Thursday, May 19, 2011

In a World Gone Mad...


My 6th grade students just completed a PBL in which they created a "Press Kit" to sell a fictional movie about European explorers.  Students used a list of web resources to research their assigned explorer.  Each "Press Kit" contained 3 components:
  1. A 300 word description of their movie, which is similar to what is found on the back of a DVD, or Netflix red envelope.  Students were given a list of 9 questions to research.
  2. A "Coming Attractions” poster, created using a free online site, http://bighugelabs.com/poster.php.  
  3. A “Coming Soon” movie trailer created using the class' free Animoto account.  
Also part of the student's grade was to have a consistent theme (e.g., movie title, release date, tagline, stars, movie reviews).  Grading was done by rubric.

Below are some examples of student-created movie trailers:






Here are some permalinks to some of their movie trailers:
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