Creating a Digital Identity (15%) 

As of the Winter 2023 semester, we are using Google sites 

• Here's an old sample Weebly site with instructions. (education students) ~ to be updated in January 2023, based on class feedback.

• Here are some other examples (different platforms to inspire you):

• Anne-Catherine: https://sites.google.com/wiu.edu/anne-catherines-music-site/home

• Samantha: (https://samanthaplotnickteachingportfolio.weebly.com/) (https://samanthaplotnickteachingportfolio.weebly.com/)

• Haley: (https://haley872.wixsite.com/haleyalexander)

• Maya (https://mayacohen27.wixsite.com/mysite)

• The class portfolios will be posted ---> student work.  Here are non-education examples:

  • NON-EDUCATION EXAMPLES:

  • Siera (non-education example): https://sites.google.com/view/sierawillner/home

  • Josie: https://sites.google.com/view/edpt200project/home

  • Mia: https://panmaea.weebly.com

  • Lauryn: https://sites.google.com/view/lauryns-practice-site/

  • Rosie: https://sites.google.com/view/rosiedeslauriersedpt200/home

  • Rachel: http://rachelkeshen.weebly.com

• Use Torrey Trust's site on webdesign as guide https://edtechbooks.org/webdesign

• Choosing to develop an educational website that makes sense in light of your own career situation and goals, is challenging (a bit of a stretch is expected), but not something that will kill you. ;-).

• Make sure it's portfolio quality... something you'll want to use and show to others! I recommend that you build a site where existing content exists.

• There may be places in your website where you want to develop something but do not have the skills to do so yet. Please play and practice ~ have fun. A rubric will be given for you to evaluate the site.

• This assignment is worth 20% of your final grade and should be about 75% complete by week 7 or 8 of the course. 

• You will be allowed to continue working on the site right up to the end of the course at which point I will give you a final grade.

 Final Video Presentation (15%) 

For your final video project you will create a 3 to 4 minute video that will be uploaded to YouTube. Details to follow… here’s the rubric that will be used for the evaluation.

In addition ~ to the presentation of the digital storytelling project itself, each student is also expected to submit a final project report (Journal # 14 post in Mighty Networks ~ title —> Final Project) that describes work on the project. The report should address each of the following items:

1. What was the main topic of your project?

2. What were the major objectives of the project?

3. Why did you select this topic and who do you think would be interested in viewing it? 

4. Please include a description of the images/video you took with a digital camera and the images that you modified with image editing software that was included in the final project.

5. Describe if and how this project might be used in a formal or an informal educational setting.

6. Describe the process you went through in completing the final project. This should include a list of all of the software programs you used, where the content for the project came from, what items in the project changed from the early stages of selecting the topic through completion, plus any other information that describes your work on the project. 

7. Describe the major challenges you faced in creating this project and if and how you overcame them.

8. Discuss the most significant things you learned from completing the final project.

9. Please add any other information you feel should be included in the report.

OR you may submit a tech infused lesson plan in groups of two or three students (explained in class)