bringing project based learning into the 21 st century

Bringing Project Based Learning into the 21st century.

Community Multimedia Academy

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Community Multimedia Academy

• Project-Based Learning• Service Learning• Multimedia and Technology Integration• College Focus

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Project Based Learning

Enduring Question

Practical Experience

Constructivist Learning

Reflection

Voices of World War II

Voices of World War II is an interdisciplinary unit that integrates historical research, creative writing, and multimedia.

Students write, produce and edit a video monologue that expresses the emotion and experience of marginalized voices within a particular historical era.

Curriculum Areas of Focus

Primary: History/Social Science

Secondary: English/Language Arts, Performing Arts, Technology

The main elements of this unit can be applied to other historical and literary units, i.e., the Great Depression, Civil Rights Movement and Vietnam War.

Enduring Question

How can you empower marginalized voices through multimedia?

Guest Speakers

Guest speakers make learning meaningful and relevant

Japanese Internment

Witness to Zoot Suit Riots

Experiential Learning

Christian wears the original Zoot suit worn by Mr. Carrasco in the 1940s

Rosie the Riveter Memorial

Rosie the Riveter Memorial

SS Red Oak Victory Ship

Aboard the SS Red Oak Victory

For more information about the SS Red oak Victor, visit: http://www.ssredoakvictory.com/index.htm

Student Project

Students write, edit and create an original video monologue

Service Learning Waste Reduction Program

Enduring Question: How do we increase our knowledg and practice of the 4 R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Rot

Service Learning1. Compost Pile, Tennyson High School Farm2. Public Service Announcement, Elementary School Partnership

Media Projects 1. Student Blog2. Compost Video3. Public Service Announcement

SLWRP Activities

Students learn about the Davis Street Transfer Center

“The facilities goal is to divert 75% of municipal trash away from landfills and into recyclable materials”

Source http://www.dsgardencenter.com/index.asp

Waste Audit

Students weigh and sort through classroom bags of trash

Composting

Students build a compost pile for the Tennyson High School farm

Students learn the importance of organic farming

Student Blogs

Students create personal reflection blogs based on the SWLRP learning activities

Digital Portfolios

Performance Assessment

Digitize and Archive Student Work

Sophomore Year1. Display Portfolio2. Multimedia Projects

Junior Year1. Assessment Portfolio2. English, Multimedia, History, CMMA Values

Student Portfolios

Sophomore Portfolios

Junior Digital Portfolios

Assessment and Learning Reflection Portfolios

Web 2.0 Tools