Designing digital posters is about more than just learning to use technology tools. This project integrated important Literacy with ICT skills and science knowledge.
- We began by co-constructing criteria for our work, which relates to LwICT outcome P-1.2 participates in establishing criteria for own work.
- Next, students had to select a concept/term from their science studies and develop a description/definition of the term (which links to science outcome 8-3-01 Use appropriate vocabulary related to their investigations of fluids and LwICT outcomes G-1.1 gathers information from given source(s) and G-2.1 identifies relevant information from sources)
- Then, students had to select images that related to their concept and design a poster that conveyed the meaning of their concept/word (which links to the "Produce to Show Understanding" section of our LwICT continuum, particularly P-2.1 uses a given format to demonstrate learning and P-3.1 edits work based on feedback from teacher and/or peers, according to established criteria, conventions, and/or standards).
- The final designs turned out really great! Plus, I think that students will be able to use their knowledge of how to design digital posters as a way of sharing their learning for other projects and activities.
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