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Scrapbook page as assessment?

by Kev

Mar 14, 2012

Has anyone ever done a scrapbook page as an assessment/assignment? I'm always looking for new assignments for my Choose Your Own Adventure and this came to mind recently. I googled and found a few examples but most are very involved, week-long projects. I'm just hoping to do a single page with relatively simple directions (which may prove impossible.)

Has anyone done anything like this?

Lynde I've been doing it for the past several months. I give the students the Main Idea I want them to address, and they come up with images (powerpoint) which illustrate it. My kids hate to draw, so canned images are best. I encourage them to find historical paintings as much as possible, and everything needs to be labeled. I should probably add more st...See More

Mar 15, 2012

Hmm For a similar assignment, I've had students illustrate/print/cut-out 5 images (related to their topic), and write brief facts/generalizations/main ideas (can use 5W's). They also need to have a clear heading or title and include pertinent vocab from current unit. On the back of the paper, I have them write their Big Idea, usually a summary of what ...See MoreFor a similar assignment, I've had students illustrate/print/cut-out 5 images (related to their topic), and write brief facts/generalizations/main ideas (can use 5W's). They also need to have a clear heading or title and include pertinent vocab from current unit. On the back of the paper, I have them write their Big Idea, usually a summary of what they learned. I sometimes challenge them by giving them word limits.

From past experience, I don't count maps as an image and images cannot repeat themselves (I teach geography, so 5 images of mountains isn't going to cut it).

Have you tried glogster.com? The teacher part of it use to be free, haven't checked in recently.

On 3/15/12, Lynde wrote: > I've been doing it for the past several months. I give the > students the Main Idea I want them to address, and they come > up with images (powerpoint) which illustrate it. My kids hate > to draw, so canned images are best. I encourage them to find > historical paintings as much as possible, and everything needs > to be labeled. I should probably add more steps for them, but > my kids can only handle so much at a time. Like everything at > my school, the dedicated students are really getting into it > and have come up with some awesome examples. The non- > dedicated students have a great time keeping me busy shooing > them off the Internet. > > BTW, I became familiar with your ideas at mrroughton about a > year or so ago. I'm just now finally figuring out how to fit > them into my instructional model in a manner that makes sense > to me. They're awesome ideas, and I can't wait to see how > they work. What has had me hung up was that I have always > felt that students need an "anchor" of rock-solid notes (or > for my age group, "Reading Notes" -- short-answers to Key > Questions and Explaining Terms and Names). Unfortunately, > I've never been able to figure out how to find time to do both > the Notes AND any illustration-type stuff. So, I've finally > jetted the Notes--the kids don't refer/review them anyway, so > a good idea that didn't work. I'm trying to use mrroughtons > that focus on a Main IDea -- the students would still be > recording "notes" so to speak but in a different kind of > way. > > > On 3/14/12, Kev wrote: >> Has anyone ever done a scrapbook page as an >> assessment/assignment? I'm always looking for new >> assignments for my Choose Your Own Adventure and this came >> to mind recently. I googled and found a few examples but >> most are very involved, week-long projects. I'm just hoping >> to do a single page with relatively simple directions (which >> may prove impossible.) >> >> Has anyone done anything like this?

Mar 18, 2012

Kev I have a picture-based version called "Magazine Cover" already so I'm trying to make this a bit different by adding the scrapbooking elements. I have used glogster and it would be perfect if my students actually had computer access. We have one 10 computer lab at school and a shocking amount of them don't have internet at home.

Maybe I cou...See MoreI have a picture-based version called "Magazine Cover" already so I'm trying to make this a bit different by adding the scrapbooking elements. I have used glogster and it would be perfect if my students actually had computer access. We have one 10 computer lab at school and a shocking amount of them don't have internet at home.

Maybe I could use glogster to demonstrate what I'm looking for and hope they run with it.

Thanks for the ideas!

On 3/18/12, Hmm wrote: > For a similar assignment, I've had students > illustrate/print/cut-out 5 images (related to their topic), and > write brief facts/generalizations/main ideas (can use 5W's). They > also need to have a clear heading or title and include pertinent > vocab from current unit. On the back of the paper, I have them > write their Big Idea, usually a summary of what they learned. I > sometimes challenge them by giving them word limits. > > From past experience, I don't count maps as an image and images > cannot repeat themselves (I teach geography, so 5 images of > mountains isn't going to cut it). > > Have you tried glogster.com? The teacher part of it use to be > free, haven't checked in recently. > > On 3/15/12, Lynde wrote: >> I've been doing it for the past several months. I give the >> students the Main Idea I want them to address, and they come >> up with images (powerpoint) which illustrate it. My kids hate >> to draw, so canned images are best. I encourage them to find >> historical paintings as much as possible, and everything needs >> to be labeled. I should probably add more steps for them, but >> my kids can only handle so much at a time. Like everything at >> my school, the dedicated students are really getting into it >> and have come up with some awesome examples. The non- >> dedicated students have a great time keeping me busy shooing >> them off the Internet. >> >> BTW, I became familiar with your ideas at mrroughton about a >> year or so ago. I'm just now finally figuring out how to fit >> them into my instructional model in a manner that makes sense >> to me. They're awesome ideas, and I can't wait to see how >> they work. What has had me hung up was that I have always >> felt that students need an "anchor" of rock-solid notes (or >> for my age group, "Reading Notes" -- short-answers to Key >> Questions and Explaining Terms and Names). Unfortunately, >> I've never been able to figure out how to find time to do both >> the Notes AND any illustration-type stuff. So, I've finally >> jetted the Notes--the kids don't refer/review them anyway, so >> a good idea that didn't work. I'm trying to use mrroughtons >> that focus on a Main IDea -- the students would still be >> recording "notes" so to speak but in a different kind of >> way. >> >> >> On 3/14/12, Kev wrote: >>> Has anyone ever done a scrapbook page as an >>> assessment/assignment? I'm always looking for new >>> assignments for my Choose Your Own Adventure and this came >>> to mind recently. I googled and found a few examples but >>> most are very involved, week-long projects. I'm just hoping >>> to do a single page with relatively simple directions (which >>> may prove impossible.) >>> >>> Has anyone done anything like this?

Mar 20, 2012

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