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This is the first collaboration project you will work on. 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 projects, and HAVE FUN!

= ** The Introduction Project ** =

The __ goals __ of this project are to communicate, collaborate, and create! 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. Introduce a new friend to the world by communicating and compiling a project. 2. Collaborate by sending a photo of yourself to your partner and your teacher. Your final project will be posted to a public website and communicated back to your partner(s) 3. Create a project that introduces your partner, using: greeting, how are you, age, name, origin, likes and dislikes, and a salutation.

The __ process __ to complete the task: 1. Sign up for a group with your teacher and create a fotobabble account. 2. Begin communicating with your partner(s) via the discussion button above, using the group number assigned to you. Be sure that you are asking/answering all the necessary questions to complete the project. 3. Send a photo of yourself to your partner(s) and your teacher. 4. Write a description about your partner using the required components. Be sure that this is in paragraph form and not a conversation. There will be no questions asked or answered in the project. This is only done in the discussion groups. 5. Upload the photo sent to you to www.fotobabble.com and record your voice. Copy/paste the finished URL to the discussion group so your partner can view it. You teacher may have you share it on twitter or post to your blog. 6. View your partner's project

The minimum project __ requirements __ include: - communication in Spanish with your partner(s) via the discussion tab above - email a photo of yourself to your partner AND your teacher. - 8 sentences (see above) - all Spanish, no English, with your best grammar and pronunciation - project created on fotobabble - meet all deadlines - Have fun 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! // Wed, September 28: sign up for a group Fri, Sep 30: Communicate with your group in the discussion tab above by introducing yourself and sending a photo to group and your teacher. Fri, Oct 7 : Project completed and posted to the discussion group and any other location directed by your teacher. Student Introductions