Assignments

Assignments
Blackboard | Middle School | Mustangs Online Line | The American School in Japan |

Explorations (Intro.) - Project due dates will be posted here.

Explorations (Advanced) - Deadlines and expectations will be posted here.

Here are links to each courses content and expectations for the different tasks and assignments.

	Social Silhouette Project
	Multimedia Project Rubric
	Explorations Introduction
	Website Checklist
	Electronic Portfolio Rubric
	Electronic Portfolio Checklist
	Explorations Advanced
	ICT Company Project Rubric
	ICT Website Rubric

For a lesson by lesson list of calendar events, daily assignments and deadlines go to

	Explorations Introduction Calendar
	Explorations Advance Calendar

Electronic Portfolio Explorations (Intro)

Due Date:

Assignment may be revised to clarify concepts.

Overview

The Explorations (Intro) electronic portfolio (EP) will be proof not only of your information communication technology skills but also your ability to learn new technology and teach new technology to peers without having it introduced in a class. All your projects highlighted in the EP need to have a clear connection to school and your day to day classes. All projects will illustrate your abilities and be supported by a reflection for each piece you chose to put in your Electronic Portfolio telling why it illustrates your abilities. Although a well-designed portfolio that amply illustrates your ability will allow you to get a waiver from the ASIJ high school technology requirements, it may also be accepted at other high schools as proof of your abilities, although there are no guarantees.

The electronic portfolio is a journal of your work in this course, which means it will showcase a cross section of work and it will be clear, readable, and professional in appearance.

This assignment may be revised to clarify concepts and ideas.

Alternatives

The purpose of this electronic portfolio is for you to show evidence of your ability to effectively learn and use technology. As such, you may decide that you have something that would be as effective as the requirements listed below. If so, please discuss it with Mr. Erwin.

Basic Requirements

Display

Your electronic portfolio will be constructed and displayed on the Internet in a protected area. However, your final portfolio should be suitable for public viewing, which means that content is just as important as technology. How you organize your portfolio is up to you, but it must be easy to navigate. ("Easy to navigate" means that a visitor always knows how to find what she is looking for and can always get to the home page of the portfolio.)

Size

You may have a restriction on total megabytes for your portfolio so each file must be optimized. If size is a problem, you may elect to show captured screen shots of the document.

Intellectual Property

Make sure you follow all intellectual property guidelines. See the Copyright Page for information but a general guideline is that, unless you have permission (a license) to use someone else's work and you properly cite the source, you may not use it. This includes downloading images from the Internet, scanning images from books, writing words to songs or poems still under protection, adding music or video from existing sources, etc. Depending on your project, there are fair use exemptions that my apply and allow you to use some of the material without permission. However, get approval in advance.

Reflection

Each item will have a reflection associated with it telling how the piece illustrates your ability and how each meets the requirements below. In each reflection, address one of the student learning outcomes and tell how your item addresses that SLO.

You will also have a summative reflection of what the creation of the portfolio means to you. As you work on your reflections, you should address all elements of the Student Learning Outcomes in the body of your reflections.

Contents (minimum) for Explorations Introduction

The minimum contents of your portfolio are:

4 projects:

1 Project: An Electronic Portfolio

This will act as your class journal and main launch pad to show the different projects and reflections you have submitted to Mr. Erwin

It will be created using Front Page 2002 and live on the web

You will update it and maintain to reflect your progress in class

It will contain at least 4 pictures of you, you working on a project or project themselves

It will contain 4 links to your projects (or actual projects pasted in your EP), plus 3 reflections, and for each piece of work included

	An introduction about the project
	Why you did this project
	What topic/class area it connects to
	Why you choose the application

2 Course Projects (connected to your course and class work at the Middle School)

You will need to use at least four of the below applications with your 2 projects:

PowerPoint, Excel, Publisher, Word, Inspiration, Front Page and/or Photoshop

Examples of this:

	Make a publisher poetry book using your language arts writing
	Develop a Math resource site for your peers having difficulty learning an aspect of math
	Do a PowerPoint presentation for your Social Studies class
	Make a web based Photogallery of digital images of a Science experiment you have produced.

