MULTI-MEDIA AUTHORING TEMPLATE

Name: Chloe Watts

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: Kindergarten
Content Area: Reading-Craft and Structure
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Movie

Audio

Podcast

Vodcast

Other: (list)

Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: ELACCKRL6 Craft and Structure: With prompting and support,
name the author and illustrator of a story and define the role of each in telling the story.
Brief Description of Learning Experience: What learning standards will be addressed? 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? The students will listen as a class to the video and in the
video it plays a clip of the beginning of the book, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. After the students listen to this they will go
home and discuss it with their parents. They are then to make a prediction of the rest of the book with their parents help and
write it down. The next day in class we will read the book and discuss everyones predictions.
Student Engagement/Higher-Order Thinking: What LoTi level would this lesson be and Why? Which indicators of
Engaged Learning are strong and why? This would be a LoTi level 4 because it is integration. The students will use
technology as a class, and also review the video clip at home with parental supervision.
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 very important for this activity. It is solely based on a video
that I have created for my students. Technology is very critical for students. It is used in their everyday life.
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.

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.
Internet safety is very important and the student should be supervised at all times when on the internet whether they are
at school or at home.
Other comments about your proposed student multimedia authoring activity: There are also many free software
tools for teachers to access, such as windows media player.