What to say in your interview?

Click on this link for directions

Beginning the Interviews

Agenda:

• Finish Hero Ideas
• Review StoryCorps Ideas
• Group Pairings
• Ice Breaker - Hero Discussion
• Writing a Biography for the Interview

Biography Example

StoryCorps Podcasting

Today, we are going to learn more about each other.  We are going to take the information we learn and create a podcast.  A podcast is a radio show that is broadcast on the Internet.  We will be modeling our project from a popular podcast on NPR called StoryCorps.

Agenda:

• Podcast Introduction -

1. What is a Podcast?
2. Why do they exist?
3. Have you heard a podcast before?

• Listen to StoryCorps Interviews

StoryCorps NPR Website

• Answer Questions about Interviews (Google Docs)
• Watch StoryCorps Animations
• Discuss Questions as Class
• Introduce StoryCorps Project – Conduct an Interview
• Team up with Partner – Assigned
• Ice Breaker - Find a Photo
• Brainstorm Questions for StoryCorps

1. StoryCorps Great Questions
2. Conversation Starters
3. 101 Conversations
4. 100 for Families

• Begin Writing Questions for StoryCorps (Google Document) – Must include conversation starters – 3 minutes of talking

Links:

• StoryCorps Archive

Project Rubric

Valentine's Day

http://www.123greetings.com/
http://www.care2.com/ecards/
10 Sites for Free ECards
Create your own

Learning Scratch

Friday Agenda -

First, we are going to take 2 - 3 minute typing tests

Next, we are going to learn a little about Scratch

• First, visit the website
• Create a log in and password
• Discussion on Scratch
• Watching Examples
• How-To
• Check it Out!

Tuesday.......... Creating our own animations

Creating Simple Animations

Instructions
Online GIF Maker

Taking Time Out....... An Hour of Code

Hour of Code Website

1. Watch Introduction Video
2. Try out the Content on the Website
3. Find Something Cool? Let Mr. Miles Know!