Fifth+Grade+-+Photo+Stories

The students will be working collaboratively to create a short video (about 1 minute long) about a given topic. The task will include key components like: research, ethical/social issues, copyright, audio and visual editing.
 * __Performance Task: Video Project__**

The use of motion video and still images provides a powerful way to target an audience and solicit a response to ideas or information being presented. Complex and creative tasks include big problems and challenges. A strong, collaborative team produces the best solutions.
 * __Essential Question or Enduring Understanding__**


 * __NETS Student Standards Assessment__**
 * 1. Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology.
 * A. Students apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.
 * B. Students create original works as a means of personal or group expression.
 * 2. Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others. Students:
 * A. interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.
 * B. communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.
 * D. contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems
 * 3. Students apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information. Students:
 * A. plan strategies to guide inquiry.
 * B. locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media.
 * C. evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks.
 * 4. Students use critical thinking skills to plan and conduct research, manage projects, solve problems and make informed decisions using appropriate digital tools and resources. Students:
 * A. identify and define authentic problems and significant questions for investigation.
 * B. plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project.
 * D. use multiple processes and diverse perspectives to explore alternative solutions.
 * 6. Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems and operations. Students:
 * A. understand and use technology systems.
 * B. select and use applications effectively and productively.
 * D. transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

Mrs. Mazurek

Mr. Franzen

Mrs. Brock

Mrs. Trempe