Assignment 3 : Unit of Work

Plan for Unit of Work : Digital Story telling
Learning Goals: •        This unit introduces students to the world of multimedia; they will be creating a digital story using the various multimedia elements such as images, audio, animation and text. •        Students will also be made aware of storyboarding techniques and will be creating presentations using Microsoft PowerPoint. •        Students will learn about the legal use of ICT
Unit Objectives
	Related VELS Link	Domain
Objective 1: Students will be able to create a storyboard to plan their story	Use of nominated dynamic modelling tools and manipulation and editing techniques to describe the relationships between ideas or components (VELS 5.25, Paragraph 1).	ICT for visualizing thinking, this is achieved by creating storyboards.
Objective 2: Students will be able to create a PowerPoint presentation with images based on the storyboard	Use of complex ICT tools to visually represent, model, reframe or refine thinking strategies (VELS 5.25, Paragraph 2.)	ICT for Visualizing thinking for example use of PowerPoint 2010 software to explore the concept of creating digital art and encouraging them to play around with the digital images.
Objective 3: Students will add narration to their presentation	Designs for web-based information products that acknowledge the common characteristics of a targeted audience  (VELS 5.25, Paragraph 3.)	ICT for Creating for example using PowerPoint to add narration to their presentations.
Objective 4: Students will be able to add music to their presentation.	Designs for web-based information products that acknowledge the common characteristics of a targeted audience  (VELS 5.25, Paragraph 3.)	ICT for Creating, for example this is done by encouraging them to play around with the audio files.
Objective 5: Students will be made aware of copyright and permissions involved while using media elements	Identification, in existing communications, of features that reflect ethical considerations and legal responsibilities (VELS 5.25, Paragraph 3)	ICT for communicating, for example making them aware of copyright statements
Rationale With the growing importance of ICT, students are using computers both at home and school, they are being exposed to a range of multimedia elements which capture their interest and motivate them. Multimedia acts as a hook to keep the students engaged in learning. It also supports co-operative learning where teacher becomes a facilitator and guide instead of taking the central role while teaching. Multimedia authoring also exposes the students to a rich environment which allows them to explore information and construct knowledge. Multimedia technologies allow users to experience and express information in many ways, including allowing them to interact with this information by creating, or authoring presentations combining images, text, graphics, and video clips and audio. This unit is an introductory unit to multimedia and students are not required to have prior knowledge of multimedia tools. Future lessons may include teaching use of equipment such as digital cameras and video cameras, teaching them media editing software such as windows movie maker, Adobe Photoshop.