ESLR+Reflection

=ESLR Reflection=

Description
Students are to reflect on each of the school ESLR's, what they mean, how they have shown these and how they will continue to work towards achieving them next year. This reflection will form the basis of an iMovie with the students selecting and staging various digital photographs to enhance their final movie.

Sample of finished grade 4 projects can be found here http://www.mkis.edu.my/tech/ES/gr4/eslr-whitten/ESLRfw.htm Sample of finished grade 5 projects can be found here http://www.mkis.edu.my/tech/ES/gr5/eslr-winters/ESLRrw.htm

IT Skills Emphasised

 * Using technology design process to create presentation
 * Capturing, downloading and importing digital photographs
 * Skills and various editing techniques used to create a movie in iMovie

IT - Grade 4
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts 1.2 Students recognize, discuss, and visually represent ways technology has changed life and work at school and in the home, community, business, industry, and government over the past three decades. 1.3 Identify and know how to use Menu options in application programs to develop text, graphic, spreadsheet, and Web documents; save, print, format, and add multimedia features; store, access, and manage files; and use dictionary, thesaurus, and spelling and grammar tools. 1.4 Know proper keyboarding position and technique to touch type using the correct hands for alphabetic, numeric, and special purpose keys (arrows, escape, backspace, delete, caps lock, and control); and know how to use these keys and the Edit Menu items to correct errors in a document. Standard 3: Technology productivity tools 3.1 Identify and apply common productivity software features such as menus and toolbars to plan, create, and edit word processing documents, spreadsheets, and presentations.

IT -Grade 5
Standard 1: Basic operations and concepts 1.6 Identify basic software commands used to manage and maintain computer files on a hard drive, diskette, or CD-ROM; manage and maintain their files on a network; and know how to exchange files with other students and the teacher via network file-sharing and e-mail attachments. Standard 3: Technology productivity tools 3.2 Know procedures for importing and manipulating pictures, images, and charts in word processing documents and spreadsheets, presentations, and other creative works. Standard 4: Technology communications tools 4.2 Identify a variety of media and formats to create and edit products (e.g., presentations, newsletters, Web pages, portable document format) that communicate syntheses of information and ideas from the curriculum to multiple audiences. Standard 5: Technology research tools 5.3 Identify, record, and organize information on assigned topics in the curriculum by selecting and using appropriate information and communication technology tools and resources (e.g., slide show, timeline software, database, conceptual mapping).

Supporting Resources (Electronic)

 * Please not these templates are for iMac's (laptops) and not for eMac's (ES lab)

Grade 4 storyboard

Grade 5 storyboard

Reflection on project in general

 * Overall, beneficial for students to reflect on the ESLR's
 * We created iMovie templates for the students to assist with time, however we had network problems with these so I haven't included them here.
 * The distinction between the grade 4 and grade 5 versions allows for deeper reflection in grade 5
 * Students needed to keep text short and simple to allow for maximum effect. Too much text proved difficult to read.
 * Students needed to be concsious of making each slide 5 seconds as varying timings caused problems.
 * Students also needed to be counsious of the text style they used as the completed project would have a reduced quality when placed in portfolio/website.