Monday, June 30, 2008

My students and I will create a digital recipe book using KidPixs.  They will be responsible for choosing a family recipe with the help our their parents.  They must be able to write the recipe in the sequence order so that other students will be able to follow it;  present a detailed shopping list with all necessary ingredients to prepare the dish and the final stage will be to narrate their recipe.  Each student will have a cover page, the step by step page of directions, a picture of their recipe that they will  create.  When each student has completed their recipe, I will attempt to put them all together in a "class recipe book" and each student will receive a copy.  

The students and I will create a feedback rubric with a checklist of the components that we feel are important.  After brainstorming with Nena, we both agree that trying to have students post their work is next to impossible.  I have some ideas of where I want to go with this stage, but it still needs development.  I anticipate that this will probably be a lengthy project with all the writing, learning to use a laptop, creating pictures, narrating, giving feedback and allowing time for edits.  I am guessing that this could require anywhere from 15 to 25 one hour sessions--but the truth of the matter is I have NO idea.  

This project spans over several standards:
LA-Reading St. 2 /3- Comprehension/Literary response- following written directions
Writing Standards - Strategies,  Applications, and Conventions - will be covered
Listening and Speaking Standards

ISTE: St. 4 - Plan and manage activities to develop a complete project
                       1.  Creativity & innovation
       2.  Communication