EL Education Core Practice #8: Designing Projects and Products
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- “Products and performances are modeled on professional-world formats rather than artificial scholastic formats.”
- “Within the common product format, there is room for students to make creative choices…”
- “Planning for high quality work includes…
- Planning explicit skill lessons that prepare students to execute the product successfully.
- Setting benchmarks for completion of each component or phrase in product to keep students on track.
- Planning critique lessons and feedback protocols.
Build an Online Portfolio
Using LiveBinders
+Simple interface and easy to start
+Work is accessed and organized through hyperlinks
Δ Limited options for how information is presented
Watch and Create Ted Talks
Using Ted Ed
+ More than just a platform for students to record themselves, this site serves more as a virtual classroom, with activities that require teacher guidance and oversight
+ Provides a series of lessons that culminate in students creating their own Ted Talks
+ Offers an option for student engagement in “Connect Calls” with students from across the world participating in same program
+ Ted Talk provides its own YouTube channel for students to upload work
Δ Students must be 13-18 years old to participate, with an adult over 18 serving as their teacher or leader
Exhibit Your Work
Using Wakelet
+An opportunity to make public a “collection” of images, original writing or other resources
+Provides user workspace to organize and capture links prior to sharing
+Many options to present information visually and include graphics
+Integrates with other tools such as Flipgrid and Screencastify
Record a Podcast
Using Anchor
+ After establishing an account student can record their audio, save, organize and publish their work directly on website
+ Allows for co-hosting a podcast
+ Provides a small collection of sounds that offer transitions
Make a Website
Using Google Sites
+ Simple architecture and organization
+ Allows multiple users to work together on one site
+ No need to worry about web-hosting services; going “live” is quick and easy
Δ Limited graphics and architecture
Design Story Boards, Books or Graphic Novels
Using Book Creator
+ Students can sketch or upload pictures to accompany their original text
+ Allows students to write in chunks and in a sequence/at a pace that works for them
+ Has a function where you can hear your pages read aloud which helps students recognize grammar mistakes
+ Student can record their own audio
Δ Fonts are limited, hard to access/save work outside of the program with the exception of printing it
Create a Brochure, Poster or Leaflet
Using Lucid Press
+ Professional-looking templates that allow students to plug in writing and graphics
Illustrate Data and Create Graphs
Using Google Sheets
+ Students can collect data directly onto Google Sheets and quickly generate a table or graph
+ Graphs can be saved into PDFs, copied and pasted into other document
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