Final Project
Level 1 Final Project Specifications
For all level 1 students, the final project will be a Weebly or other platform web site that contains one or more pages for each of the content areas covered in this class. Those are Computer Based Training, Text, Images, Sound, Video, and Web 2.0. On each content area page, describe the knowledge and skills you have learned, link to resources you found useful, and embed media as needed to demonstrate your understanding of digital media and web 2.0 development. The content and structure of the web site you are reading will provide a guide. Read this site first. The objectives for each content area can guide you as you develop content for your pages.
Level 1 Check List for Each Content Area
Use this check list to be sure you address the essential information from each of the 6 content areas we covered.
CBT - Computer Based Training
Text
Images
Sound
Video
Web
After you have created a few pages of your site, please send me the URL using the form below so I can create a page linking all of your final project sites for this year.
Level 2 Final Project Specifications
For all level 2 students, the final project will be a Weebly or other platform web site based on a portfolio template. Modify the template using the Theme editor. Use your creativity to make an attractive site to show off your accomplishments this week. Create one page within your site for each project you completed this week. Embed or link to the project and explain the skills and knowledge you learned while doing it. Use the hierarchical menu feature in Weebly to have a Projects menu item on your site that shows a dropdown of pages for each project (similar to the Students menu on this site design). After you have created a few pages of your site, please send me the URL using the form below so I can create a page linking all of your final project sites for this year.
For all level 1 students, the final project will be a Weebly or other platform web site that contains one or more pages for each of the content areas covered in this class. Those are Computer Based Training, Text, Images, Sound, Video, and Web 2.0. On each content area page, describe the knowledge and skills you have learned, link to resources you found useful, and embed media as needed to demonstrate your understanding of digital media and web 2.0 development. The content and structure of the web site you are reading will provide a guide. Read this site first. The objectives for each content area can guide you as you develop content for your pages.
Level 1 Check List for Each Content Area
Use this check list to be sure you address the essential information from each of the 6 content areas we covered.
CBT - Computer Based Training
- Define Drill and Practice, Tutorial, Game, and Discovery Simulation.
- Include briefly annotated links to the two examples you found most useful.
- Include a link to the PDF you created containing your description of your chosen resources and how you can use them in your teaching.
Text
- Explain the difference between a typeface and a font.
- Define the two essential characteristics of typefaces and the four possible combinations of those characteristics.
- What is the difference between oblique and italic?
- What file format constitutes your editable original? What file formats are generally shared via the internet?
- Include links to your completed projects.
- Link to at least three resources online that contain text content you might use in your teaching.
Images
- What is bit depth in relation to images? What are the most common bit depths in use today?
- Define vector and bitmap and include an example image that demonstrates your understanding.
- What file format constitutes your editable original? What file formats are generally shared via the internet?
- Explain the essential properties of the four most common graphic file formats used on the web.
- How can you transfer an image found on the web to your hard drive for use in a classroom presentation?
- Explain the process of creating a good quality image from notation created in Sibelius or NoteFlight.
- Include links to your completed projects.
- Link to at least three resources online that contain image content you might use in your teaching.
Sound
- What are sampling rate and sample resolution?
- Explain bit rate and its effect on the audio quality of a compressed audio file.
- Name the two most common uncompressed audio file formats.
- Name the two most common compressed audio file formats.
- Name an audio file format that supports digital rights management.
- What file format constitutes your editable original? What file formats are generally shared via the internet?
- Optional - embed an audio file on your page using the Embed Code widget in Weebly.
- Include links to your completed projects.
- Link to resources online where you might find audio to use in your teaching.
Video
- What is frame rate? What frame rate is expected in professionally produced video files?
- What file format constitutes your editable original? What file formats are generally shared via the internet?
- How can you download a video from YouTube for use in an offline presentation?
- Use Weebly to embed a video file found on a Web 2.0 site like TeacherTube or YouTube.
- Include one or two paragraphs on your page explaining how you can use video files in your teaching.
Web
- Create a one-paragraph history of the web. When did it start? When did it become public? What are the key milestones in its development?
- What are the three core technologies used today in creating web pages?
- What is the single most essential piece of software for creating a web page from scratch?
- What is an internet domain and why might you want one?
- What is a server? What is a client? What is an IP address? What is a URL? What is a DNS?
- What is your opinion on the role, if any, of social media in the work of a music educator.
- Do you have any interest in learning a computer programming language? Why?
After you have created a few pages of your site, please send me the URL using the form below so I can create a page linking all of your final project sites for this year.
Level 2 Final Project Specifications
For all level 2 students, the final project will be a Weebly or other platform web site based on a portfolio template. Modify the template using the Theme editor. Use your creativity to make an attractive site to show off your accomplishments this week. Create one page within your site for each project you completed this week. Embed or link to the project and explain the skills and knowledge you learned while doing it. Use the hierarchical menu feature in Weebly to have a Projects menu item on your site that shows a dropdown of pages for each project (similar to the Students menu on this site design). After you have created a few pages of your site, please send me the URL using the form below so I can create a page linking all of your final project sites for this year.
Final Project Presentations
The available presentation time will be equally divided among the students. I will raise a single finger during your presentation when you have only 1 minute remaining. Walk us through each content area in your web site and explain how the new knowledge and skills you have acquired this week will make a difference in your teaching practice.