Submitted by: Akeela Tyson
School: The Academy at Virginia Randolph
Summary
Students will assume the role of archaeologists, working as a collaborative team, for Tyson University @ The Academy of Virginia Randolph. The team of archaeologists has been selected as finalists for the “Digging up the Deep” grant which will allow them to travel to the Ancient River Valley Civilization of their choice to complete further evacuation. The team of archaeologists must create an electronic presentation (using the software of their choice) to submit to the grant selection committee (World History students at Highland Springs High School), select a project manager who will oversee the presentation, and assign each archaeologist a task to complete for the presentation.
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Students selected the Ancient River Valley Civilization they wanted to research for their presentation. The team of archaeologist researched information from the Internet and shared that information using Google Docs. The team has students responsible for uploading of researched information and Fact checkers who were responsible for accessing different websites for confirm the veracity. The team was also responsible for citing the information on the Google Doc. The Google Doc is shared with students from Highland Springs High School who are responsible for reviewing and suggesting additional websites that would contribute information about Ancient River Valley Civilization.
Students used Google Docs to share the focus of their presentation and the research gathered with the the team of archaeologists (students). Students were able to see the division of responsibility for research and what information is to be added to the presentation. The Google document was shared with students at Highland Springs High School to get their comments about the research and presentation techniques. Students also used the Google Docs to make suggestions for improvement of the presentation, which was also a collaborative effort. Each teammember added their information to the final presentation.
Student were responsible for deciding which Ancient River Valley Civilization they wanted to research and what information should be including when making their presentation to the selection committee. The students also had to select the digital tool they were going to use for the final presentation.
Students examined digital tools, the benefits and challenges, to determine which tool they felt would best present the information they research. Students decided on using Prezi because they were able to enter their information independently. Students had to select pictures they could use to introduce the research topic and how to best show their information. Please allow the Prezi a few minutes, it contains a video that is slow loading.
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