Newscast+Project

S2: THE NEWSCAST PROJECT

This is the third collaboration project you will work on, divided into two miniprojects. You are fortunate to have the opportunity to learn collaborative skills as well as gaining leadership and communicative skills through this project. The activities you will be doing in the collaborative projects this year will help you grow qualities that all employers are looking for, no matter what career you choose to engage. So, embrace the opportunity, create high quality, creative projects, and HAVE FUN!

The __ goals __ of this project are to communicate, collaborate, and create!

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1. Communicate in Spanish by using the language skills you have acquired through your exploratory classes, as well as what you have learned this year. Collaboratively create a newscast by communicating and compiling a project. Your newscast will include current news (review your verbs and conjugation), weather, stock markets (#s), comercial (1-2), sports, interest story. All students will record his/her voice and document who did what for each page at the end of the story. ====== 2. Collaborate by signing up for a group with which to work. Together, each group will be creating **one** newscast with various stories and commercials. ONE voicethread will be collaboratively created for each group so as a group, decide which stories will be used and who will do each part. A completed written newscast should be agreed on before gathering or creating video and recording your voices. 3. Create a newscast writing current news, weather, stock markets, sports, interest stories, and commercials. Use video and record your voices. Be sure to document on the last page what each member contributed to the group. Your completed script will be due Monday, march 7 and the completed newscast will be due Tuesday April 5.

The __ process __ to complete the task: 1. Sign up for a group with your teacher. 2. Begin communicating with your partner(s) via the discussion tab above, using the group number assigned to you. Share your email. Be sure that you are achieving all the minimum requirements to complete the project. 4. Assign the various stories and being writing that portion of the newscast. 5. When the script is complete, let the teacher know and she will ok the story. The teacher's student creates a voicethread and invites the other group members to edit it. Be sure to allow all groups members full editing rights to that voicethread. This means you need to share your school email address in the group discussion. Don't forget to give your teacher viewing rights also! kim_ huegerich@s-hamilton.k12.ia.us, stacey.wigant@vmbulldogs.com , smithj@newell-fonda.k12.ia.us 6. Upload the videoclips that depict the events in the story and record your voice. The decision, regarding who does what, needs to be made collaboratively in your group and documented in the discussion tab. 7. Be sure to invite your teacher to the voicethread with a minimum of viewing rights.

The minimum project __ requirements __ include: - each student communication with your partner(s) via the discussion tab above at least 5 times - 2 current news reports, weather, stock markets, sports report, interest story, and 2 commercials - videos to accompany each report or story - all Spanish, no English, with your best grammar and pronunciation - ONE project created on voicethread - meet all deadlines - Have fun, do your best, and be creative!

__ Deadlines __ for completing this project: // These are the latest dates you should have these tasks completed. You may complete them **before** the deadline! // Mon, Feb 13: sign up for a group and introduce yourself to your group members in the wiki Weds, Feb 15: decide on the reports and stories each will be doing. Wed. Feb 29: Communicate with your group in the discussion tab above and have a completed story using the minimum requirements. Tues, April 3: Project completed. Remember your teacher should be invited with viewing rights (click the eye next to her name).