Ryan Osweiler EDTECH 521 Asynchronous Lesson Draft Lesson Title: 5th Grade End of Unit US Geography Travel

Videos Objective: Students will work in groups to create an Animoto video of a chosen region of the United States. Standards (Virginia): NAG 5.3-5.9 - The student will explore regions of the United States and countries of North America by: a. locating the region on a map and identifying key political features; b. explaining the physical and climate characteristics c. explaining the physical and climate characteristics of the region c. analyzing the natural resources and economic activity of the region d. describing the population of the region including: early settlements, historically significant events and places, and cultural characteristics e. examining life in the region today by focusing on significant features and representative landmarks Materials: Computer with Windows XP or Higher and Internet Access Access to Class Animoto Account (Created by Instructor) 3 Discussion Forums o 1 For Team Communication o 1 For Region Selection o 1 To Post Final Project Overview: In 5th grade Social Studies, students learn about the different regions and characteristics of them. For this project, students will be grouped into 5 teams. Each team may select their own region (first come first serve). Students will find photos of landforms, famous landmarks, and important places within the region and create a travel video using Animoto. General Instructions: 1) Students view the example video and instructor created introduction. 2) Students communicate in their assigned team forums (1, 2, 3, 4, 5) and decide collectively what region they choose. The five regions to select from are: Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Southwest, and West.

3) One member from the team should post their teams selection to the Region Selection Forum. The subject line should read: Team # Name of Region. 4) Students sign onto Animoto using class account. Instructor will have setup a template for each team. This template will be where students upload photos and create the video. 5) Final Project must be posted with a link in the Final Project Forum. 6) You must respond, at least one time, to each video posted-including your own. Feel free to engage in further dialogue. Project Specific Instructions: 1) Use the Group Communication Forum to decide how you will divide the tasks amongst the group. 2) Be careful when operating on the Animoto site. Since everyone will have access to everything, it will be easy to delete, rename, move, etc. anyones work so please be careful! If you notice photos, projects, etc. moving, disappearing, or any other strange occurrences, please email me. 3) The template must be renamed to: Team # Name of Region. 4) There must be a title slide that has Team # Name of Region on it. 5) There must be at least 3 photos per state that is identified in that region. 6) There must be a text slide with the name of the state and its capital before those specific photos appear in the show (its easiest to put the 3+ photos from a particular state together). 7) Try to find pictures of photos of important landmarks, landforms, and places. Ask yourself: Do people travel to see this (like the Grand Canyon, or the Statue of Liberty)? 8) You have 2 options for citing sources. 1) You can have the final slide(s) be a reference list showing ALL of the links to the photos you found. You should use CreativeCommons photos. Flickr and Google Images have the ability to filter for content that is free to use. If you used your own photos, you can indicate that on the reference slide(s). You could list the state names and the links right under each state or however is easiest for your group. 2) If your group has the ability to do a little photo editing, you can insert the link at the bottom of each picture. If you do this, you do not need a reference slide(s). 9) Your group may select any theme and song you wish. The only request I have on the music is to ensure everyone can understand the lyrics. The music is filtered but you want viewers to focus on the video, not the music. Sometimes the music can be distracting. Remember, its a travel video. Make it appealing to watch and listen to! Feel free to explore the themes as they are all neat in their own way. Resources: Google Images After searching, click Advanced Search and change the Usage Rights to Free to Use or Share. Flickr - searching, click Advanced Search and check the box that says: Only search within Creative-Commons licensed content.

Animoto Class Username: Osweiler Class Password: Online Sample Video - (Reference Slide Was Inadvertently Deleted)

Rubric (100 Points): 5 Points Active participation in team communication forum 5 Points Group selection posted in region selection forum 10 Points Title slide/correct formatting 10 Points Text slide for each state/capital in region 30 Points At least 3 pictures per state in region included in show 20 Points Reference slide with links to all photos or links posted within each photo 10 Points Post video link in Final Project Forum 10 Points Respond to each of the 5 videos in Final Project Forum