Keyboarding+ELP

====**Extended Learning Projects for Keyboarding ** ==== ====**Extended learning projects are activities which students are asked to do outside the classroom. These projects will vary depending on students’ interests. It is about being creative and broadening students’ experiences so that what they learn in Keyboarding can be applied outside of class. ** ====  [|Extended Learning Projects Contract]

====**__//Requirements//__** ====


 * **Projects will count at 10% of your total grade. **
 * **Students can select from the list provided or come up with their own unique idea. **
 * **All projects not listed must be approved by the teacher. **
 * **All projects must be turned in on time and uploaded to the classroom wiki. **
 * **<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Late projects will not be accepted. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Individual rubrics are found on the classroom wiki and are available for download for each project **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__//Possible Extended Learning Projects//__ **


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a blog using blogspot.com. Invite students to post comments **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a web site using Google sites, Wix.com, Weebly.com or Yola.com that is uniquely about you. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a presentation slide show about an important issue at school and upload it to slideshare.com. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students can create a brochure or event flyer on a school appropriate topic. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create an Animoto video. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create an online photo album using free services such as snapfish.com, flickr.com, photobucket.com, picasa.com and shutterfly.com. Also incorporate photo editing tools included in the web sites or use others such as Picnic.com, Flauntr.com or Pixlr.com. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a 1-3 minute and upload it to YouTube.com. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Using Glogster, create a poster of yourself and things you like and publish it on the web. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Create a VoiceThread at VoiceThread.com using pictures and narrative. **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; list-style-type: disc; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Other: Storybird.com, Alice 2.2, Pivot, Photostory, Other: Storybird.com, Alice 2.2, Pivot, Photostory, Audacity, Wordle, Prezi, Google Earth Artpad.art.com/artpad/painter/, flipbook.tv,

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">__//Experience Questionnaire//__ ** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">**<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline; white-space: pre-wrap;">Students will be required to post project updates on the classroom wiki and complete a project experience questionnaire after they have completed their projects. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**//__Rubric__//** <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 110%; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;">Students will download rubrics appropriate for their projects from the Project Rubric Page