Many of us (parents) grew up before the digital devices and constant internet connection so we are able to see the difference between our childhood and our students', as they are growing up with these things. But, like most things, with the positive impacts comes some negative. In order to address some of this, I combined the issues into three categories: Cyberbullying, Digital Balance, and Media Manipulation (which also fit nicely into our curricular requirements). The students formed their own groups and then I assigned (randomly selected) one topic per group. That way we'll all get to learn all the topics.
Regardless of the topic, I provided some questions that the students needed to research to hopefully guide them in a useful direction for the content of their PSAs. This information need to be explicitly referenced in their video, but for some reason, every group is also trying to figure out how to incorporate some sort of bullying into their topic. As long as they also have the required information, it'll be fine.
Since this unit is all about digital media, the PSAs also need to include: video, images, audio from speech, and music. There are many ways this assignment can be completed and I'm excited to see what the students come up with. If they want to score a 4 on the assessment, though, they will need to create something that stands out from the rest of the videos.
Regardless of the topic, I provided some questions that the students needed to research to hopefully guide them in a useful direction for the content of their PSAs. This information need to be explicitly referenced in their video, but for some reason, every group is also trying to figure out how to incorporate some sort of bullying into their topic. As long as they also have the required information, it'll be fine.
Since this unit is all about digital media, the PSAs also need to include: video, images, audio from speech, and music. There are many ways this assignment can be completed and I'm excited to see what the students come up with. If they want to score a 4 on the assessment, though, they will need to create something that stands out from the rest of the videos.