Check out and add links to cool and useful sources for your project!

Blogs

Video (iMovie)

American Oil Consumption (iMovie)

Americas Self Image (iMovie)

Animal Shelters (iMovie)

Anti-Semitism in Cortland (iMovie)

Free Tibet (iMovie)

Liberation in the Classroom (iMovie)

Child Abuse (iMovie)

One Shot to Save a Life (iMovie)

Websites (iWeb)

Cancer Awareness (iweb)

Pat's Town website (iweb)

Technology and ELA Learning

Enhanced Podcasts (Garageband)

Wikis

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Rubric: iMovie

You and others working in your medium will collaborate on designing a rubric for evaluating the final product, using the tools provided to you here

Autumn and Krystina- Child Abuse: A Call to Action iMovie (no peeking until the twelfth!) http://youtube.com/watch?v=XsqLzixZfCQ

Ashley and Breeyn - One Shot to Save a Life iMovie http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7K6FnHIObs

Jaime- United States Oil Consumption iMovie http://youtube.com/watch?v=SJqt_Xhe9Xw

Frank- Free Tibet

Free Tibet Facebook group: Free Tibet Group

imovie without film and voiceover: Jess and I came up with this, what do we think? Check it out on our page or here: Check it Out!(I really like this one!!-Ashley)

Alexis' Group:

Important note from Dr. Sarver: I need to know which rubric is for the moving image group; and which is from the still image group. Please label them clearly so that your classmates know which one to edit/revise comment upon. Ultimately, there should be two rubrics here only. Please do this as soon as possible. (4/11/08 8am).

Sarver-iMovie%2BRubric[1].doc: Dr. Sarver, this rubric was made by and for the moving image group. -Ashley

iMovie Rubric final.doc (in need of "fleshing out" before it's usable)

This seems to be a concise and appropriate rubric.. I applied it to the drum lessons video, and I can see why you chose it for satisfactory. Good job! -Garrett G

I agree, our rubric for the moving image group seems great! - Stacia

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Find Examples

With others in your group, find 3 examples online of productions that represent the full range of quality in the medium (make sure these are permanently and publicly accessible): these creations should show the full spectrum of what's possible, ranging from what you'd deem excellence (with all the appropriate bells and whistles that function to enhance the users' experience/understanding) to shoddy or poor work (that perhaps use bells and whistles simply for the sake of using them or, on the other hand, don't really maximize the medium's potential for enhancing the user's experience/understanding of the message).

Discuss with your group what makes these examples excellent, satisfactory, and poor.

Once you've agreed, copy links onto this wiki page, and briefly describe just beneath the link your rationale for your assessment of each.

Excellent

Wiki In Plain English

Discuss:

This movie was considered because it had a clear purpose and was successful at meeting it's objective.

It was easy to follow as well as interesting to watch.

You could tell that the creaters thought about what they were going to produce ahead of time as well as edited their final work.

This video is not entertaining enough; it is too informative.

The creator used crude examples (cut up printed pieces of paper) as someone who is an authority on computers the creators should have perhaps used screenshots instead, if possible.

This movie is clear and teaches you what it promises: How to use wikis. It integrates all elements and uses them in creative, fresh way.

Final Choice: http://eng307.wordpress.com/page/3/">Visual Literacy Testimony

Rationale (for selection as excellent -- in re: other candidates for this category and examples in other two):

This video's message is clear and easily understood by the audience.

The voice over for the clip is easily understood and exceptionally clear.

This video emotionally reaches the viewer.

The video is entertaining and intriguing

The shots used throughout this video are clear and steady as well a dynamic, as they provide a variety of angles and camera views.

The music choosen for the background evokes an emotional response to the images.

The creator presented text which was computer generated.

This video is neat and thorough.

Satisfactory

Beginnner Drum Lessons

Discuss:

Does integrate text on screen.

Provides valuable resources for free.

Host's voice seems muffeled at times and the acoustics of the room and drum kit/audio are marginal

Host sits only partially facing camera, different camera angles would be a great benefit.

This video serves its purpose. It doesnt integrate much creaitvity but gets everything done.

Final Choice: Go Green

Rationale (for selection as excellent -- in re: other candidates for this category and examples in other two):

The reason why this video is satisfactory is because the statistics were animated too quickly and did not allow enough time for the audience to completely read them.

Also the text was almost invisible at times, although it has a clear message being sent- the important details are lost in the graphics.

Despite these downfalls the topic is an important one to all people and the information was quite suprising and was not what would be considered common knowledge to all.

Too many facts were stated. The long paragraphs on the pages would be more effective if they were short meaningful phrases.

The best part if this movie is the emotional effect it has on its readers.

Poor

Britney Fan Crying

Discuss:

There was nothing to this clip but talking about one subject. Besides the films obvious nature, there was no content or images to support it.

