Lesson 6: Collaborative Projects Goals of lesson: This lesson offers a couple of projects for users to practice using many of the skills they have learned thus far. • Create a research project • Create a photo essay
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Lesson6:CollaborativeProjects
Goalsoflesson:Thislessonoffersacoupleofprojectsforuserstopracticeusingmanyoftheskillstheyhavelearnedthusfar.
• Createaresearchproject• Createaphotoessay
A.ResearchProject
1. Introduction
Thisassignmentwillrequireyoutodevelopashortresearchreport.Youwillpickatopic,usetheinternettofindinformationonthissubject,andsummarizewhatyouhavelearnedinareportaboutonepagelong.Thisreportwillthenbeposted,alongwithtwopicturesrelatingtoyourresearch,ontheBOSCOWikispace.
Theresearchprojectwillgiveyouachancetodemonstrateandpracticeseveraldifferentcomputerskillsatonce.Instructionswillbeprovidedbelow,brokenintosections,buttherewillonlybeloosesuggestions.Youmayfindthisfrustratingbutthegoalhereistohaveyoucreateauniquereport.Ifyouareeverconfusedyoucanusethepreviouslessonstoguideyou.
2. ChoosingaTopic
Thetopicofyourprojectshouldbeanythingthatinterestsyou.Simplychoosesomethingyouwanttolearnmoreabout.Nosuggestionsareprovidedtoforceyoutothinkcreativelyandmakeyourowndecision.Ifyouarehavingtroublethinkingofatopictrythinkingofaquestionyouwantanswered.Alsoremember,youcanalwaysgobackandchangeyoursubjectifyoufindthereisnotenoughortoomuchinformation.Writedownyourtopicatthestartofanewworddocument.Ifyoudonotalreadyhaveadirectoryofyourowncreateoneandsaveitthere.
Task: Chooseatopicforyourresearchproject.Writeyourtopicatthetopofanewworddocumentonthecomputer.Makesuretosavethisdocumentwhereyouwillfinditlaterwithanameyoucanremember!
3. DoingResearch
Thisisthemostimportantpartoftheproject.YoumustusewhatyouknowaboutusingtheInternettocollectinformationaboutyourtopic.YoumayuseGoogle(Lesson2)oranothersearchenginetoaidinyourresearch.Theeasiestwaytobeginisbysearchingforakeyphrasethatrelatestoyoursubject.OnegreatresourceisWikipedia(Lesson4)butmakesureyoualsouseothersources,includingnewspapers.
Wheneveryoufindafactthatmaybeimportantrecorditinyourworddocument.MakesureyoualsoincludetheURL(Lesson2)forthewebpagewhereyoufoundtheinformation,thetitleofthearticleitwascontainedin,andtheauthorofthearticleifthenameisgiven.
Task: Researchyourtopic.Saveallinformationinthepreviousworddocumentunderneaththetopic.Makesuretorecordtheinformationforeverysourceusedandremembertosaveyourwork.Theremustbemorethanthreedifferentsources,andatleasttwoofthesemustNOTbefromWikipedia.
4. WritingtheReport
Usethesameworddocumentthatwasusedtosaveyourresearchtowriteyourreport.Thereportshouldbeaboutonefullpagelong.Ifyouhavealottoshareandwanttowritemoreyouarewelcometodoso.Donotworryifitisalittlelessthanafullpage.
Firstyoumustchooseatitleforyourprojectwhichrelatestoyourtopic.Thisshouldbeputbeforeyouwriteyourarticle.Alsoincludeherethedate.Thereportshouldstartbysayingwhatyourtopicisandwhyyouchoseit.Afterthisitshoulddescribewhatyoulearnedaboutyourtopic.Itshouldnotjustbealistoffactsbutshouldreadsmoothlylikeaprofessionalarticle.Donotcopydirectlyfromyoursources.Thisiscalledplagiarismandisillegalaroundtheworld.Instead,makesuretoputallinformationyoufindinyourownwords.
