Wikispaces+and+Photostory

Presenters: Patrick Sasse and Brandon Hershey Conestoga Valley School District Time: 10:30 - 11:15 Room: 225 Contact: Patrick_Sasse@cvsd.k12.pa.us and Brandon_Hershey@cvsd.k12.pa.us

__Description of Presentation__ Conestoga Valley High School CFF English Teachers, Brandon Hershey and Patrick Sasse will present the tools needed to create useful student assessments on Wikispaces and Microsoft Photostory. A step-by-step tutorial of both programs will be displayed; including formative assessment with digital portfolio examples utilizing Wikispaces and multiple assessment uses for Photostory. PSSA Standard 1.3 is the focus of these projects.

Presentation Blog/Notes: Wikispaces (Presenter’s wikispace: http://bhershey.wikispaces.com/) ~ multiple people can edit and collaborate on a wikispace – wikispaces are Internet sites ~ idea behind a wikispace where students can collaborate and create together ~ presenter has a page for each class he teaches ~ each page has content listed of the course being taught ~ desire to challenge students to be more reflective… for students to develop a portfolio ~ use the wikispace as a final portfolio (students must create their own professional portfolio) – students have to create their own wikispace page for their portfolio – teacher provides guidelines for what students need to include in their portfolio (provide answers to essential questions, information learned, course reflections and evaluations, etc.) ~ Students are listed on a page which links to their own wikispace (portfolio) ~ Students have to update their portfolio at the end of each book being studied ~ Teacher recommends to evaluate the portfolio during the process ~ Students struggle with the process from time to time, but this is what students need to learn how to wrestle through ~ Tier 1 – Students creates the space. Tier 2 – Groups collaborate together to create a space.

How much time did students work on this? Was it part of your lesson plans? ~ Some projects are part of the content of the portfolio which are included in the plans

Check out the roundtable discussions this afternoon for more wikispaces “How to” Photostory: ~ Installed on all CFF Window’s machines (or download it for free – http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx) ~ Need to have photos already stored in a folder in order to use Photostory ~ Easy to navigate… step by step process ~ Begin a new project… import photos (edit or crop them)… add text to the photo or effect… add motion/transitions… narrate/record photos…add your own music or create music from Photostory… save the project file .wp3 and then finish the video .wmv file (windows media video played in windows media player) ~ Very quick process

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