web_heilleexam

UMarking Period One Exam:

You will create a website about the men's marathon world record holder, Heille Gebrselassie. Recently he set a new record, [|winning the Berlin Marathon] in 2:03:59.

This assignment touches all six of our standards: 1. Creativity and Innovation (can you create new work and forecast possibility?) 2. Communication and Collaboration (can you communicate ideas effectively?) 3. Research and Information Fluency (can use web tools to effectively and efficiently search for content?) 4. Critical Thinking and Decision Making (can you plan and manage a solution to the project?) 5. Digital Citizenship (can you create and share work?) 5. Technical Operations and Concepts (can you select and use programs effectively?)

For this project you must: 1. Create a website about Heille Gebrselassie's record attempt. 2. You must include a table or other device that shows how the world record has dropped since 1980. 3. You must include an image or animation that has been manipulated using Fireworks or Flash. This image must be obtained using Creative Commons ([|Flickr], [|wikicommons], etc...). You may create the image yourself if you choose. 4. You must include at least one link to valuable information about Heille. 5. Your audience is 5th graders in Seymour. 6. Your website must be free of bias and be highly usable.

How to save your project: 1. Rename your folder in the WDrive. Name it first initial-last name-test (bschneidertest). 2. Copy folder. 3. Find class folder in UDrive. (Udrive-WebSchneider-Class-Heille) 4. Paste folder into UDrive. 5. HAVE NEIGHBOUR TEST WORK TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS!!

Rubric

Blog questions to answer:
 * 1: What did you do today? What is your focus for the project? (due Friday)

Final Evaluation (due Thursday 10/9)
 * 1: How did you learn from others? How did you use your personal learning network? Did you learn anything new?
 * 2: Who has the best site in the UDrive? Why? Be specific.
 * 3: How did you direct the site towards the audience? Be specific.
 * 4: If you were going to do this assignment again, would you do it the same way? Why or why not?