1 Learning Technology Project (project of your choice that shows you know how to learn information technology you haven't learned before AND connected to a service or resource within the ASIJ community.)

You will need to use at least one applications below in this segment:

FlashMX, Micro Worlds, Video and video editing, and/or Poser

Examples of this would be:

	Co-manage and design a teachers website
	Be in charge of a section of the MS webpage
	Create an online tutorial for students or staff
	Develop a program to be used in class or by the ASIJ community
	Do a video clip
	Develop a photo journal of a school dance.

1 On-Line discussion thread on Media Literacy

Topic to be chosen by class.

3 Self Reflections to be posted on your Electronic Portfolio and submitted to Mr. Mikton using the Reflections Database

In addition, the portfolio must be easy to read and navigate.

Each item must meet the requirements below for full credit. All your above

Portfolio Location

You will develop your web in the appropriate sub web under The procedure below will allow you to open your web from your home page as well.

In FrontPage,

	go to File==>Open Web,
	in the box Web name type the following URL: http://student.asij.ac.jp/lastnamefirstnameintial05

You will then use your ASIJ log in name and password you use to access out network system

You will have access to you web and you will be working LIVE

Evaluation and Assessment for your Electronic Portfolio

Through out the development, we will assess your Electronic Portfolio together. At times both your parents and peers will have an opportunity to view your work via the web.

Scoring Rubric

4 Complete Response

	Complete with clear, coherent reflections
	Has all contents of the and Electronic Portfolio is easy to read and navigate.
	Shows understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Satisfies all essential conditions of the Electronic Portfolio
	Portfolio is suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a highly advanced level for middle school students.

3 Reasonably Complete Response

	Reasonably complete; may lack detail in some reflections
	Has most contents of the Electronic Portfolio (missing a maximum of two of the required documents) and the Electronic Portfolio is somewhat easy to read and navigate.
	Shows understanding of most of the technology concepts and procedures address
	Satisfies most of the essential conditions of the portfolio
	Portfolio is suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at an advanced level for middle school students.

2 Partial Response

	Reflections may be unclear or lack detail
	Has a minimum of half the contents of the Electronic Portfolio
	Shows some understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Satisfies some essential conditions of the Electronic Portfolio
	Portfolio, after modification, would be suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a middle school level.

1 Inadequate Response

	Incomplete; Reflections are insufficient or not understandable
	Has few of the required contents of the Electronic Portfolio
	Shows little understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Fails to address essential conditions of the Electronic Portfolio
	Portfolio is not suitable for student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a middle school level.

0 No Attempt

	No reflections
	Does not attempt Electronic Portfolio
	Does not address conditions of the Electronic Portfolio

Electronic Portfolio Explorations (Advanced)

Due Date:

This assignment may be revised to clarify concepts.

Overview

Wth Explorations (Advanced) will create your own individual or group Information Communication Technology company which then will contract itself out to work on a long term Information Communication Technology project with a school teacher, department, service or member of the community. This long term project will illustrate your abilities to work in a real world situation, of managing, evaluating and producing a product in a professional environment. You will be expected to maintain all customer relations between you and your client. This project will be supported by periodic reflections added to your Electronic Portfolio. These reflections will reflect how this project illustrates your abilities to successfully manage a long term project with specific goals and objectives decided by you and your client. Although a well-designed portfolio that amply illustrates your ability for the above task will allow you to get a waiver from the ASIJ high school technology requirements, it may also be accepted at other high schools as proof of your abilities, although there are no guarantees.

Your company will have to have a company website which will be evidence of your learning and work, and an assessment tool for Mr. Erwin.

