Writing

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Information Literacy

 * OUTCOME**: Possess a fundamental understanding of the ethical/legal issues surrounding the access and use of information.

ACTIVITY: Website Evaluation -

RADCAB - Vehicle for Information Evaluation

Visit these sites The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - Why it is a good idea to evaluate web resources.

Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators

Four Factors of Fair Use
1. Purpose – a nonprofit educational purpose can support a claim of fair use. 2. Nature – Uses of factual, nonfiction works are more likely to be within fair use. 3. Amount – The less the amount of a work used, the more likely it is fair use. 4. Effect – Uses that do not compete with the market for the copy-righted work are more likely to be within fair use.

RGB Activity -

Turnitin.com Explain what this is an that some districts are using it.

Activity: Animoto with Inspirational Education Quotes (Creativity and Innovation)

 * OUTCOME**: Demonstrate originality and inventiveness in work.
 * EXAMPLE**: Each student records a dramatic reading of a meaningful poem using appropriate inflection and expression. The meaning of the poem is enhanced with selection of appropriate music. The students also records a commentary discussing the intentions of the work and a rationale for the creative decisions.

Choose your favorite educational quote from the Google Doc


 * Login to Animoto with all-access**
 * 1) Go to the Animoto Link that has been set up for this workshop @http://animoto.com/sign_up?promo=A4E317lab09
 * 2) Fill out the registration form
 * 3) Upon successfully registering, you will get All-Access
 * 4) You'll be able to see that you have All-Access when registered successfully. It will say so in the upper-right part of the screen
 * 5) This account will give you All-Access for the next six months.
 * 6) Once you are logged into your account follow the steps below


 * Create Animoto video using inspirational education quote of your choice**
 * 1) Choose Create New Video – Upper left
 * 2) Choose video length – short or full-length (With the educator’s account you will have full-access)
 * 3) Add images – for today’s purposes let’s use some images from within Animoto. Later you can experiment with adding images from your computer or another site.
 * 4) To select more than one image hold down the control or command key
 * 5) To add a text slide, click on the T icon. There is not much room. You will need to think about how you want to arrange your words.
 * 6) Add a sound track – Animoto has quite a few tracks that you can choose from, so we will use one of those for today’s workshop. I would also recommend going to FreePlayMusic.com to find track that will work perfectly with your images.
 * 7) Finalize your video – this will take awhile, especially if you have included several images and lots of text.
 * 8) Animoto will send you an email when the video is finished. Enjoy!

**Schedule | Opening Activities | Language Arts & 21st Century Skills Electronic Reading | Reading in the 21st Century | Tech Tools to Teach Writing | Listening/Speaking | Closing**