Start by Getting Organized

• • • Create a sub-folder inside your course folder. 

    • Place all of your all work for this specific summative inside the sub-folder you created.   

Review Reading Responses/Writing Prompt Responses/Pixels & Prose Research: Critical Lens

Using your composition notebook and posted Google Classroom assignment(s), review all of your prompt responses/reader's responses to the designated a literary work(s) from the curriculum and then review your research:  

• "Justifying Your Critical Lens"   (Get your copy in Google Classroom.)

• Pixels & Prose: Multimedia Sources (Get your copy in Google Classroom.)

Rehearse

• Read expressively—vary your pace, volume, and tone

• Pause for emphasis and let images resonate

• Make your lens analysis feel natural, not forced

• Rehearse multiple times; record several takes if possible.

Create & Record Video

• Use Google Video (in waffle)

• Open Google Video and begin importing your images in sequence

• Create your title slide and Works Cited slide(s)

• Record or upload your narration with proper audio levels

• Layer background and theme music beneath your narration

• Adjust timing, transitions, and pacing

• Preview your complete video for flow, clarity, and lens integration

• Make final edits and quality checks

• Export/download your video as a playable file

• Save to your Google Drive course folder with the correct filename

• Complete your self-assessment checklist

Edit & Revise

Before you export your video and submit it to the designated assignment in Google Classroom, review your work to make sure that: 

• Audio is clear and well-balanced (narration louder than background music)

• Images display correctly and match your narration pacing

• Title slide is readable and includes all required information

• Critical lens is clearly explained and meaningfully woven throughout

• Video plays smoothly without errors

• Runtime is 3–5 minutes

Using my original curriculum materials for a Kiosk Presentation, A Digital Storytelling Project, and a Podcast Project, I collaborated with SchoolAI to reimagine and update these three projects into something new and adapted for current tools for learning. 

SchoolAI. Response to: Update Kiosk/Digital Storytelling/Podcast Projects. SchoolAI, 7 Mar. 2026, schoolai.com.