The video uses no transitions or other editing techniques.

The video was semi-entertaining but became rediculous very quickly.

The video is completely useless in the classroom setting.

This video is strictly an opinion, making it biased. There isnt any real facts. It's silly.

Final Choice: The Lobster iMovie To End All Lobster Movies

Rationale (for selection as excellent -- in re: other candidates for this category and examples in other two):

This video does not have any sound.

The facts stated are not true.

This video is ridiculous. but funny.

List Characteristics of Exemplar

Using the above example of excellence as your model, list the characteristics of a quality production in this genre/medium on the respective page of this wiki (click on the "Sidebar" link above);

Characteristics of Excellent iMovies/Digital Stories

just continue to hit return after each entry above and you will continue to generate more numbers for each new line in your list.

When you are through, share this list with me to get approval before moving ahead to the next step.

SAVE FOR IN CLASS ON 4/7

Create a Rubric

Based on this work, create a rubric for all work in the medium at rubistar and save this rubric with a password and login that you note here:

Group login:

Group password:

Link to rubric:

Paste link to rubric here and remove this text

After class, you will share this rubric with classmates working with other media to make sure that the work/expectations are equitable across media. Classmembers not working in this medium must note their approval or suggest changes by making comments by the beginning of class on 4/7.

Revise Rubric

Taking into account my and other classmembers' comments, work with members of your medium group to revise the rubric. The revised and final rubric must be completed by class time on 4/14 (after which I will check and assess it).

Projects in iMovie

List the name of your project and project team members's names and contact info here. Add lines to the table if necessary.

Name your project as follows: Your Project Name (medium). For example, NCLB in CNY (iMovie) or Cortland's Homeless (podcast).

Project Name	Team Member	e-mail address	Phone Number/Screen names
Anti-Semitism in Cortland (iMovie)	Alexis Kawalick	kawali25@cortland.edu	845-642-7200/LexiLoo029
	Kaitlyn Tainter	tainte97@cortland.edu
	Stacia Derdzinski	spadaysha@aol.com
	Jacie Westphal	westphal94@cortland.edu
	Jessica Whalan	jessamail16@hotmail.com	845-798-5874/jessw1687
	Kristin Beylo	beylo53@cortland.edu	607-761-8783/ kbkiszes32
	Krystina Hardter	hardte50@cortland.edu
	Autumn Bifano	bifano57@cortland.edu
http://eng307.pbwiki.com/Americas+Self+Image+	Meghan Ida	ida92@corltand.edu	516-707-8702/cutiemeggs87
	Janet Boyle	boyle87@cortland.edu
One Shot to Save a Life (imovie)	Ashley Keith	keith67@cortland.edu	607-349-8059/sassley23
	Breeyn Bengston	bengts93@cortland.edu	315-224-5009 blondie032000
Free Tibet (iMovie)	Frank D'Abramo	frankiecrash7@optonline.net	631-478-2430 FDAbramo
American Oil Consumption (iMovie)	Jaime DeMartini	jaime.demartini@gmail.com	516-672-1864 jayms77
Child Abuse Awareness	Autumn Bifano Krystina Hardter	fallnanjel86@aol.com Hardte50@cortland.edu	631-357-4129 fallnanjel86 315-480-2905 krysitta

Jessica and I thought that we could work together in an AIM Chat, is there a day this week that everyone is availible? We were thinking Thursday (3rd) at 8pm? Let us know what you think!

I will be driving home at that time, but if everyone else can meet online at that time, you can find examples and I can list reasons why they fit into that category. Alexis

Thursday at 8pm is fine with me

~~Frank~~

~8pm is good for me!

Ashley

Links to Projects

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Get out of the edit mode on this page by clicking on "Save" below. (As you work on this section, I recommend either printing this page out OR using two computers OR shuttling between two browser windows on the same computer: use one to make changes on, while reading these directions from the other).

Create a New Page

First, click on the "New Page" button on the top of this page.
The dialogue box will ask you for some information. Name the new page as follows: Your Project Name (medium). For example, NCLB in CNY (iMovie) or Cortland's Homeless (podcast).
When you click "OK," you will move directly into your Project Wiki Page.
Immediately hit "Save" and return to this page.

Create a Link to your New Page in the "SidebBar"

Staying in the "read" (not "edit") mode, activate "SideBar" in the box in the upper right-hand corner of this page.
Click on "edit."
Once you are in edit mode, add your "Project Name" to the list just as you titled your Project WIki Page. For example, NCLB in CNY (iMovie) or Cortland's Homeless (podcast).
Then highlight this text and click the "link" icon on the toolbar.
Link type: Wiki page
Link to wiki page: select your Project Wiki Page from the pulldown menu.
Click "ok."
Now this link will connect you to your groups page whenever you select it from the sidebar.