This assignment may be revised to clarify concepts and ideas.

Alternatives

The purpose of your Information Communication Technology company website is for you to show evidence of your ability to effectively learn and use technology. As such, you may decide that you have something that would be as effective as the requirements listed below. If so, please discuss it with Mr. Erwin.

Basic Requirements

Display

Your company website will be constructed and displayed on the Internet in a protected area. However, your final portfolio should be suitable for public viewing, which means that content is just as important as technology. How you organize your portfolio is up to you, but it must be easy to navigate. ("Easy to navigate" means that a visitor always knows how to find what she is looking for and can always get to the home page of the portfolio.)

Size

You may have a restriction on total megabytes for your portfolio so each file must be optimized. If size is a problem, you may elect to show captured screen shots of the document.

Intellectual Property

Reflection

Contents (minimum) for Explorations Advanced

1 long term project, 1 learning Information Technology Project, three self reflections and participation 1 online discussions on Media Literacy

	Long Term Project in conjunction with a teacher, department, service or community member facilitated through your own ICT company
	Learning Technology Project (project of your choice that shows you know how to learn information technology you haven't learned before AND connected to a course or service or resource at the Middle School.)
	1 On-Line discussion thread on Media Literacy .
	3 Self reflections relating to your work with your ICT company

a few examples might be:

	Co-manage and design a teachers website
	Be in charge of a section of community members webpage
	Create an online tutorial for students or staff
	Develop a program to be used in school in either of the three divisions
	Manage and create an online database
	Create a series of educational video clips for a teacher or member of the ASIJ community.

In addition, the company website must be easy to read and navigate.

Each item must meet the requirements below for full credit. All your above

ICT Company Website Location

You will develop your web in the appropriate sub web under TBA The procedure below will allow you to open your web from your home page as well.

In FrontPage,

You will develop your web in the appropriate sub web under The procedure below will allow you to open your web from your home page as well.

In FrontPage,

	go to File==>Open Web,
	in the box Web name type the following URL: http://student.asij.ac.jp/lastnamefirstnameintial04

You will then use your ASIJ log in name and password you use to access out network system

You will have access to you web and you will be working LIVE

Evaluation and assessment

Through out the development, we will assess your ICT Company website together. At times both your parents and peers will have an opportunity to view your work via the web.

Scoring Rubric

4+ Exemplary Response

	Complete with clear, coherent reflections
	Has all contents of the ICT Company website and is easy to read and navigate.
	Shows understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Satisfies all essential conditions of the portfolio and goes beyond what is asked for in some unique way.
	ICT Company website is suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at an advanced level.

4 Complete Response

	Complete with clear, coherent reflections
	Has all contents of the ICT Company website and is easy to read and navigate.
	Shows understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Satisfies all essential conditions of the ICT Company website
	ICT Company website is suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a highly advanced level for middle school students.

3 Reasonably Complete Response

	Reasonably complete; may lack detail in some reflections
	Has most contents of the portfolio (missing a maximum of two of the required documents) and the portfolio is somewhat easy to read and navigate.
	Shows understanding of most of the technology concepts and procedures address
	Satisfies most of the essential conditions of the portfolio
	ICT Company website is suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at an advanced level for middle school students.

2 Partial Response

	Reflections may be unclear or lack detail
	Has a minimum of half the contents of the ICT Company website
	Shows some understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Satisfies some essential conditions of the ICT Company website
	ICT Company website, after modification, would be suitable for the student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a middle school level.

1 Inadequate Response

	Incomplete; Reflections are insufficient or not understandable
	Has few of the required contents of the ICT Company website
	Shows little understanding of the technology concepts and procedures
	Fails to address essential conditions of the ICT Company website
	ICT Company website is not suitable for student to use to convince others of ability to learn and use technology at a middle school level.

0 No Attempt

	No reflections
	Does not attempt ICT Company website
	Does not address conditions of the ICT Company website

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