Paul Aubrey
North Kansas City High School
North Kansas City, Missouri
Title:
Creating and posting slideshowsOverview and Rationale:
Today’s readers want to images of events, especially online. Learning to create and upload slideshows as an alternative story form will give readers what they are looking for, and enhance the readership of The Hornet’s Buzz.
Goals for Understanding
Essential
Questions:
• How do we tell more engaging stories?
• Critical Engagement Questions
• What do compelling images look like?
• Where can we use images instead of text?
• Why is it important to tell stories in a visual medium?
Overviews and Timeline:
Activity 1 (One 90-minute class)
(45 minutes) Students will be put into 3-person teams by the teacher by counting off. Teams will meet and each member will look at one student news website for examples of photo slideshows or galleries. Websites to be used:
· FHNToday.com:
Photo galleries URL: http://fhntoday.com/category/photos-2/
· The
Kirkwood Call: Photo galleries URL: http://www.thekirkwoodcall.com/category/photo-galleries/
· The
Shawnee Mission East Harbinger Online: Photo galleries URL: http://smeharbinger.net/category/photos
Students will take notes over different galleries they examine:
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What do they like?
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What don’t they like?
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Are there captions?
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Where do they appear?
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Is there audio?
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What types of events/stories
are covered?
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What stories would you like
to cover?
(45 minutes) Each student in each group will choose one slideshow to share with the rest of the group, and will share their thoughts. Each group will then brainstorm to come up with an idea for a slideshow story. The event for this idea should take place during class time, as students will have half of the class today to go take pictures. Groups will write a short proposal of their idea, check out cameras, and go shoot the event or class. Shooting should be complete by the start of the next class (we are on a block schedule, so it will be the day after tomorrow).
Activity 2 (One 90-minute class)
(10 minutes) View the Camtasia video on how to use Picasa. Take notes.
(80 minutes) Students will get back into groups, and upload their photos to the “Shared Drive.” Each student should have taken photos. Students will each choose 10 photos for inclusion in their own slideshow. Students will edit photos (they will have gone through a photography and editing lesson in a previous unit), and save them in a folder with their own last name and slideshow (ex.: lastname_slideshow).
Assessment (One 90-minute class)
Each student will create their own 10-photo slideshow in Picasa. Students will have access to view the Camtasia presentation over how to use Picasa, as well as a “How to” handout. Students will post the finished product to www.northtownnews.com, using their existing login information. Slideshows will be posted to the “Photos” section. Each slideshow will be graded based off of the rubric provided to students on Day 1. If students do not have enough time to complete this in class, it is due by the beginning of next class.
References:
Camtasia
presentation
Photo
slideshow assignment sheet
Slideshow
rubric
Picasa
Slideshow Assignment
For
this assignment, you will create a slideshow to post on www.northtownnews.com which will tell a story about a topic of your
choice. The following checklist and accompanying rubric will help to guide you
through the process.
o The student has produced
a slideshow that
o Has 10 distinct photos
(10 points, due at the start of 2nd class)
o Has a unique, three-part
caption (15 points, due by end of 2nd class)
§ First sentence describes
the action happening (5 points)
§ Second sentence gives
context or tells what happened next (5 points)
§ Third sentence offers a
quote from one of the subjects (5 points)
o Pauses on each photo for
5-7 seconds (20 points, due at the start of 3rd class)
o Student writes and submits
a 300-word reflection on the assignment to the adviser (30 points, due by the
end of 3rd class)
Total
Points: 100
Picasa
Slideshow Rubric
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100-80%
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79-60%
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59-40%
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40-0%
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Photos
(10 points)
Due: Start of
2nd class
Points earned:
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8-10 photos
used, all are of distinct subjects or are from distinct angles.
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5-7 photos
used, most are of distinct subjects or angles
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3-4 photos
used, they are the same subject or angle
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0-2 photos
used.
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Captions
(15 points)
Due: End of 2nd
class
Points earned:
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Nearly all
captions contain the required three sentences.
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Many of the
captions contain the required three sentences.
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About half of
the captions contain the required sentences
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Less than half
of the captions contain the required sentences.
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Duration
(20 points)
Due: Start of
3rd class
Points earned:
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Every photo
stays for 5-7 seconds
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Every photo
stays for 3-4 seconds
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Every photo
averages 1-2 seconds
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Photos cycle
through with no time to read captions.
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Posting
(25 points)
Due: Start of
3rd class.
Points earned:
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Slideshow is
posted on time
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Slideshow is
posted during 3rd class
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Slideshow is
posted after 3rd class
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Slideshow is
not posted
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Reflection
(30 points)
Due: End of 3rd
class
Points earned:
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Meets 300-word
requirement. Very few errors in spelling, grammar or AP style.
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Meets 300-word
requirement. A moderate number of errors in spelling, grammar or AP style.
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Does not meet 300-word
requirement. Many errors in spelling, grammar or AP style.
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Does not meet
300-word requirement. Lots of errors.
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