Grade 6 and 7 Project 4: Podcasting and Working with sound

In groups you will produce an MP3 recording of.... 

A Public Service Announcement

- You will produce a plan which clearly states the audience and purpose of your recording

- You will create a script showing all dialogue

- You will create a running order showing all of the timings.

Finally, you will produce the final recording, using editing software such as Audacity
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If you are looking for sound clips and music files please check out the free websites SoundBible and Freeplay respectively. There are many others

Grade 6 and 7 Project 4: Podcasting and Working with sound

As an introduction to this new project complete Activity A. Activities B should be completed for homework

Click this link for the worksheet and make a copy of it.

What is Copyright?

What is Copyright

Grade 8 Project 2 Information Reliability, The Media and Propaganda

Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards

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Part 1 GROUP WORK

You will be given one of the following research briefs. You will be expected to work as a group to research and create a presentation using any appropriate software (maximum of six slides, or equivalent).

       

• Israel be recognized as its own 'sovereign' country by the Palestinians
• Palestine should receive aid from Europe and America.
• Israel should have to stop building settlements in occupied Palestinian territory. 
• Palestinian military groups are justified in using suicide bombers
• The United States should give $3 billion per year in military grants + aid to Israel

You can use any information you think is suitable but you are expected to source all of the information you use in the Information Sources Table and acknowledge the reliability of your information and if propaganda is likely to exist.

You are expected to make your presentation an interactive experience by including a wide range of copyright free digital sources; to demonstrate your understanding of international law.

Part 2 INDIVIDUAL WORK

Use this worksheet to create your own ePortfolio which demonstrates your learning of the standards in this project

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Resources

Information Sources Table Guide

Copyright Free Media at Creative Commons and Freeplay
ePortfolio Guide
Project Review

Project Rubric

Grade 6 and 7 Project 3: AIS News (Information Reliability)

 Click to see Project Overview and ITSE Assessment Standards 

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You are working for a fictional newspaper called "AIS News". You are going to design the front page and write the first cover "Bizarre Facts" story about either a celebrity OR sports event.

Activity 1: Use Internet Searching skills to find 5 sources of information to help you write your story. You must complete this Information Sources Table saying where the information comes from and if it is reliable or not.

Higher Level: You don't have to use just the Internet for this! Books, magazines and newspapers etc are also good information sources)

n.b. You can use any type of information in your story; reliable or unreliable, as long as you acknowledge it in your Sources Table!!  

Activity 2: Create an article for AIS News using Microsoft PowerPoint which will display your story. Use one of these templates to get started  

Extension Activity: Use Paint.net to design your own banner of header for the AIS news front page. 
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Resources

Project Rubric

Grade 8: Developing your Internet Searching Skills

Top Level Domain's

Often called TLD's for short, these are the highest level in the naming system of the Internet. Many of these you know already but can be useful for establishing if information on a website is objective (reliable and unbiased)

Basic Search Operators [ ^ ] 

Find all pages containing…

this that thing

returns all pages containing the terms "this", "that", and "thing"

this OR that

returns all pages containing either the term "this" or "that"

"this that and the other thing"

returns all pages containing the exact phrase "this that and the other thing"

this -that

returns all pages containing the term "this" but not the term "that"

this +that

returns all pages containing the terms "this" and "that"

define:this

returns a definition of the term "this" 

Search Query Modifiers [ ^ ] 

site: The site: modifier is used to limit search results to pages from a specific site. For example, a search query such as monster site:bbc.co.uk will return all indexed content containing the term "monster" exclusively from within the bbc.co.uk domain.

allintitle: The allintitle: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing all of the given search terms in the title. For example, a search query such as allintitle:scary monsters will return only those pages containing the terms "scary" and "monsters" in the title.

intitle: The intitle: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing a specific term in the title. For example, a search query such as intitle:scary monster will return only those pages containing the term "scary" in the title and the term "monster" anywhere in either the document or title.

inurl: The inurl: modifier is used to limit search results to pages containing a specific term in the URL. For example, a search query such as inurl:scary monsters will return only those pages containing the term "scary" in the URL and the term "monsters" anywhere in either the document or URL. 

date: The date: modifier is used to search pages from within the previous 3, 6, or 12 months. For example, a search such as "scary monsters" date:3 returns all indexed pages about monsters raging from within the past six months.

Advanced Operators

link: The link: operator is used to summon all of the indexed pages that link to the specified domain, directory, or document. For example, if I wanted to know which indexed pages are linking to any page at Perishable Press, I would use link:perishablepress.com, which would return the total number² of linking pages (in the upper-right portion of the search results) along with the links and their associated descriptions (if any). 

 

info: The info: operator is used to display the information possessed by Google concerning the site in question. For example, if I wanted to see the information about Perishable Press displayed by Google, I would use info:perishablepress.com.

related: The related: operator is used to find all indexed pages that are "similar" to your site, according to Google. For example, related:perishablepress.com would return all indexed pages that are in some way similar to Perishable Press. Hmmm…

                              

Grade 8; Flotilla Protests Homework

•Have you had a look on various sources to find out what Marc (Marc3pax)does?

•How does this video relate to the flotilla movement?

•Is the video objective (based on facts; unbiased)?

•Is there evidence supporting Marc3pax’s findings?