Final 2Minute Instructions

Oscar Wagon by grebo guru

The time has come for you to have a completed video. So the logical question is now..... Where do I put it!

You must upload the video to

or There is a spmath login for both of these sites. The password is the same at both. Email me if you do not know the password. Please use it so that I can create a channel and keep all videos organized. Both sites allow HD uploading so please use youtube if possible.

Once you have your video uploaded please embed it at your blog. Create a post

• Title ________ 2 Minutes to Make a Difference
• In the body give a 2 to 3 sentence explanation of your video.
• Embed your video
• label your post in the usual way, name, 2minutes, spinquiry

Your movie is to be 2 minutes in length. I will give you an extra 30 seconds to add the credits at the end of the movie. The credits are important because it informs the viewing audience about your sources of music, photos and information.
Please make sure that you have added into your credits all information about

1. photos
2. music ..... make sure you have permission to use the music you are using. If you have asked for permission and no one has replied back use up to 30 seconds and you should not have too many issues with copywrite. Make sure you state in the credits that you asked for permission.
3. websites Inform the viewing audience where you found your material. They could then go and learn more about the topic.
   

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Marking Rubric and other Goodies

The last stages of your 2 Minutes to Make a Difference are almost over. You should be making your movie as we speak. The final deadline for your movie will be on May 20. On that day I need access to your movie, you can burn it to a cd or use a flash drive.

Your movie projects will be marked on the following criteria, Length of movie, script, do you make a difference, production quality, direction and credits. Here is the rubric that will be used to mark your movie.

The final part of the movie will be a day where we will watch all of the movies as a grade. On June 15 we will use periods 2 and 3 to screen the movies. You will have a chance to vote on the ones you liked the best. Following the screening you will be served lunch and we will have an awards ceremony during period 4.

Red Carpet by jeffbalke

This will be a great way to get ready for your math exam which will be on June 16th!! Be sure to study!!!!!

You have had many months to create these masterpieces. Please take time to finish them to a standard of excellence that will make you proud. Following the ceremony we will unveil your iTunes channel and youtube channel. You will be able to

More Movie Magic

Puzzled_1991 by Bludgeoner86

May 6th is fast approaching. It is the latest deadline for your Movie Project. You need to have all of your pictures and filming done by this deadline. If you think of a jigsaw puzzle in a box not put together this is what you need to have done.

In the "Movie Jigsaw Puzzle Box"

• Script
• Photos with (cc only make sure to have the proper references)
• Photos you created
  
• Video you created

On Wednesday you will then start the 2 week process of putting the movie together. There will be 2 types of movies. Slidecasts or presentations with an audio track, and movies that you make in iMovie or on your PC. Both will be relatively simple if you have all the "puzzle pieces" in place.

Work hard and get ready for the next step.

The Next Step for your movie. Photographs

Alright here is what you have done so far.

• You have a Google Presentation to house all of your information.
• You have written an essay on your topic
• You have a storyboard showing what your movie is going to look like.
  

Now here are the next steps.

The movie script, images and video footage are due by May 6. You must cite all images used by your group at your Google Presentation.

Your movie must be complete by May 20th at 9:00.

Images
There are two ways to get images for your movie. Take them yourself or find them on the web.

• The first way is easy. Use your digital camera and take pictures that will convince people to make a difference. Each picture that you use should tell a story.
• You can store the pictures at your presentation or keep them on the memory card and use them at the end. Do not trash the pictures though. They can be hard to find again.
• If you are using video footage that you have taken yourself also use your camera. Remember that all breathing and talking will be picked up by the mic on the camera. Be careful when you shoot. Do not move the camera around quickly. Pick one area to video and have people come to the camera. It is difficult to see things when you are panning the camera around quickly.

The second source of photographs is on the web. There are many pictures out there but you may not use all of them. You have to use pictures that people have given you permission to use. This permission is called Creative Commons Copyright. Many people will allow you to use their photos as long as you credit them when you publish your work. You can credit them when you in your closing credits.

