Inquiry is a dynamic process of being open to wonder and puzzlement and coming to know and understand the world. Inquiry based projects are student-driven.
The Best Social Media PSA's from Around the World
Shorty Awards - Public Service Announcements
Class Discussion: What makes a PSA (Public Service Announcement) advertisement/video successful?
II. Exploring Websites - Searching for Topics of Interest (CC B30.3)
III. Becoming Aware: Documentary - I Am by Tom Shadyac (CR B30.2)
IV. TED Talk & Discussion: "The Dangers of a Single Story" by Chimamda Adichie (CR B30.3)
Planning & Researching
(Tentative: May 14-May 17th )
V. Investigation: KWL, Credible Sources & Work Cited (CR B30.1)
Resource Credibility Check
Affirmation Free Reference - https://media4projects.weebly.com/
Creating, Improving & Presenting
(May 22nd-May 25th)
WeVideo Presentations - May 28th
VI. WeVideo: Multimedia Development & Rubric (CC B30.1/30.2/30.2)
Reflecting
VII. Self Assessment (AR B30.1/B30.2)
Optional Extension: Letter Advocating Change (CC B30.4)
Our lives, our cultures, are composed of many overlapping stories. Novelist Chimamanda Adichie tells the story of how she found her authentic cultural voice -- and warns that if we hear only a single story about another person or country, we risk a critical misunderstanding.
Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi. “The Danger of a Single Story.” TED: Ideas Worth Spreading, TEDGlobal, July 2009, www.ted.com/talks/chimamanda_adichie_the_danger_of_a_single_story.
Major Assignment #2: Multimedia Project via Inquiry
(CR B30.1/CC B30.1/30.2/30.3)
Here’s the document that shows them how to create/edit their masterpieces:
And here’s the info for how to export when they are done:
Help Documents (EdTech)
WeVideo App Option
Rhetorical Appeals - Elements of Persuasion
Kairos is timeliness, appropriateness, decorum, symmetry, balance—awareness of the rhetorical situation or "the circumstances that open moments of opportunity" (Kinneavy; Sipiora; Vatz; Bitzer; Hill 217). ... Kairos means taking advantage of or even creating a perfect moment to deliver a particular message.
“we have duties to ourselves, our nation, and the world.”
-Barack Obama-