Unit This Term

Unit Title	Digital Story Telling
Teacher	Gioko
Subject and Grade Level	MYPCT Year 8
Time Frame and duration	36 hours (10 hrs Home tasks) 12 weeks

Areas of Interaction Focus

ATL. How do think creatively?

How do we research for information?

AOI: How do we use technology for community and Service?

Significant Concept(s)

How do we identify effective solution to problems in the community?

How do we use digital media to communicate effectively?

AKA Curricular Strand

Which AKA strand will be our focus? (Statement of an essential understanding or guiding question)

Governance and Civil society

·     an ability and willingness to participate in projects which involve real solutions to real problems, leading to critical reflection on goals achieved and the comparison of different perspectives on the issues.

Concepts

a)      Agency (an individual’s capacity to act and influence)

b)          Engagement and service

c)      Community

Summative Assessment

-Research on Current issues affecting the community.

-Identify an area of intervention.

-Design and Plan how technology will be used to address the community Issue

-Create the product or solution based on the designs identified.

-Evaluate the Design cycles, the product/solution and how the intended audiences feel about it.

INVESTIGATE    

Identify the problem to be solved

The student demonstrates excellent foresight when identifying and applying technological research skills. There is a high degree of questioning and critical analysis, and the appropriate use of sources is consistent. Knowledge of the development of community issues and how they are being addressed.  There is clear evidence that the student takes the sources into account in his/her investigation. A clear understanding of the potential usefulness of the product for the target audience is evident.

PLAN         

The student shows excellent ability to identify and consider a wide range of resources and strategies. The ideas are thoroughly developed and communicated. The work shows an outstanding level of time management and logical planning. The student has evaluated the plan.

CREAT      

The student has demonstrated a thorough competence in choice of strategy and implementation. He/she has fully justified any modification to the original design specification, and produced original and outstanding work.

EVALUATE         

The student provides a thorough evaluation (self-assessment and assessment of both solution and process) that shows insight and suggests possible further improvement. The evaluation includes excellent analysis of the effectiveness and quality of the solution in relation to the original design specification. The student has made good use of feedback acquired through product testing.

ATTITUDE                                                      

Safety and responsibility                                  

• use of technological  materials and techniques safely and responsibly

   Team Work                                                    

• work effectively as members of a team, collaborating, acknowledging and supporting the views of others

   Personal Engagement                                    

• provide evidence of personal engagement with the subject (motivation, independence, general positive attitude) when working in technology.

Content

Using Searches

·    Organizing information

·    Analyzing information

·    Presenting information

·    Analyzing a product in view of the users impacts

·    Handling Digital Media

Approaches to learning

The general ATL skills covered in this section are:

·         Thinking skills (Gaining knowledge, Application)  

·         collaborative learning,

·         communication skills,

·         Problem solving skills and self management skills.

·         Informational Technology Skills

·         Higher Order Thinking Skills

·         Presentation Skills

·         Research Skills

·         Cooperative Learning

·         Independent & Personal Responsibility

Learning experiences

-Searching information on community issues.

-Working with windows movies Maker or any other appropriate software

             -Capturing pictures with phone or digital                           camera.

-Downloading pictures and saving

-Importing pictures in WMM

-Making a story Board with pictures

-Adding text on pictures

-Video Effects

-Transitions

- Using song smith to make a song

-Adding music in Video

-Timing the sections

-Packaging The Movie