Assignments

**Microsoft Innovative Project -** **Building Global Opportunities Together--Anywhere, Anytime**

**Assignments:** **Assignment 1:** **Introduction Prezi; upload as a Widget>Slideshow to the Student Pages tab on the wiki to your page -** Create a Prezi to introduce yourself - include the following details -


 * Name, Hobbies, Sports
 * Music - favourite bands, genre, instruments, involvement in school, iPod (?)
 * Movies
 * Restaurants/favourite food
 * Interests
 * Goals/Aspirations - e.g., post secondary, travel, career, etc.
 * Include a picture of yourself and the above topics in an interesting format. Remember to use copyright free material, e.g., Flickr or your own photos

**DUE: Wednesday, April 13th.**

**Assignment 2:** **Scavenger Hunt - what things are important for students in our partner school to know about the capital city of Manitoba (yes, that’s Winnipeg!!)**

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Create 10 questions using proper wording that we can create a Google Form to have the partner students complete. The answers to these questions should come from a variety of sources: e.g., Google, Wikipedia, our school web site. Type these questions in a new Google Doc and share this with me <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Include the answers and sources (where you found this information) to your questions--and no, we won’t provide answers when we do the actual form!

Birds Hill Park, Forks/Red and Assiniboine Rivers, Human Rights Museum, Birds HIll town, Legislative Bldgs/golden Boy, Flooding, Floodway, Bonner closed, Lockport, Bunns Creek, River East Collegiate, River East Arena, soccer complex, Gateway arena, Marconi Trail, Chief Peguis Trail/Extensio/Statue in Kildonan Park, Lower Fort Garry, Folklorama, folk Festival, Universities and Colleges, police helicopter, activities for youth, what else??? <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**DUE: Friday, April 15th.**
 * Thoughts**: Where we live - How we live - Maps -

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Assignment 3:** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Design YOUR page.** <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose an attractive font for your name using sites such as <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #0000ff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">__[|cooltext.com]__ <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, [|www.flamingtext.com] or other. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Link your blog and your wiki to your page on this project wiki. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Write a paragraph on your page as to what it means to you to live in/around Winnipeg. What opportunities exist for you as an urban resident? <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffffff; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; vertical-align: baseline;">**﻿** <span style="background-color: #0000ff; color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**DUE: Thursday, April 28th.**
 * 1) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the educational opportunities for you in Winnipeg as a grade 12 graduate?
 * 2) <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">What are the job opportunities for you in Winnipeg? You will need to research the stats for this to support your answers.

<span style="background-color: #00ff00; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">**Assignment 4:**

You will be assigned one element of [|Digital Citizenship]for this assignment. You will also be assigned a partner to develop a video to illustrate the element. The video must be between 30 - 60 seconds in length. Details of the video are your choice, i.e., music, titles, still images, video, sound effects. You will create this video as a movie file in Windows Movie Maker. The finished movie must be uploaded to the Digital Citizenship page of this wiki in the appropriate 'element slot'.

DUE: Thursday, April 21st.

Assignment 5:

C r eate a Glogster account at glogster.com Create a Glog poster about Winnipeg--on a topic as discussed in class. Post the Glog to your MSInnovation.wikispaces.com student page The Glog must include text, graphic, image, sound, and a cool glog wall. You may include a video that suits your interactive poster.

Assignment 6:

[] - create a word shape using one of the programs linked on this site. Excludes Wordle. Post your shape to your student page.

Assignment 7: May 3, 2011 - Check your Student Page. It should have the following: Your name in a unique, attractive format Links to your personal Wordpress Blog and Wiki Introduction Prezi about you Several paragraphs or lists about Winnipeg and Education--be sure to link several words to further sites Add a Wordle about something you like and link it to an appropriate website Add one other piece that you like--could be a video that you enjoy--remember all pieces must be appropriate!!; picture that you like Check that the Glog and Wordle and Word Shapes are removed from your student page and only appear on your Winnipeg page

Your Winnipeg Page should have the following: Short text to "promote" your Winnipeg page--instructions on where to click and highlights Glog--your Winnipeg research topic Wordle--link to a website on your topic Word Shape #2--link to another web site on your topic

Ensure that your Digital Citizenship movie is uploaded to the correct category. This is DUE NOW!

Assignment 8: - Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Students working on the Prezis for Charles Sinclair School, please upload these to the appropriate student pages as you finish them. Taylor: please come and see me in Room 213 for the student introduction sheets. Everyone: ensure that you have completed all of the steps in Assignment 7. Ask your neighbour to review your page with you and to give you suggestions to make your page and your Winnipeg page more exciting!! After completing these two pages, explore xtranormal.com - Create an xtranormal movie. Go to xtranormal.com, create an account and choose your Set, Actor(s), Sound, and prepare a Story. DO NOT publish your movie as that uses up your Xtranormal Points! You get limited Xtranormal points for a free account but they don't charge until you hit Publish--so wait with that until later--I will review with you the criteria for your xtranormal movie for the Wiki Project.

