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Name: Travis Farmer

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: 10
Content Area: World History
Technology Used (check all that apply): Movie Audio Podcast Vodcast Other: (list)

Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: SSWH19 Demonstrate an understanding of the global

political, economic, and social impact of World War II. a. Describe the major conflicts and outcomes,
include: North African, Pacific, and European theatres. b. Identify Nazi ideology and policies that led
to the Holocaust and its consequences. c. Analyze the impact of the military and diplomatic
negotiations between the leaders of Great Britain, the Soviet Union, and the United States. d. Explain
Post-World War II policies and plans for economic recovery, include: the Marshall Plan for Europe,
MacArthur’s plan for Japan, and the formation of the United Nations, NATO, and the Warsaw Pact.

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 teacher will introduce the
lesson to the students by showing them the video that the teacher has created over the Pacific Theater during WWII. The teacher
will let the students know that they will be creating a video over the European Theater during WWII. The audience that it will be
created for will be their classmates. This will take about a week and a half to two weeks. The students will be assessed by the
teacher and the feedback will be given to the students by the teacher as well.

Student Engagement/Higher-Order Thinking: What LoTi level would this lesson be and Why? This would be a LoTi
level 6 being that it is a student created assignment using multiple types of technology in which they will have a final product.

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? Using multimedia is critical to the project because they must create a video
displaying information. The project could be completed without technology but would not hold the same effects. There
are some other technologies that will be used like projectors, computes, forums and other small items.

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. My inspiration for this would be
that I believe that student created work allows them to have a higher understanding of the material.

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 you’d minimize risks to
students/yourself, alleviate any fears by parents/administrators, and follow school districts’ Internet Safety/Use Policy.
Some possible issues that could come with this is if students posted their videos online and gave any sort of personal information.
For this I would tell the students they are not to post it anywhere online and only need to give their first and last name on their
introduction and in the credits.
Other comments about your proposed student multimedia authoring activity:

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