MULTI-MEDIA AUTHORING TEMPLATE

Name: Rachel Allman

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 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: 1st grade
Content Area: Science
Technology Used (check all that apply): Movie Audio Podcast Vodcast
Other: (list)
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: S1E1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate
weather data to identify weather patterns.
d. Analyze data to identify seasonal patterns of change. (Clarification statement: Examples could
include temperature, rainfall/snowfall, and changes to the environment.)

Brief Description of Learning Experience: As you address the standards, 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? (Overview should be
a minimum of 2 paragraphs)

The students will be creating their own movie on one or all of the four seasons using Windows Movie
Maker. The students will search online for different pictures to represent the season (s). The students will
also search for or create their own sound to add to the movie while the pictures are playing. The students
will have the opportunity to search for a video clip or create one to include in their Season Movie.

The students will save and publish their movies to upload onto the classroom blog. The students will
also print out their movie images and create a display for the hall room outside of the classroom. Along
with the display, the students will write a short paragraph describing what they have created.

Student Engagement/Higher-Order Thinking: What LoTi level would this lesson be and Why? This is a
LoTi level 5 because the students are creating their own work along with publishing it to the classroom
blog.

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?
Technology is a major part of this assignment. The students are doing a lot of online research to find all
the pictures, sounds and videos to use in their movies. This project would be much more difficult to create
without using some source of technology, but the students could create parts of it using PowerPoint instead
of Windows Movie Maker.

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Inspiration (optional): If you used existing multimedia projects as a model for your project (whether in
part or whole), include the URL(s) so we can visit. Explain what concepts you borrowed from others.
N/A

Internet Safety and Student Privacy: Briefly discuss some possible issues surrounding internet safety and
student privacy that could arise while implementing this learning experience and explain how youd
minimize risks to students/yourself, alleviate any fears by parents/administrators, and follow school
districts Internet Safety/Use Policy.
The possible issues that the students might encounter will be when they are searching for images,
music and videos online. The teacher will need to closely monitor the students. The teacher can use certain
precautions when having her students search for things online, such as locks and safe-image searches.
Other comments about your proposed student multimedia authoring activity: