Initial Draft for Final Keystone Unit

1. Subject: Multi-media autobiography using iMovie or UDL BookBuilder for presentations.  Students will write and illustrate an autobiography using a movie making or book-building format.  Students will brainstorm and write about important events in their lives and select or create images that correspond to those events.  Students will create storyboards in preparation for their final project.
2. Grade level: 6-8^th grade
3. Standards addressed:

Common Core Anchor Standards:

2. Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas and information clearly and accurately through the effective selection, organization, and analysis of content. 

3. Write narratives to develop real or imagined experiences or events using effective technique, well-chosen details, and well-structured event sequences. 

4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development, organization, and style are appropriate to task, purpose, and audience. 

5. Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach. 

6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing and to interact and collaborate with others. 

8. Gather relevant information from multiple print and digital sources, assess the credibility and accuracy of each source, and integrate the information while avoiding plagiarism. 

10. Write routinely over extended time frames (time for research, reflection, and revision) and shorter time frames (a single sitting or a day or two) for a range of tasks, purposes, and audiences. 

ISTE Technology Standards:

1.Creativity and Innovation

a. Apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes

b. Create original works as a means of personal or group expression

2. Communication and Collaboration

a. Interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media

b. Communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats

3. Research and Information Fluency

a. Plan strategies to guide inquiry

b. Locate, organize, analyze, evaluate, synthesize, and ethically use information from a variety of sources and media

c. Evaluate and select information sources and digital tools based on the appropriateness to specific tasks

d. Process data and report results

4. Critical Thinking, Problem Solving, and Decision Making

b. Plan and manage activities to develop a solution or complete a project

5.  Digital Citizenship

a. Advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology

b. Exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity

c. Demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning

d. Exhibit leadership for digital citizenship

6.Technology Operations and Concepts

a. Understand and use technology systems

b. Select and use applications effectively and productively

c. Troubleshoot systems and applications

d. Transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies

4. Intended results of the proposed technology integration

The ELA teacher I am working with wanted to investigate more dynamic ways of presenting student work that would sustain student interest throughout the duration of a writing assignment.  Students currently have not worked with either program iMovie or UDL Book Builder.  In addition, a need for developing and accessing a portfolio of student work was addressed in thinking about future APPR requirements.  Student work is currently not published or shared with peers, parents or administrators.

5. Students will need at minimum two days of training for each program they will be utilizing for the autobiography project.  I can provide assistance with tutorials as well as the technology coordinator in the school.  After exposure and tutorials are provided for each program, students will determine which format will best match their needs. 
6. Requirements

Students will need access to the computer lab for the duration of this project, 10 class periods.  This includes time for presentations of final projects. 

7. Evaluation plan

Students will complete a self-assessment after the project is completed.  In addition, students will give peer reviews.  I will evaluate students with a rubric.  Students will have access to the computer lab and additional help will be provided after school.