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= = ·  Our wiki space website seeks to preserve cultural and historic heritage information in a digital format. · You are to research and publish stories about places, people or items of local interest and presenting your findings in a digital storybook.
 * Aim: ** **To create a digital storybook about a local topic**
 * Situation: **

· You will be working either in a pair or as an individual. · Each group/individual will select and research into a local topic. · The group will present what it has found in the form of a digital storybook and upload it to our wiki space. · Each group/individual must research some aspect of the topic and contribute the storybook.
 * Activity: **

The topic must a local one. It must be broad enough that each student can research some aspect of it.
 * Requirements: **

The storybook must include images of your own and text.

The work must comply with copyright and privacy laws. You must acknowledge the original source for any material that you use. You must also get permission to use material that you did not create, ie images, quoted text, media.


 * ** TASC Process ** || ** General Questions ** ||
 * **__ Gather/Organise __**
 * What do I know about this? ** || **What do I know about the topic?** I know that there are a lot of different ways to communucate. You can use certian websites on the computer or you can use cellphones or tellephones. There are so many easy ways to communicate and there are so many ways that you can communicate for a cheaper price. I know that some people use these ways to communicate in an inopropriate way sometimes. They can use these ways to cyber bully but most people like to use them to chat to people across the world! These ways to communicate are usally powered by electricity and are called Technology!
 * Have I encountered anything like this before?** Yes i have! In Social Studies we had to resarch an old fashioned invention! Some people had to write about communication devices. We learnt how some communication devices work and what stages they went through to reach a high teach stage! We learnt about these devices when they were first made!
 * What questions can I ask to help me understand what is required?**
 * How do these communication devices work?
 * What did the first type of communication device look like and how did it work!
 * As the years went by how did the communication devices improve. What did they do to change it.
 * Which type of communication device is the most recent and what is the oldest! What is the difference between them!

What are the obstacles? Can I draw a diagram that will help me to visualise my work?** Yes I can. We made a draft of our digital booklet on paper. It gave us an idea about what it should look like and how it should be set out. We decided on the draft which pages should be which. eg. history page. On the draft we wrote out what the colour schemes should be. Consider the advantages and disadvantages of each idea. Is there another way to do this? What resources (books, websites, etc.) have I been provided with? What do other people think about this? || Explain your reasons for choosing these. What the arguments for and against each idea? Which idea is the best one for completing the task? What is my plan? How will I keep track of my progress? What are my milestones? || Am I doing this correctly? Do I need to revise my plan? As you continue, you may discover facts that require changing the plan. || What have I done? What have I done really well? Could I have done it better? What areas need improvement? Am I ready to communicate my ideas or show/display my work to others? || What is the best way to present this to my audience? What should I say to ensure my audience understands? How do I interest my audience in my ideas? Do I have the right information to get my message across to my audience? || How have I improved since that last time I worked on a similar task? What knowledge have I learned? Can this knowledge be used elsewhere? How has my thinking changed as a result of this work? What skills have I learned and developed? Can these skills be applied to other subjects/activities? What problems did I have to solve? How did I use the strengths of others to help me? ||
 * What skills and knowledge will I be using?** I will be using my keyboard skills by trying to touch type as i type my texts! I will also be using my skills to find truthful websites with info related to my topic! I will use my designing skills to make my web page look really good and creative! ||
 * **__ Identify __**
 * What is the task? ** || **What am I trying to do? What are my goals?** I am trying to design a webpage about communication devices. This webpage is about communiaction devices. It is supposed to have information about the history of these and the modern facts about this. It is also supposd to have a timeline and a video. I will have 7 pages. All pages need lot's of pictures and info realated to my key questions. My goals are to make this web page eye catching and informative about our topic.
 * What do I need in order to do this?** I need to use my touch typing skills and my skills to find accurate websites to use their info. I need to use my researching skills to put my info in my own words. I will use my designing skills to make the webpage look exciting. I will need to plan how my webpage should be set out and what info to put on. I should also plan what it should look like. eg. colour schemes. I will need to find some pictures on google to make it look good.
 * Explain the task in your own words.** With Phoebe we are designing a digital booklet/webpage on communication devices. Our webpage will have contain history, modern facts, timeline and videos about communication. We want our webpage to be about what devices we use to keep in contact around the world. We want to contain interesting info and we want it to look exciting so people read it.
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 * How will I know that I have completed the task?** I will check my task, requierments and activity texts at the top of the page. I will check that i have done everything to make my project good. I will also get my teacher to check it for me. ||
 * **__ Generate __**
 * How many ideas can I think of? ** || List as many ideas as possible.
 * **__ Decide __**
 * Which is the best idea? ** || Which are the most important ideas? Prioritise the 3-5 best ideas.
 * **__ Implement __**
 * Let’s do it! ** || Am I making progress through the plan?
 * **__ Evaluate __**
 * How well did I do? ** || Did I complete the task as set originally set out? Did I solve the problem?
 * **__ Communicate __**
 * Let’s tell someone! ** || Who can I tell? Who is my audience?
 * **__ Learn from experience __**
 * What have I learned? ** || How would I do this again? What would I change to improve my performance?
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