Digital+Storytelling

In the Year 2020... **A Digital Storytelling WebQuest for 9th - 12th Grade Virtual Language Arts Students ** **Developed by ** **Ruth Paine **  rpaine@mail.clay.k12.fl.us

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=Introduction = You are a "mild manner" virtual high school student who has just awakened in your bed to find that the bedroom you went to sleep in last night has mysteriously changed overnight. You are also startled to find the unusual looking character below standing over you. As you quickly jump out of bed, he begins to speak (click on the play arrow of the Voki to hear what "Virtual Vincent" has to say)...

**//"I've been assigned to help you transition from your time period to mine. I know this might seem confusing, but you have been transported to the year 2020. We needed to bring you here to help save our workforce which has crumbled due to recent catastrophic events. Your quest is to create an e-resume so you can land one of today's top careers so you can work to help us avoid total annihilation."//**

=**Task** = You have been given the daunting task of helping save the workforce of the year 2020. Don't think you're going to be asked to do this all by yourself, and that it is going to happen "overnight." If enough talented and skilled workers like you are called into action, there is hope for Vincent and the future!

To find a job in the year 2020 that is "just the right fit," you are going to need a dynamic resume to get your "foot in the door" for an interview. In order to do this, you will need to complete the following research-based tasks that you will be documenting along the way:
 * discover the different meanings of your first name
 * complete online personality quizzes and interest surveys
 * research the types of jobs that you would be interested in now in the year 2011
 * research the jobs that are predicted to be the "hottest" in 2020
 * compare today's current jobs with those of the future
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">choose the job that you think will be "the right fit" for you in the year 2020
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">learn how to write a job resume that will spotlight your education, skills/abilities, activities/awards, and work/volunteer experience
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">learn how to use Prezi software to start transforming a standard job resume into an innovative electronic resume (e-resume)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">create the initial video version of your e-resume using Prezi
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">learn how to use Jing software to create a "screencapture"
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">use Jing to transform the Prezi version of your resume into a "true" e-resume that has both video and audio

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">By the end of this quest your goal is to have a dynamic e-resume to send out to prospective employers of the future, so you can hopefully get an actual job INTERVIEW!

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">You are probably "chomping at the bit" to get started, so please move now to the **Process** part of the WebQuest.

=<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Process = <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">To successfully complete your different tasks, you will be given several steps that need to be followed very carefully. You will be traveling across the Internet to lots of great web sites that will help you gather information so you can create a dynamic e-resume. You will be documenting your travels from site to site and keeping any "artifacts" such as notes, screenshots, images, etc. to use later when you start to produce your e-resume. Before moving to Step One of the Process, you need to complete the "preliminary work and review" section below, and obtain a copy of the E-Resume that will be used to score your finished e-resume.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Preliminary Work/Review:**

> This project is "another take" on what we have been learning so far about digital storytelling. You will still be following the **7 Steps of a Digital Story** as you complete this WebQuest and gather information. This time your finished digital story will be an electronic resume that focuses on YOU! Don't forget to refer to the "Tell Me a Story" web site we used before and here is a link to it --> 7 Steps of a Digital Story. Don't be afraid to refer back to any of the resources we have used so far with digital storytelling. I've listed the seven elements of digital storytelling below and provided information on each one that should be very helpful to you as you create your e-resume. (The titles are also links to web pages that explain more about each element.) > **Point of View** -- For your e-resume the point of view should be told by YOU, about you, and in 1st person. You are trying to promote yourself to employers and you want them to look at your e-resume and say they'd like to interview you because you are what they are looking for!**Dramatic Question** -- The dramatic question you are trying to answer with this WebQuest and in your digital story is if you "have what it takes" to get an interview that could land you one of the top jobs in the year 2020. (Hopefully your completed e-resume will answer that question with a resounding YES!) > **Emotional Content** -- The emotional content for your digital story is all the information you will gather about yourself during the WebQuest, as well as what you know inside about your own skills, abilities, talents, etc., that make you a GREAT worker. > **Your Voice** -- You will personalize your e-resume by narrating and explaining the different sections of it. > **Sound Track** -- To add depth to your e-resume, you will want to add appropriate music and/or sound effects. > **Economy** - As you are working through this WebQuest you will be gathering the key information you want to include in your e-resume. You don't want it to be "too busy" and that is a key point to remember when creating any digital story. Only include the key points that are necessary for telling your story. > **Pacing** -- This element refers to the rhythm of your digital story and whether it runs too fast OR too slow. You will want your e-resume to move along at a steady and comfortable pace. The wrong pace can be the difference between a "good" e-resume and a "bad" e-resume. Remember, you want it to positively influence those employers in the year 2020. > > As you move through the steps of this WebQuest, keep the 7 elements of a digital story in the back of your mind. At certain points you will need to focus more on some elements than on others. Be on the lookout for <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**red colored reminder words** that will be posted at each step of the Process to help keep you focused. > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> We have covered copyright before, but this will be a good review. As you "collect" your artifacts (notes, screenshots, images, etc.) during the WebQuest, you are allowed to use them as a "reference" or "go to" when creating your digital story. But at all times you must make sure to be "respectful of the intellectual properties of others and abide by all copyright laws." In other words, "if you didn't create it, don't use it without getting permission from the creator first!" Your best bet would be to use "copyright free" or "royalty free" text, images, audio, music, etc. You will see links a little later to some of the web sites we have already used to obtain copyright free OR royalty free material to use in your e-resume. > > Review: Right now if you have any specific questions on copyright, the inks below are to some of the web sites we used before so they should be familiar: > > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**One more reminder...**If you do use any unoriginal material (text, images, audio, music, etc. that you didn't create yourself) in your e-resume, be sure that you properly cite or give credit to the creator of that material. Below is the information you should include when citing/referencing unoriginal work/material. Your citations for your e-resume should go at the end of your Prezi. **Note:** If you turn in your final e-resume and it contains any unoriginal material that you haven't cited, it will be returned to you and you will be expected to add it! >> > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Below are links to those great web sites with the copyright free/royalty free material that we've used before. If you still have links to other appropriate sites, please feel free to use them as well. > Before you begin the WebQuest, you need to take a look at the rubric that will be used to score the e-resume you will be turning in for a grade. Use the link below to first view the E-Resume Rubric, then you need to save and print out a copy to use as your guide throughout this entire WebQuest! > > <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> E-Resume Rubric
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**Digital Storytelling**
 * 1) **<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright - CyberBee
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright Exposed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Copyright Kids!
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name/title of the work (if known)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name of the creator/copyright owner
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Name of the source where you obtained the work (i.e., name of the web site with the URL if it was obtained online from a web site)
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Pics4Learning
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Microsoft Clip Gallery
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Soundzabound Royalty Free Music for Schools (See your teacher for your username and password if you've forgotten them.)
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">**E-Resume Rubric**