VickyR+Parent+Letter

April 26, 2010   Dear Parents, The students in 8th Grade Health are very excited to begin their Keeping Yourself Healthy Interactive Multimedia Project (IMP) on May 3rd. They will work in groups based on a technology skills assessment that I will be giving them later this week. The body systems that students will be researching include: circulatory, nervous, skeletal, digestive, and respiratory systems. Building an Interactive Multimedia Project for Health requires patience and persistence as students learn and apply new skills. The project has 4 parts to it: Planning, Design, Implementation, and Evaluation. Students will be receiving a Project Timeline that outlines what they should be working on each day in order to finish the project on time. Students will have 2 weeks to complete the project and will be given class time to work in this each day. Computers will be in the classroom everyday for the students to use.  The technology tools that the students can use as part of this project includes the district software PowerPoint, Moviemaker, and Photo Story. Online tools that students may choice to use are free Web 2.0 tools such as Animoto and Xtranormal which will be shown in class. Students can also use other Web 2.0 tools or software that they find that meets the needs of the projects. Students will be shown examples of what each tool can offer so that they can select the right technology tools that they feel best meets the needs of their project(s). The end project(s) that the students create will be shared 4th grade teachers and students to be used in their science class.  Students will be keeping track of their progress on the Timeline Wiki in BlackBoard that has been created. Links to Web 2.0 tools, tips on how to use various programs, and rubrics will also be posted in BlackBoard. An overview on how this project will be graded: l Storyboard/Mindmap - 20 points l Content presented addresses the Essential Questions – 20 points for each/80 total possible l <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Appropriate use of the technology to deliver the message – 40 points <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">l <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Updating the Timeline Wiki daily – 5 points for each day/40 points possible <span style="font-family: Wingdings; font-size: 9pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Wingdings; mso-fareast-font-family: Wingdings; msobidifontfamily: Wingdings; msofareastfontfamily: Wingdings; msolist: Ignore;">l <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Peer reviewing and giving feedback to two other projects – 10 points for each/20 points possible <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">See the rubrics on BlackBoard for specific details on how these different components will be addressed. If you have any questions about this project, please do not hesitate to contact me. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Sincerely,

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Vicky Ross, Ed.D. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Technology Integration Specialist <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">vross@naperville203.org <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">630-548-7873