how do you summarize a school?

How would you describe CCHS? How would you tell its story and purpose in a minute? That's our goal this week. We'll learn how to make a PowToon (a free platform for creating animated videos), then create one that introduces CCHS.

Module summary:

• learn the basics of PowToon
• create a video on anything to test the platform
• plan a video about CCHS: storyboard and write a script
• create CCHS introduction PowToon
• compete to have your PowToon added to our website and social media!

Here's my summary of the module, PowToon-style!

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essential questions

• What is effective marketing?
• How do we summarize an idea?
• How do we present information in a logical and clear way, concisely?

goals

• Students will understand that effective marketing presents and idea by taking into account both the purpose of the prompt and the audience.
• Students will understand that, to summarize an idea, you need to identify and prioritize the main points within it.
• Students will understand that presenting an idea concisely and logically requires planning and lots of revision!

activities

Monday

• watch Christine's PowToon explaining the module
• learn how to create your own PowToon
• explore the website
• build your own 30 second PowToon on any topic - start with a template and change elements and text to fit your topic

Tuesday

• finish building your own 30 second PowToon
• watch and evaluate PowToons
• discuss goals of CCHS PowToon
  • many people in BV don't really know what CCHS is all about; what do you think they should understand?
  • what would be helpful for prospective students and parents to know?
  • this video is an introduction - should work for community members, prospective families, school board members, future staff, other staff in the district, etc.
• discuss process for making your video:
  • create basic outline
    • what key points do you want to include?
    • how many slides do you need? 
    • what will you say on each slide?
    • which slides will have voiceover?
  • write a script for your slides and voiceover
  • choose a template to start with on PowToon
  • put it all together!
• go over rubric for videos
  • content: how to earn credits/graduate, culture and atmosphere, staff/students (size of school)
  • elements to consider:
    • font and text
    • music
    • moving images
    • background
    • transitions between slides
    • voiceover (optional)
  • audience: future students, parent, alumni, school board, BV community
• work independently on your outline/storyboard/script

Wednesday

• check in with Christine about your outline and script
• when your plan has been approved, start translating it into PowToon
• work, design, play with PowToon!

Thursday

• finish polishing your CCHS PowToon
• self-evaluate with rubric
• submit to Christine for review
• revise as needed

Friday​​

• present PowToons to each other
• submit for voting process

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Writing

• Write informative/explanatory texts to examine and convey complex ideas, concepts, and information clearly and accurately through effective selection, organization, and analysis of content
  
• Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in flexible and dynamic ways (open to feedback, link to other information) 

Speaking and listening

• Present information, findings and supporting evidence, conveying a clear and distinct perspective
• Make strategic use of digital media in oral presentations

documents

CCHS PowToon Syllabus
File Size:	40 kb
File Type:	pdf

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