Demonstrate overall knowledge and integration of material studied in class and from the texts, use one of the following and demonstrate/report results:

You could present your project to the class. Allow up to 15 minutes.  Grading criterion may include:

• Neatness and Professionalism- clean, professionally presented, easy to view, free of grammatical and spelling errors
• Integration of Class Content – demonstrates an integration and understanding of class content and your research findings.
• Quality of Content – the content demonstrates mastery and insights into the subject matter.
• Creativity and Insight – Materials demonstrate creativity and insight about self and course material.

With multiple choices in ways to demonstrate your knowledge, the evidence of your learning is more accurate. You actually become the expert through the learning process. This assessment isn’t just a fancy term for a presentation at the end of a unit. To actually engage in an authentic celebration is to witness a true display of understanding.

Technology provides additional ways and opportunities to differentiate instruction based on content, interest, and ability.  Choice menus give you the opportunity to self-select activities that are best suited to your interests and ability.  The result is an engaged and motivated learner with resultant products that when shared in the classroom have personalized and passionate characteristics.

Options that are technology-enhanced include:

Create a Series of Word Clouds

Wordle – http://www.wordle.net

ABCyaWord Cloud – http://www.abcya.com/word_clouds.htm

Imagechef– http://www.imagechef.com/ic/word_mosaic/

Tagxedo– http://www.tagxedo.com/

Write and Illustrate an eBook

Storyjumper – http://www.storyjumper.com/

ePubBud – http://www.epubbud.com/new.php

PBS Mash Up Story – http://pbskids.org/writerscontest/make-a-mashup.php

Storybird – http://storybird.com/

Kerpoof Storybook – http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/storybook

Artsicam Picture BookMaker –http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php?PHPSESSID=8214006849223e7a03dbb8b4a20c30a5

Draw or Paint a Picture

Kerpoof Draw – http://www.kerpoof.com/#/activity/draw

odosketch – http://sketch.odopod.com/

Make Comic Strip

Make Beliefs Comix – http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Comix/

ToonDo – http://www.toondoo.com/

Do an Animation

GoAnimate – http://goanimate.com/

Sketchfu – http://sketchfu.com/draw

Stage’d – http://stagedproject.com/comic

Scratch – http://scratch.mit.edu/

Doink – http://www.doink.com/ (needto be 13 years old or older)

Xtranormal – http://www.xtranormal.com/ (needto be 13 years old or older)

Create a Data Visualization

Create a Graph  – http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/default.aspx

Many Eyes – http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/

Create a  “Media” Presentation 
(must include at least two different types of media – photo, images, audio)

Prezi – http://prezi.com/

Glogster – http://edu.glogster.com/

Animoto – http://animoto.com/

Keep a Blog

Kidblog – http://kidblog.org/

Edublog – http://edublogs.org/

Make a Game

Game Mechanic – http://gamestarmechanic.com/

Sharendipity – http://www.sharendipity.com/

Game Boards – http://jc-schools.net/tutorials/gameboard.htm

Make a Timeline

Dipity – http://www.dipity.com/

Timetoast – http://www.timetoast.com/

Make a Google Earth Trip

Download Google Earth – http://earth.google.com/

Google Lit Trip – http://www.googlelittrips.com/GoogleLit/Home.html

Google Earth EducationCommunity -http://edweb.tusd.k12.az.us/dherring/ge/googleearth.htm

Make an Online Quiz

Quiz Revolution- http://www.quizrevolution.com/

Compose a Musical Composition

Aviary Myna – http://aviary.com/tools/audio-editor?utm_source=aviaryeducation&utm_medium=link&utm_campaign=edu

Audacity – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Make an Audio-Media Message

VoiceThread – http://voicethread.com/

Blabberize – http://blabberize.com/

Woices – http://woices.com/

Voki – http://www.voki.com/

Create an Infographic

Teaching WithInfographics | Places to Start = http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/08/23/teaching-with-infographics-places-to-start/?partner=rss&emc=rss

Seeing the Future! AGuide to Visual Communication http://www.howtoons.com/?page_id=1455

Infographics Scoop.it – http://www.scoop.it/t/infographics-in-educational-settings

Make a Book Trailer

How to Make a BookTrailer – http://www.booktrailersforreaders.com/How+to+make+a+book+trailer

Book Trailers – Moviesfor Literacy Examples –http://www.homepages.dsu.edu/mgeary/booktrailers/default.htm

Create a Stop Motion Animation

Claymation and StopMotion in the Classroom http://sites.google.com/site/movies2bmade/

The ClayAnimator – http://clayanimator.com/english/menu.html

Create a Technology Enhanced Scavenger Hunt

SCVNGR – http://www.scvngr.com/

QR Code Scavenger HuntExample – http://scls.typepad.com/techbits/2010/06/the-qr-code-scavenger-hunt.html;QR Code Generator from the ZXing Project – http://zxing.appspot.com/generator/

Create a Mobile App

App Inventor for Android– http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/about/

iSites – http://isites.us.

Organize and Film Flash Mob Performance

Examples at http://mashable.com/2010/06/20/flash-mob-videos/

Example – Gotta KeepReading – Ocoee Middle School – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6D9jiEYxzs

Build a Project in a 3D Virtual Environment

Greenbush Grid – http://grid.greenbush.us/portal/

Reaction Grid – http://reactiongrid.com/