Creating a link from this page

Highlight the first mention of your project in the above table above.
Make it into a link following steps 4-7 in "Create a Link to your New Page" above.

Contents of Project Wiki Page

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Copy EVERYTHING on this page from "Production Schedule" to the bottom of this page (below) and paste it onto your Project Wiki Page.

Complete these tasks in this order (to be completed by 4/7):

Customize the schedule for your group.
Pre-fill the "Confidential Peer Evaluation" forms with individual's names and tasks, based on your group's Production Schedule.

Otherwise, this page is the space and creation of you and your group member's. Use it to collaborate asynchronously. But note that if you want to have a virtual meeting, you can insert a plugin from the toolbar above to engage in synchronous chat.

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Production Schedule

Working with others on your project team (most likely a subset of the "medium group," if there are several different projects being created in this medium"), you will create a Production Schedule for your project.

Steps:

Find at least one internet source that discusses production in the medium (e.g., "blog production," or "web production"). Post the link here and remove all the text in between theses brackets -- ONCE YOU'VE COPIED THIS TEXT ONTO YOUR PROJECT WIKI PAGE, THAT IS.

Using the information from this source, along with the criteria from your rubric, create a list (on your wiki page) of everything you will have to do in order to achieve an "A" on the project. See "To Do List" below.
Agree upon what a midterm "draft" of the project will be (ie., what the project will look like when it is halfway finished) and get my approval on this. If you are working with any form of digital storytelling (video production or podcasting), plan to be finished with shooting and/or recording by this date (i.e., by midterm, you should have all the raw footage of your piece completed and have only editing and post-production left to do).

Plan to have that "draft" completed by the beginning of class on April 21. This week you will also plan to meet with the technology trainer to follow up on the project, anticipate next steps, and possibly revise your plans. Add this meeting (and scheduling it) to your "To Do" list.
Assign tasks to particular people in the group in order to meet that April 21 deadline, using the "Person Responsible" line, as shown in the Production Schedule below. Make sure that the workload is evenly distributed amongst all group members. Assign these tasks using the "Production Schedule" below.

Using your list from #2, figure out what tasks remain after April 21 to complete the project at the "A" level by May 5. Assign tasks to individuals, using the same principles you used for #5. (If you are doing a video or a podcast, you will publish your piece to the appropriate web community ON MAY 5 -- or as shortly thereafter as possible --, but ALL production will be complete by this date.
Revise your Project Proposal accordingly and plan to submit a final version of it on the wiki, along with your group's Production Schedule (see below for where you should attach the revised proposal -- use the "Attach File" icon on the toolbar above to upload the document).

TO DO LIST (See #2 above)

just continue to hit return after each entry above and you will continue to generate more numbers for each new line in your list.

MIDTERM DRAFT

(See #3 above)

PRODUCTION SCHEDULE

M March 31 (PREPRODUCTION)

To do: Schedule group a) training and b) a "midterm"/follow-up meeting with Tera Doty-Blance (type dates of meetings below).

Person responsible: _________________________

M April 7 (PREPRODUCTION/PRODUCTION)

Deadline: Project Proposal, Rubric, Production Schedule, and pre-filled Peer Evaluation forms

M April 14 (PRODUCTION)

Deadline: Have met with trainer

M April 21 (PRODUCTION/POSTPRODUCTION)

Deadline: Draft of Project due

M April 28 (POSTPRODUCTION)

M May 5 (PUBLISH)

Deadline: Final draft due

Revised Project Proposal Attached Here

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Weekly Peer Reflection

Pre-fill "Confidential Peer Evaluation" forms

Once you are finished with the Production Schedule, copy and paste from it in order to pre-fill the weekly "Confidential Peer Evaluation" forms and attach the completed, pre-filled form beneath the appropriate date below.

Pre-fill it by following these directions:

Open this form Eval Form
Type your group's name in "Group" blank on the first line
Type "4/7/08" in the "Date of Meeting/Assessment" blank

Type the names of individual group members and the tasks assigned to them to be completed by April 7 on the appropriate blanks on the form (cut and paste from the Production Schedule)
Save this form and attach it in the blank beneath April 7 below, so that individual group members can individually dowload and complete the form before class on April 7
Repeat steps 1-5 for April 14-May 5

Be sure to divide this inputting among group members so that the work is equitably divided amongst group members. DUE: March 31

WEEKLY: Complete the "Confidential Peer Evaluation" forms

Each week, each group member will download one copy of that week's form, evaluate each group member's performance (including him or herself) BEFORE class begins, and submit the confidential form to me at the beginning of class. Forms not completed before class will not be accepted, and the indivdiual will receive "0" points for that week's assessment.

If individual tasks have changed since the form was first pre-filled, be sure to note these changes on the wiki no later than Monday at 8am for that day's evaluation.