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=**Preparing for Technology Projects in your Classroom**=

YouTube video (Creative Commons) on Project Based Learning Explained http://youtu.be/LMCZvGesRz8

1) Look at your standards and find a standard/area/key point you would like to reinforce or teach a new way 2) Do you want this to be a long term or short term project? 3) Let the students have some choices in what web 2.0 program to use to complete the project (example choose Flip movie software, Moviemaker, Animoto or Photostory 3 to produce a movie) 4) Decide on the type of product you would like produced (photo, poster, animation, video, audio, movie, cartoon, book) 5) Lay out a time period; book the library, lab or rolling laptop carts;discuss with your librarian or tech coordinator the programs that might be involved and clear them to be unblocked just in case they have been blocked by the school internet filter and make sure they are accessible and downloaded if needed (photostory 3 and shape collage have to be downloaded) 6) Come up with a rubric that explains what will be graded and type instructions and rubric for the students 7) Practice yourself using the programs so you can demo examples for the students easily 8) When the projects are completed, assess the student satifation of the experience so you can change anything before you try this again