Digital Media - Final Project ideas

Scholarships Competitions:

Dosomething.org  -- This site has lots of ideas you could create a project with and enter yourself to win a scholarship

Project Yellow Light  - Create a video to try to put a stop to distracted driving and enter to win a $5,000 scholarship.

Wearethefrontier.org   - Enter to win a GoPro Hero 4 Black camera!

Digital Media, Feb 22-26

Hashtag Project

Monday
Movie from story project

Tuesday
What is your favorite soda pop?
Coca-Cola Pay it Forward Scholarship 
Movie from story project

Research Investigations, Feb 17-19

Tuesday
Write around the room

Wednesday

• Finish sharing stories
• Creative writing prompt: Imagine you are a forensic scientist.  You have just come uponthe scene of a crime.  You found the following items at the crime scene:  a book, a broken pencil, chocolate milk, and some white out.  There is a note that says a famous author living at that home is missing.  Write a fictional story about what YOU think happened at the scene of this crime.  You will need to make up what happened to the author based on the evidence you have found.  Be as creative as you can.  BE APPROPRIATE!!!  The author is NOT dead-he is missing.  So….where is he and what happened?
• BY THE END OF THE HOUR:
• have at least one scenario brainstormed out

Digital Media, Feb 8-12

Monday
- Work day

Tuesday

• Become a PRO on Google Cardboard -- by the end of class you will need to be able to teach someone not in this class all about Google Cardboard. Your exit ticket from my class will be a sheet of paper answering:
1. What is Google Cardboard?
2. How does it work?
3. How can I use them?
4. What kinds of apps would you be interested in exploring?

Research Investigations, Feb 8-12

Monday
Work Day

Tuesday
STEM works

Digital Media, Feb 1-5

Monday
Digital Footprint packet

Tuesday -Thursday

1. Finish Digital footprint packet. Post it on your blog and let me know you are ready for a grade. :)
2. Start on the Cyber Safety packet! 

Friday

• Finish all work from this class this week.
• Create a flip book (sheets on my desk) of an outdoor activity you can do in winter. Example - build a snowman.
• If you get done:
• code.org
• Khan Academy 
• NASA glogster challenge

Research Investigations, Feb 1 - 5

Project packet
Bell Work

Monday

1. Bell work
2. Project introduction
3. Day 1 questions
• Add: What are some of the guidelines for creating / completing a mandala?

Tuesday:

1. Bell work
2. Watch video (below) and video discussion
3. complete given mandala

Wednesday - Thursday:

1. Bell work
2. Watch video (below) and discussion
3. Create your own mandala 
• Drawing one on your own
• Using Adobe Photoshop 

Friday:

1. Bell Work 
2. Presentations 
• 3D printer items (take a picture of you and your item. Post it on your website with a short reflection of this process.)
• Mandalas on blogs