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5th graders, This post has a breakdown of everything you’ll need to get started with your Capstone project. This is the Project Requirements poster that has already been shared with you. This image is not clickable, but the original PDF is in your Drive and is clickable. Script Templates when you click the links below…
5th graders, A couple of important reminders A project like this is about layering elements to create a more meaningful, textured, story. Text, images, voice over, and music, all work together to create a more engaging final product than you can achieve if you leave an element out. Video production. is about layering elements to…
5th graders, As we talked about today, your WeVideo project on Immigration does not start with WeVideo, it starts with a Google Doc. What you need to do: In your Social Studies folder, make a new folder called Immigration Make sure your Immigration Script document is in this folder In the Immigration folder make another…
5th graders, Now that you are done with your Constitution Projects, it is time to add them to your blogs. If you made a video and added it to the shared folder, I will put it on YouTube. If you did an infographic you can add that as an image file directly to your blog.…
5th graders, Now that you are done, you need to finish and share. Here’s how to do it, based on each format… Finishing a WeVideo video Finishing a Screencastify video Finishing an Infographic Once you’ve finished your project make sure it is named correctly share the Drive link on your class Padlet move your…
5th graders, We have practices how to make an Infographic, how to make a WeVideo, and how to do an Ignite Talk (Ignite part 2). Now you can decide how you want to do your final Constitution project. Here are the expectations for each of the project styles: U.S. Constitution Project – Overview of Requirements…
5th graders, In the last blog post you were working on creating a script for your Ignite. This post deals with creating the slides. Keep in mind, Ignite Talks are not a special software. Ignite Talks are a style of presenting information. Instead of using a slide show with bullet points you read off of,…
When creating a movie, video, PSA, or any visual project using a non-linear editor like WeVideo you need to keep a few standard rules in mind: Start with 2 seconds of black End with 2 seconds of black Images should be between 4-6 seconds, no longer Titles – you need to be able to…
5th graders, As we discussed during our live Zoom, infographics are ways of conveying information visually. Literally, information graphics. A few key points to remember as you create your infographics… Infographics contain… quality information/data are well organized a balance of text and images/graphics plenty of negative space a simple main idea or takeaway the reader…
5th graders, We have officially kicked off our blogging for the year. Here is a tutorial with everything you’ll need. To begin, use the tutorial to join your teacher’s class blog make sure you have the proper Categories created publish your first post based on your teacher’s assignment using Categories and Tags A few sections…