Here is a screen capture explaining how to find images.



When you are using CC (Creative Commons) you need to give in your credits the photographers name and the link where you found the picture.

Poverty by carlaarena
http://www.flickr.com/photos/carlaarena/2944999432/

Happy Earthday Everyone
by Eneas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/eneas/2434823886/

You need to find images on the web to make your movie come to life. Good luck in searching for what you need to find. I have found that a thesaurus is handy. When you search for one word it is hard to find what you want. But if you know other words that mean the same thing then you are able to find a better image. Do not forget to cite the

• photographer
• url
• name of the photograph

Other picture sites you can use are:
Flickrcc
I also like Flickr Storm
You can never have too many pictures. You have only 2 minutes for this movie. Make sure you have more than enough images and that you have cited them all. Remember, photographer, url and Name of the photograph.

The next post will all be about audio, songs and voice overs. Coming soon!

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Examples Part 1

Ah the next step. Today you are going to create a storyboard and start to write a script. In your groups you will need to choose the most important topics and points that will convince people to make a difference.

1. In your groups read your essays to each other. From the essays choose 3 to 5 points that you think are very important. Record these points on a large sheet of paper.

2. Repeat the process for each group member. Make sure to record all of your work.

3. Once all of your points are recorded you need to organize them in a story arc. This means that you start your story softly then build to "the most important points" then finish with a concluding idea.... How to make a difference.

You will do this on a second large piece of paper. You will fold it into 16 rectangles and number them 1 -16. If you need more you can use the back of the paper. In each rectangle you will place the point or idea in order of appearance in your video. You can change your mind but you need to get an order down by the end of today.(April 15)

It would not be a bad idea to have more ideas in your storyboard than to have too few.
This is an example of a storyboard.

4. Now that your story that you want to tell is before you start to think of images or live action shots that will bring your message across. In each of the rectangles on your story board you can sketch out or write what you want for each idea.(a puppy with a birthday hat to show..... or a live action sequence that shows....)

5. As a group you need to write a script for parts or all of the movie. YOU NEED to have some dialog in your movie.


Due Date for these assignments

Story Board is due by the end of the afternoon. YES THAT WAS BY THE END OF THE AFTERNOON. If you want to use an online storyboard creator I found one here. You could use this at home to make your storyboard even better.

The script is due by Monday.

Both the script and the storyboard should be in your Google Presentation by Monday. O Yeah. Your portfolios are due on Monday too.

Work hard and have fun.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Examples Part 2

Public Service Announcements or PSAs are examples of movies and slidecasts that are similar to the movies I expect you to write. Please use these examples and find others help you create your movie. Remember to "Make a Difference"


Kids See Kids Do



Quit Smoking

During this video count all the factual points brought out. You will be amazed at how many were squeezed into this video.



Think about the script of this video. It is only 30 seconds but it packs a powerful punch in combination with the music and video footage.



Hmm How about some bottled water



Here are some slidecasts. They are powerful presentations with a voiceover and soundtrack. They can be powerful movies that make a difference.

MADD PSA

View more presentations from alyssamarie0x.

Food and Nutrition

Psa Fruits And Veggies

View more presentations from Biray .

Look at the use of text slides and images. Imagine if there was a script and voice!!

Canadian Seal Hunt PSA

View more presentations from bkind2animals.

Next Steps for your Movie Project

Well today (MONDAY April 13) was the deadline for your essay. You have had a chance to have it peer edited and looked over by a teacher. The rewritten essay needs to be republished.

Hand in copy of essay to your home room teacher (73 give it to Mr. Mclean). Your teacher will read it and return it to you that period or before the end of the day.

The next step will be to use all of the essays from the group and to pick out the important information from each one. An example would be in each essay choose 2 to 3 ideas you think are important. In a group of 4 that would be 8 to 12 points to link together in a story line. Consider this another essay outline without the essay. You will now create a story board for this outline of important points.

