Your+Final+Project

As you build you final project (WIki, Blog, website with embedded projects/rubrics/paper) paste the link to your ongoing work here for the four checkpoints throughout the semester.
 * The home page will introduce your novel, you as a teacher, describe the projects briefly.
 * The subsequent pages (for example, pages linked on the left as in our course Wiki) will be dedicated to your three digital projects related to the novel you chose.
 * Each digital project should use a different kind of technology, and showcase a different domain of literacy (Cognitive, Knowledge, Affective, Social).


 * As you become familiar with the theory of New Literacies, you will write afinal paper (which will be linked to the home page of your WIki). Within your paper you will cite theory that supports your new literacies pedagogy (your theory/practice journal should help with this). You might also address how your projects address various features of the Common Core Standards.

**and a rubric for assessment.**
Name of Project || Checkpoint 1 Due February 20 || Checkpoint 2 Due March 21 || Checkpoint 3 || Checkpoint 4 || I love how you were able to insert video into your PSA. The narrative was well written. Choice of music was haunting, and the imagery powerful. Your voice seemed to crackle a bit, but the message still got through. || || Philip Freeman and Laurie Calkhoven || DreamDesignDisplay || Katina, I am LOVING your site, Top of the Mountain! Your example for the braiding on Heroes of Olympus is excellent. Great model, directions and rubric. || Very nice Family Tree assignment, example and directions. You could expand on this as students develop understanding of familial connections. || Katina- Very stunning PSA. LOVE the video inserted in between the narrative and still images.You have certainly created a persuasive piece filled with many important and credible facts. Excellent job! || || Environmental Dreams || Nate, You still need to develop these pages and projects with an example, directions and rubric! ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Name || Novel /Author || Link to Wiki
 * ||  ||   || Digital Strategy 1 || Digital Strategy 2 || Digital Strategy 3 || paper embedded on WIki ||
 * Lori || Chasing Vermeer, Blue Balliett || Vermeer Mystery || Lori, I love your first digital example on your wiki. The braiding is an excellent model. || Lori- I love your digital poetry directions and rubric. Do you have a poem example? || Lori, Your PSA on the importance of __#|the Arts__ was filled with credible evidence. It was a solid multimodal composition, with a pleasing pace, and potent imagery. I love how it relates to your novel. Your WIKI is looking fantastic! ||  ||
 * Brittany || The Fault in Our Stars, John Green || My Wiki || Brittany. I really like your novel choice. Your home page is colorful and welcoming. Great Braiding example! || Brittany, Excellent directions for the digital poem. Your poem, Because of You, was very thoughful. Beautiful imagery and contemplative music added to the tone. Strong connection to the book. THe repetition and rhyme were very effective. || Brittany,
 * Emily || The Graveyard Book, Neil Gaiman || Beyond the Grave || Emily, Excellent home page!!! I love the template you created! Your braiding is excellent. Very thorough, with rubric. I am excited about this project! || Excellent preparation. I am loving your site! THe poem No Body Here related well to the book, and Bod's circumstance. Interesting reference to Mowgli. Very effective music choice- great images, too. || Emily, Your PSA on homelessness was excellent. I love the opening video. this had many references to facts about homelessness, excellent pictures, ambient soundtrack and good narrative. You cite your sources at the end. || [[file:Final Paper.docx]] ||
 * Danielle J. || Speak, Laurie Halse Anderson || My Wiki || Danielle - Nice start on the wiki. You need to add directions and a rubric for the first project. || Danielle, you have completed two very nice examples of projects for your check point 1 & 2, however, you need to add directions for __#|students__ and a rubric for each. || Danielle, Your PSA was a provocative multimodal composition. The sound volume seemed to fluctuate at times, but other than that you did a good __#|job__ piecing video clips and narrative together. ||  ||
