Just because you can, does not mean you should.

 Checklist of basic objective for multimedia projects to help enhance and guide the students to create a thoughtful and well rounded presentation within the guidelines given.

 Teacher leads instruction via lecture, textbook, and/or other methods  Students listen, read, collaborate, experiment, and/or research  Students collect and prepare digital assets  Teacher introduces unit and explains goals/objectives  Students create storyboard or design plan  Students produce multimedia artifact as evidence of learning  Artifacts are published and teacher evaluates with rubric

 Will multimedia projects help enhance students’ learning and understanding?

 What are the limitations of multimedia based projects?

 Students will work collaboratively, accepting all input and processing thoughtfully as a group before making decisions  Students will reflect and reevaluate as they move through the steps in creating their projects.  Students will complete their projects with a minimum of teacher intervention.  Students will take leadership roles as well as delegate responsibilities fairly.  Students will be able to appropriately share information, while in turn being able to accept the input of others.

 Students will speak clearly, audibly, and precisely when presenting.  Students will present written information clearly, correctly, concisely, and in their own words.  Students’ written text will use correct spelling, punctuation, grammar, and capitalization.  Students will organize information to achieve particular purposes and to appeal to the background and interests of the audience.  Students will share responsibility in producing the presentation.  Students will find concrete ways to engage with the audience.