Journey+Book+Project+Specs

= Project Specs: Journey Book VoiceThread = toc Journey Books are the books that have made an impact on our lives in some indelible way. In many ways, they have become part of our “second education” – our emotional education (Brooks, 2009).

Description
You will reflect upon the books that made an impact on your young adult years (ages 12 to 21) and create a mini-bookcast to record on our class’s Journey Book VoiceThread. The goal of this mini-bookcast is to cast as in “to set forth or let loose” a response to one of your Journey Books during this period that shares not the story of the book but something that the book brought out in you, perhaps what you felt or learned through the reading and reflecting. You have up to 90 seconds to record your reflection on our class Journey Book VoiceThread.

Standards-Based Outcomes
1.6 Use technology and media to engage students and help them develop new literacies and communication skills. 2.1 Respond to YAL in multiple ways using new literacies and media. 3.2 Use Web 2.0 and Web 3D tools to collaborate on projects

Exemplars
I have published my Journey Book reflection, so hopefully, that will serve as a model - a model to encourage you to explore your own creativity, I hope!

Be sure to check out the VoiceThread Help section for samples of classroom applications.

Directions Checklist
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 * Reflect on a book you discovered between ages 12 and 21 that you had a memorable response to or has become special to you in the years since.
 * Compose a 90 second or less narrative in which you share your reflection on one of these books. Heads-up that this is not a book report but the story of your response to the book.
 * Follow the process for creating a VoiceThread account on the VoiceThread Help section in our ToolBox. Be sure and upload a photo of yourself.
 * Go to our class Journey Book VoiceThread and record your reflection. You may choose to use the computer with microphone feature, use the VoiceThread phone feature, or create an audio file and upload it (final option for real geeks – you’ll most likely need a voice editing tool for this option).

Rubric
Performance (VoiceThread/MiniPodcast) -- Journey Book choice is thoughtfully explained in an engaging way that follows a successful narrative format. See Dan Pink's Six Elements of Creativity for inspiration. -- Reflection reveals the emotional impact of the book. -- Reading/Speaking of the piece is personable and compelling. -- Narrative is effectively recorded on VoiceThread with clear audio and appropriate volume.


 * Brooks, D. (Nov. 27, 2009). “The Other Education.” //The New York Time//s.