 * Amanda McCarty || Drama, Raina Telegemeier || My Wiki || Amanda, WIll you be creating a braiding and a poem for Drama? I am hoping so. || Amanda, Your WIki is coming along nicely. WIll you be creating other examples especially for stargirl? Your braiding and poem are the same ones used for class. I love Stargirl! || Your PSA is powerful, Amanda, and very well done. I will need to read Drama. Very effective transitions, music, expressive voice and credits! ||  ||   ||
 * Sheena || wintergirls || my wiki || Sheena, I can not access your site. You need to make it public! ||  || Sheena, Nice job on the PSA on eating disorders was very powerful and well done. I look forward to seeing your WIKI once you make it public. || [[file:ted 707 paper.docx]] ||
 * Stephanie || Blankets By //Craig Thompson// || My Wiki || Stephanie, your braiding on Blankets is beautiful! Very nice job on this. An excellent multimodal composition. || I LOVE your poem, FIrst Love, Stephanie! It is beautiful and an excellent multimodal composition. || Stephanie, I really enjoyed your PSA, Love Your Kids! The home videos and photographs are great in this project. The music set a cheerful ambient tone, and the narrative was well written. Vocal projection was clear. Nice job! ||  ||
 * Elizabeth || Mississippi Trial, 1955, Chris Crowe || My Wiki || Your WIki is awesome, ELizabeth! SO meaningful and the projects so connected to the big issues inherent within your chosen novel. || Excellent digital poem. Relates well to the universal message in the novel. Very upbeat music and images. Nice pacing. || I LOVED your societal issues project. This is a very good example of a meaningful summative assignment which really requires students to research issues- and excellent job with your WIKI in highlighting these. || [[file:New Literacies.docx]] ||
 * Zac || __​The Softwire: Virus on Orbis 1__​ By PJ Haarsma || My Wiki || Zac, your wiki is coming along now! Very interesting and engaging Fakebook Assignment. Nice example, directions and rubric. || In addition to showing digital projects you made for our class, you also created a beautiful braiding on Dragon Rider. Nice example and rubric. || Zac, Very powerful PSA. YOur images and narrative provoked much thought. ||  ||
 * Katina || //Heroes of Olympus,//
 * Nate || **//Chomp//** by Carl Hiaasen || My Wiki
 * Michele || Abandon by Meg Cabot || My Wiki || Michele, Very colorful site. I especially like the extra pages you created: good reads and reviews. Excellent example f a thematic braiding. You used my example directions and rubric and that's fine. || Your poem, Crazy was very cool! I like that you investigated GLogster. Mood music and poem/ images flowed together to make a meaningful composition. || Michele, I enjoyed your PSA! Well done. The social issue of depression and suicide is a contemporary issue, related to your novel, Abandon, by Meg Cabot. Excellent use of incorporating video into your PSA, and the text typed onto the images was very effective. Mood music sets the tone for a hopeful future. || [[file:Final Ad Lit Paper.docx]] ||
 * Brook || Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi || My Wiki || Brook, you have a start, but need to create your projects, directions and rubric pages for the two digital projects thus far. || Brook, I LOVE your digital poem, based on Perspolis. Your Wiki is becoming very colorful, informative and showcasing best practices in new literacies! || Brook, I am liking your sun- shadow mandala project. WIll you be scanning in an image of your mandala? || [[file:FINAL TED 707.doc]] ||
 * Teri || The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian By Sherman Alexie || My Wiki || Teri- I do not see a link, but am looking forward to it since this is an excellent choice novel! ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Matt || Godless || My Wiki || Matt, You need to make your Wiki Public so I can view it. I am in the high school co-teaching English right now, bu I know we are meeting next week. ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Kelly || Coraline || My Wiki || Kelly, your project is coming along! I love the construction page, using setting as a way to interpret the novel. Perhaps this could be one of your project! You would need to create an assignment and a rubric, but I think it is an excellent example of translating handmade artwork into digital work. || Kelly, your digital poem is impressive, as is your wiki based on coraline. || Kelly, your PSA on Fear is very powerful. As always, your voice is clear and articulate, you speak directly to the audience. The video footage was cool, and you cited many credible facts. Great job. ||  ||

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