Assignment 9: Thursday and Friday, May 5 and 6, 2011

Mrs. Brown's class - Go to the [|Fisher River web page]and explore the links on this site. Everyone will choose a topic to develop the wiki page for Fisher River Cree Nation. We will discuss the topics and the Web tools that you will use to illustrate the content, i.e., Prezis, Glogs, Wordles, Animoto, etc. etc. etc.

Mr. Keller's Class is developing the page for Charles Sinclair School - [|Charles Sinclair School]

Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - Guest Speaker, Treaty Relations Commissioner James Wilson

Assignment 9: Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Chris Bryer : please upload the Prezi for Clarence first. This needs to be done at the beginning of the period. Everyone: go to each page of the Charles Sinclair student pages and check that you have asked one question of each student. Remember, the questions must be appropriate or they will be deleted and you will not have a second chance to redo and lose marks!! Develop your object, i.e, Glog, Xtranormal, Animoto, or Prezi and a Wordle or other Word Shape for your Fisher River Cree Nation page. Upload the object to your page and design your page with an attractive title and other pictures. Be sure to include at least one link to an appropriate website. You will have until this Friday end of class to finish any details on your student page, your Winnipeg page, questions for Charles Sinclair students, your Digital Citizenship movie and the Fisher River page. At that point, I will lock the pages and your marks are gone if the work is not done.

Assignment 10: Thursday and Friday, May 12 and 13, 2011

First I would like to compliment all of you who are working and doing your best in this collaborative project!! Thank you!! Second: Those of you who are not up-to-date, this week is your last chance to get marks for the above assignments. Everyone--please review the above assignment details one more time to be sure that you have finished it all. I am away at a two-day conference but will be checking the wiki each day for progress. If you have questions, please email me. It is important that you work to complete your assignments and stay focused. = =

Ok, now for today and tomorrow's work: Treaties - This is an INDIVIDUAL TASK Please click on the Treaties page and find your name. Both classes (Mrs. Brown's and Mr. Keller's) are working on this page so be sure you find your name

Research the treaty assigned to you as follows: You may use the TRCM web page as well as any other sites you can find. I have linked TRCM on the Treaties page. Where is it? When was it negotiated and agreed upon? and maybe re-negotiated? What are the details of the treaty? Who was there when it was signed? What were the terms? How do treaties affect everyone? Any other information that is relevant.

Now create a cool tech object to illustrate the information that you have found. You have learned to create various objects such as Prezis, Glogs, Animotos, Word Shapes, Podcasts, Movies. Your object must include some text (not too much), a map clearly outlining the region, pictures, sound, and video if you can find one. Check with the other people on your treaty number as to what kind of object they are making and then you make something else. If you are not in the same class as the other student(s), you have first choice so please check the page to see if something is uploaded already. DON'T MAKE THE SAME TYPE OF OBJECT AS SOMEONE ELSE ON YOUR PAGE! Upload your object to the appropriate page. There will be several objects on each page as several students are working on each treaty.
 * You must use a tool that we have not learned in class. ** You may use more than one new tool if you want/need to be able to illustrate all of the information for your Treaty #. Here is a website that will provide inspiration!

On Monday (May 16th) we will be working in the PC lab to begin the Photosynth part of this project. Beginning Monday, we will be working in Room 115 until further notice.

Please remember to turn in your PERMISSION FORMS for the field trip coming up May 25th in the morning.

Assignment 11 - Photosynth - May 16 - 20, 24 - 31 Learn to use Photosynth - explore the many synths on the website Watch the How to Video on the website. Take pictures of a specific area at River East. Create a Photosynth and email the embed code to me.

Wednesday, May 25th - Field trip to The Forks. Photography - you will be assigned a specific area of The Forks to take pictures. You will then use these pictures tomorrow and Friday to create a Photosynth.

May 26 and 27 - Photosynths

May 30 and 31 (Monday and Tuesday) - Send an email to me with the embed code for yours synths - 2 synths about The Forks, 1 synth about Charles Sinclair School. Have another student Peer Critique your 4 wiki pages: Student Page, Winnipeg Page, Fisher River Page, Treaty Page. Make the needed changes. Email me with the name of the person that critiqued your pages and what the changes were that you made.

Music Sources

A s signment 12 - June 1 - 2 Create a Photostory movie about Charles Sinclair School. Use the pictures in our pickup folder, add music, transitions and effects, appropriate text--consistent fonts, colour, size, alignment and attractive slide layout. Save the Photostory as a Photostory Project and then save it as a Movie file. Go to the Charles Sinclair page of this wiki, type your name and upload the movie file as a File beneath your name. Assignment 13 - June 3 FINISH ALL PIECES:
 * Student Page
 * Winnipeg Page
 * Fisher River Page
 * Treaty #
 * Photosynths--1 REC, 1 Charles Sinclair, 2 Forks
 * Photostory on Charles Sinclair page

Exam - June 6 - 15