Project+Specs,+Bookcasts

=Project Specs for Bookcasts=

Description
A bookcast to begin with:

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For an introduction and testimonial to bookcasting, read Frances's enthusiastic post: Bookcasting, a Wonderful Way to Perform Literature.

A bookcast is a multimedia response to a literary experience. It is as singular and personal as the experience itself.

The goal of a bookcast is to cast as in "to set forth or let loose" a response to the book 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.

http://bookhenge.wikispaces.com/Printz+CCI+Assignments

As Louise Rosenblatt wrote: “Literature is performing,” and a bookcast is a performance piece preserved for the Web. You will be creating at least one bookcast individually with the possibility of three additional ones with your book clubs.

You may opt to produce your bookcasts in video (including animated) or audio slide shows. Animoto for Education (not the 30 second free account but the Educator account that allows for longer videos) may be used for your first bookcast. Just remember that a bookcast must reach a level deeper that the typical “eye candy” level of Animoto.

The most effective bookcasts are usually under 3 minutes, and your format may be talk show or monologue verging on performance piece. Or create a new style. You will self-select a book from the 2011 American Library Association’s Printz Award Winner and Honor Books to read and prepare a bookcast (video or audio slide show). Bookcasts will be posted to YouTube and then to your blog.

Remember that the purpose of your bookcast is to share your response to the book. It is not a book review or critique.

Regardless of what production format you choose, a great resource for learning to tell a story using new media is DigitStories at []

Specific Objectives
1.6 Use technology and media to engage students and help them develop new literacies and communication skills. 21. Respond to YAL in multiple ways using new literacies and media 2.3 Use resources for keeping up-to-date on YAL titles and trends 3.1 Practice participatory learning through media production for the Web

Exemplars
Poemcast of A Road Less Traveled by Robert Frost – A Hard Choice -- [] //Bones of Iraq// -- [] //The Cardturner// -- [] //Shiver// -- [] (Note Common Craft style -- [] ) //Wintergirls// -- [] //Monstrumologist// -- [] //Punkzilla// -- [] (Note use of ToonDoo to create images – [|http://www.toondoo.com] )

Directions Checklist
1. Choose the most personally promising bookcast method for your first bookcast (See Bookcast Production Matrix in the Bookhenge 2011 Wiki under Personal Learning Space). 2. Follow copyright and fair use guidelines in appropriating any work of others into your bookcast. Include credits at the end. If you have any questions about copyright and fair use, check out The Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Education and the Copyright Remix site. 3. Produce your bookcast and upload it to your YouTube channel. 4. Embed your bookcast in a blog post.. Share and promote your bookcast by tagging it with “Bookhenge” and tweeting it. 5. Reflect/self-assess in your Reflective Assessment Process (RAP) for the week.

Rubric
Target (5 points) · Uses Pink’s Creative Elements to engage the audience · Encourages the audience to think reflectively · Design has aesthetic appeal in both the narrative text and image/audio elements ||
 * Areas of Performance || Learning Goals ||
 * Composition || · Demonstrates reflective thinking about the book through storytelling approach
 * Production || Production quality of audio (volume, diction, fluency, and flow) and/or video (proper resolution and focus) is high. ||
 * Follow-Through || Reflect and self-assess thoughtfully in your Reflective Assessment Process (RAP). Set goals for continued progress toward mastery. ||