At your Google Presentation you will now create slides showing the storyboard of your movie. Even though these say slide 1,2 etc add these slides to the end of your current presentation.

Slide1 Title
Slide 2 First big idea and supporting points
Slide 3 Second big idea and supporting points
Slide 4 Third big idea and supporting points
Slide Fourth big idea and supporting points

... and so on.

Timing is important. You only have 2 minutes to make people want to make a difference. You now need to think about what pictures would capture the hearts and imagination of people. You might need to film some live action shots for your movie too. All of this needs to be taken into consideration when creating this movie.

If you do not plan live shots and will just narrate over pictures and posters you need to check out this presentation.

Taking Your Slide Deck to the Next Level

View more presentations from selias22.

New Rules For Power Point Presentations

View more presentations from Christina Quick.

The Storyboard is due on Monday April 20th. Your Movie Google Presentation and Essay should be part of your e-portfolio. Please embed both of them into your portfolio before the end of the week. Thanks.

Essays Due Tomorrow

Ah Spring break is over and the essays are due. Tomorrow you will be expected to

• have a paper copy,
  
• your rough draft and any other work that you have done on your essay.

You will hand these essays into your homeroom teacher before noon. You will have the essays back by the next day. If you need to revise your work you can republish it and it will have its updates.

Remember that you are being marked on completing tasks on time and on the quality of your work.

Cya tomorrow. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PRINTED COPY OF YOUR WORK.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Deadline

This is a Prezi. It is a different type of presentation. All of this work is needed to be completed by the 27th of March.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference The Essay

Organizing your thoughts to write an essay can be difficult. You need to use an organizer to set up your ideas. The Persuasion Map is an organizer that will help you get the most out of the points you have researched on your "big thick" question. Here is one way you could use the persuasion map.

Your Name Hmm selfexplanitory No?

Title What is your essay about.

Goal or Thesis Write out your Big Thick Question

Reason 1 Reason 2 Reason 3 All of these will be the paragraphs of your essay. You need to have 3 subtopics or Reasons to explain your Big thick Question.

Fact or Examples For each of the Reasons above you need to have examples backing up what you have said. These will be supporting sentences for your paragraphs. I would recommend a minimum of 3 points but more would be allowed.

This is the end of the Persuasion Map but not the end of your essay. You now need a conclusion. What have you learned from your research and essay. Briefly summarize the previous 3-5 paragraphs and leave a powerful ending statement.

For your 2 Minutes to make a Difference Google Presentation you will need to have both an persuasion map and an essay. The Persuasion Map can be printed, screencaptured, or recreated by any means possible. Once the Persuasion Map is complete you can write the essay. Please use Google Docs to compose the essay. You then publish the essay and paste the link into your google presentation.

This is due April 8th. That is the Wednesday of the week that you come back from Spring Break.

Stay tuned for more instructions about other tasks needed to make your movie.

Thanks for working hard and doing such important work.

2 minutes to Make a Difference Update

Hey everyone it has been a while since we talked about your movie projects. I feel that I have let you down and not been on top of things. Lets do a recap.

Every group needs to have a google presentation. In that presentation the group needs to of chosen a topic. Each group member needs to of come up with 10 questions about the topic. These questions can be thin questions at this point. From the 10 questions you need to choose 1 thick question to be an expert on. You may need to help each other out in your group.

1. Slide 1 group name and members
2. Slide 2 Topic
3. Slide 3 to 6? Each group members 10 questions
4. Slide ?4 Group member name and thick question.
   

Now it is up to you to research this topic. You have until March 12 to research your topic (thick question). You should have a minimum of 30 points helping explain your answer. One strategy could be you have your one thick question and then some thin questions supporting the idea in the thick question.