Ifyouhavewrittenabouteverythingyouhavelearnedandyouthinkyourreportistooshortyouhavetwooptions.Firstyoucangobackanddomoreresearch.Second,ifyoucannotfindmoreinformation,youcanchangeyourtopicslightlytoallowyoutodomoreresearch.
Task: Writeyourreportinthesameworddocumentthatyouusedtotakenotes.Itshouldbeonepagelong,butmaybelonger.
5. FindingPictures
Youmustfindatleasttwopicturesthatrelatetoyoursubject.YoucanfindtheseonthewebsitesyouusedforresearchoryoucanperformaGoogleimagesearch(Lesson2)foryourtopic.Tosaveapictureyoumustusethemousetorightclickontheimagethenselect“saveimageas”orasimilarlytitledfile.Saveallpicturestothesamedirectoryasyourresearchdocument.
Task: Findatleasttwopicturesofyoursubjectandsavethemtoyourpersonaldirectory.Makesureyousavethemwithfilenamesyouwillremember.
6. PostingtotheWikispace
OnceyourreporthasbeenwrittenyoumustpostittotheBOSCOUgandaWikispace.Ifyoudonotrememberhowtodothis,Lesson5containsinstructionsonhow.FromthemainResearchProjectspagecreatealinktoanewpagewiththesametitleasyourreport.Inthisnewpagewritethetitleofyourreport,yourname,andthedateyouwroteit.Belowthiscopyinthetextofyourreportfromtheworddocumentyoualreadycreated.Finally,uploadandinserttheimagesyousavedearlierandcreatecaptionsforthem.
Alsoincludeatthebottomalistofallofthesourcesusedforresearch,whichyoushouldhavesavedfrombefore.Makesuretoincludethetitleandauthorofallarticles.MakethetitlesintoexternallinksconnectingtotheURLsyourecordedearlier.Thiswillallowanyonetoclickonthetitleofthearticleandseeproofthatyourresearchiscorrect.
Task: PostyourresearchreporttotheWikispace.Feelproudathavingcompletedtheproject.
B.PhotoJournalProject
Thisassignmentisacreativeproject.Youmusttakethedigitalcameraandcaptureaseriesofphotographsthattellastory.Aswiththeresearchproject,thefirststepistochooseatopic.Youcantakephotosofwhateveryouwantinordertotellsomestorythatmeanssomethingtoyou.Onceagain,noexamplesaregivensoastoprotecttheuniquenessofyourproject.
Onceyouthinkyouknowwhatkindofstoryyouwanttotellgooutandtakesomepictures.Thesecanbetakenwhereveryouwantandofwhateveryouwantsolongastheyallhavesomesortofcommontheme.Planaheadwhenusingthecamerasoyoucapturetherightthingsforyourjournal.Youwillneedatleastsixpicturesforyourphotojournalbutitisagoodideatotakemoresothatyoustillhaveenoughifyoudecidenottousesome.
Oncethepicturesaretakenyoushouldloadthemintoyourpersonaldirectory.Itmaybeagoodideatomakeadirectorywithinitjustforyourphotojournalpictures.YoumayalsorenamethemsoitiseasiertorememberwhatpicturesarewhatwhenyouuploadthemtotheWikispace.
Nowgototheprojectsiteandcreateablanklinkwithyournameandatitleforyourphotojournalwhichshouldsomehowrelatetoyourtheme.Atthetopofthenewpageputthetitle,yourname,andthedate.Uploadandinsertatleastsixofyourpictures,thoughyoumayincludemoreifyouwouldlike.Resizeandrearrangethepicturesuntilyoulikehowitlooksandtheyareallinthecorrectorder.Provideanappropriatecaptionforeachpicture.Remember,thepicturesandtheircaptionsshouldformsomeastoryorreflectacommonthemewhenreadthrough.
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