o   Why you love Wesley Christian Academy
o   Why students should come to Wesley Christian Academy

Tuesday, November 6, 2012

Grade 3: Nov 6

Basic Computing Functions!


Instructions: Copy and paste this into a new document. Do each of these things. When you are finished: practice your typing on Typingtest.com

Let's practise how to do some basic functions on the computer!

Copy.
Paste.

Create a new document.
Save your document. 
Print your document.

Create a new folder.

Open an existing document.

Grade 4: Nov 6

Basic Computing Functions! PART I


Instructions: Copy and paste this into a new document. Do each of these things. When you are finished: practice your typing on Typingtest.com

Let's practise how to do some basic functions on the computer!

Copy.
Paste.
Create a new document.
Save your document. 
Print your document.

Create a new folder.

Open an existing document. 
PART II 

Let's practice how to make a Table together.
Follow Miss Ali's instructions.
Create a table that looks just like this:



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Typing Test Scores

Date
Language
Time
Test Name
Typing Speed
Errors
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Grade 5: Nov 6

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Student Self-Assessment: My Media Postcard
Instructions: Reflect on what you did. Use complete sentences and include specific details. 



1.    How did I create my Media Postcard? Explain the complete process. (E.g. First I..., Then I..., At the end I...)


2.  What message am  I trying to communicate?

3.    What did I learn about how I use media in my life? (E.g. What types of media do I use in my life? How much time do I spend using media?)


4.    What did I learn about media literacy by creating my Media Postcard? (E.g. What media forms did I learn about? Did I learn how to use different technologies?)


5.    What was the easiest thing about creating my Media Postcard?


6.   What were challenges I faced while creating my Media Postcard? How did I deal with those challenges?


7.     What would  I do differently next time?

Friday, November 2, 2012

Grade 6: Nov 2

PART 1

Glogster

Browse through these online posters on Glogster Edu. http://edu.glogster.com/#glogView
Write down ideas that you might want to use when you create your online poster.
Here are a couple I have created:

 
 

PART 2

 
 

How to Create an Edu Glogster Account 


Go to: http://edu.glogster.com/
Click on: I am a Student!
Sign Up (Do NOT give out personal information!) 

Teacher Code: 4EDC55

Add teacher: EDUCMAli
Add class: WCA Grade 6
Open New Project: Practice Glog 

Watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIhCDKbAoIU&feature=related 

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Grade 4: Nov 1

Basic Computing Functions!


Instructions: Copy and paste this into a new document. Do each of these things. When you are finished: practice your typing on Typingtest.com

Let's practise how to do some basic functions on the computer!

Copy.
Paste.

Create a new document.
Save your document. 
Print your document.

Create a new folder.

Open an existing document.