Lesson Three - smilebox/voicethread

Objectives:
Students will use their knowledge gained from their locations to create either a voicethread or smilebox presentation.
Students will post their project to the blog

Lesson Plans:
1. Students will work individually on this project.
2. Students may choose any of the three location that they went to and create either a voicethread or smilebox presentation. The presentation must include a picture of themselves, a description of the location and at least TWO pictures of plant, animal and bird. There must be descriptions included with their species. Students may also use knowledge gained from viewing their peers community nature walks.  Hint hint!
3. Students will have two days to work on this in class. One day they will explore and learn both tools - the other day they will work on their own project. There will be one week total to complete this project.
4. Students will post their finished project to the blog under Lesson Three.

Web 2.0 Tools:
http://voicethread.com/#home
The following is an example of a voicethread

http://www.smilebox.com/
The following is an example of a smilebox production

This picture slideshow personalized with Smilebox

Evaluation: 
Total points is 50. 10 points for their picture and description, 5 points a piece for each image and description of their images for a total of 30 and 10 points for any information they included that they learned from another community walk. Sources  MUST be recognized!