You need to cite all your sources. This means if you are using the web you keep the url with the points that your have used. If you use a book, magazine or other form of print you keep track of those sources too.

By March 12 you have a slide or 2 at your post with all your information gathered about your topic. Each member is expected to have this slide done. On March 12 there will be an initial mark given to each of you.

This project is 20% of your third term mark. Please work hard to do a good job.

What do You Think

Some thoughts for your Video Project 2 Minutes to Make a Difference.

Use of text in movies

This is an interesting video concept. Look at how they pull the ideas together using pictures and text.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Schedule Form

Please complete this form before Thursday. Thank You. You need to have all your questions posted at your Google Presentation.

First marks will be given out on Tuesday.

Stolen Childhoods 816 841

Here is the shared presentation you will be working on today.

Stolen Childhood

This is a google presentation that we will use to add our questions to. Please add your questions to the presentation.

Distributive Property and Transposing

That is the lesson on Distributive Property and Transposing.

Please complete pages 50 and 52. You also have 2 Minutes to make a Difference Homework and a quiz on Tuesday.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Schedule

Here is a timeline for your movie project. It is for the next 2 weeks. Please adhere to the schedule. You will have to fill out a Google Form every week. All of your work for this stage of the project will take place in your Google Presentation. Please stick to the deadlines. Part of your make is having parts of your project completed on time.

Week 1 January 26-30
Choose Groups
Think about topics of interest
Week 2 February 2 to 9
Choose topic.
Every group member is in charge of creating 10 questions.
Create 10 questions about your topic.
In your Google presentation you need to list your 10 questions on a slide. From your 10 questions you need to create 4 "big" questions to research.
Find Images
Week 3 February 9-16
From your question you need to select 4 "big" questions to research. One for each person.
That person is responsible for coming up with 1 page of information dealing with the question. You will use a google doc to create the page of information. YOU must cite all sources that you use.
While you are looking for information you need to be thinking about powerful images that will get your message across. You can save and store them at your google presentation.

2 Minutes to Make a Difference Google Doc

Here is what you need to have done so far for your movie project.

1. Choose a group
2. Fill out the first form
3. Chosen a topic.

Now you need to start collaborating with your group members. You need to create a google presentation. How do I do that you ask. Following these steps there will be a video.

ONLY ONE PERSON PER GROUP DO THIS.

1. Log in to Google
2. Go to My Account
3. Select Docs
4. You now should be in Google Docs.
5. Under NEW choose presentation.
6. On the first slide put your group name and then list the other group members.
7. When you have created the slide share it. Top right hand corner.
   
8. You need to add collaborators. Type in your other group members emails. SEPARATE WITH A COMMA. You also have to add you LA Teacher, Homeroom teacher and Harbeck to the group as a collaborator.
9. Ms. Lee micheledlee@gmail.com
10. Mr. Harbeck chris.harbeck@gmail.com
11. Mr. Penner rpenner@wsd1.org
12. Mr. Vidruk spscience@gmail.com

This presentation will be your work site for most of the video that you will be creating.

Here is a movie on how to set up the presentation

REpost for 2 Minutes to Make a Difference

Welcome to your new project. Even though it seems like there is tons of time there isn't. Your project is to create a movie that makes a difference. You need to choose a topic that you can become passionate about. In your two minutes you will need to enlighten an audience of your peers and others around the world about the topic that is your passion.



Remember, you will be getting marks for completing parts of this project on time. Each subject Math, Language Arts, Science and Social Studies will be giving you a mark. This Project is an important part of your third term mark. Please take it seriously.

Here is the site that will be your home base. 2 Minutes to Make a Difference. On the side you will see many topics that can be chosen for this project. These are not the "ONLY" topics but are some interesting topics that you can choose for this project.


You need to complete this form to start the project,


The project runs from January 19th to April 9th (The Monday after Spring Break).
Please use the tag 2minutes when creating posts about the Movie Project.

Enjoy and be creative when you are learning.