Annie Hollett

Multimedia Project
LLED 7920

Research question: How can we use multimedia tools to help us understand the roles
of community helpers?

Overview: This project has been designed for my own Kindergarten classroom.
Community helpers are people that the students are aware of, but do not have enough
knowledge about. The purpose of this project is to help the students understand the
important roles of these helpers in our community. This project will meet several
Language Arts standards and will also meet a prominent Social Studies standard. Using
the online materials and books available to the students, they will create a presentation
using the information and their creativity in a specific medium.

Standards addressed in project:

Social Studies:
SSKE1 The student will describe the work that people do (police officer, fire fighter,
soldier, mail carrier, baker, farmer, doctor, and teacher).

Language Arts:
ELAGSEKRI7: With prompting and support, describe the relationship between
illustrations and the text (how the illustrations support the text).
ELAGSEKRI9: With prompting and support, identify basic similarities in and differences
between two texts on the same topic (e.g., in illustrations, descriptions, or procedures).
ELAGSEKRI10: Actively engage in group reading of informational text with purpose and
understanding.
ELAGSEKW2: Use a combination of drawing, dictating, and writing to compose
informative/explanatory texts in which they name what they are writing about and supply
some information about the topic.
ELAGSEKW6: With guidance and support from adults, use a variety of tools to produce
and publish writing, including digital tools in collaboration with peers.
ELAGSEKW8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from
experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
ELAGSEKSL1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners about
kindergarten topics and texts with peers and adults in small and larger groups.
ELAGSEKSL2: Confirm understanding of written texts read aloud or information
presented orally or through media by asking and answering questions about key details
and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
ELAGSEKSL5: Add drawings or other visual displays to descriptions as desired to
provide additional detail.
ELAGSEKSL6: Speak audibly and express thoughts, feelings, and ideas clearly.
 Phase One

Topic: The students will be asked the research question, How can we use multimedia
tools to help us understand the roles of community helpers? The students will use
multiple types of resources to learn more information about community helpers. From
the information they have gathered, the students will create a project using a specific
medium to present a particular community helper.

What the students already know: The students will have prior knowledge on
community helpers from their personal experiences and observations. The students will
also have knowledge on how to create a movie/presentation using the apps, Perfect
Video and Book Creator, and the programs iMovie, and Blabberize. The students will
also have prior knowledge on locating information in a book, and finding information via
websites.

Research questions:
What tools are you going to use to help create your project?
What community helper do you want to research and share with the class?
Which ones interest you? (Guide students to specific helpers you want them to
focus on)
How can you use the materials provided to help you research your community
helper? How can you use the books? How can you use the other resources?

*Related standards are stated above

Phase Two

For this project, I would like to expose my students to as many resources as

possible. I want my students to become familiar with using informational books,
websites, and videos to help gather information. To help students begin their research, I
will provide the students with some short videos on community helpers in general. I will
then have the students draw from a hat which community helper they are going to
research (picture of specific helper will help them determine their group). Each group of
students (sorted by specific community helper) will receive an iPad to watch the video
on. The groups will also be given a small book that describes their particular community
helper.
Because my students are so young, they will need an abundance of guidance
when it comes to selecting books, websites, and videos to use. Prior to the start of the
project, I will generate a station for each of the community helpers (ones that I want
them to focus on) and have many resources available for the students to use. This will
be done during small group time, so I am able to have conversations with each of the
groups on materials to use and formation of facts in each groups presentation.
Digital Resources:
Leveled readers on community helpers- Listen and Read by Scholastic-
http://teacher.scholastic.com/commclub/
Community Helpers, Play and Learn app by Paper Boat Apps
Videos, games, activities on Community Helpers from Brain Pop Junior-
https://jr.brainpop.com/socialstudies/communities/communityhelpers/
Facts about community helpers from Enchanted Learning-
http://www.enchantedlearning.com/themes/communityhelpers.shtml

Books:
A Day in the Life series- books on all types of community helpers- variety of
authors
Whose Hat Is This? by Sharon Katz Cooper
Whose Tools Are These? by Sharon Katz Cooper
Helpers in My Community from A to Z by Bobbie Kalman
Career Day by Anne Rockwell

Phase Three

The students will create a presentation (with adult guidance) on their specific community
helper. Because the students are still beginners at using technology programs to create
presentations, I will continue to do this project in small groups. The students will be
given an iPad to create the project on. The students will decide which program to use
between the three programs listed below:
1. Perfect Video- Students can record, type, and show images by creating a video
(similar to iMovie)
2. Blabberize- students can create a talking community helper to describe their role
in the community
3. Book Creator- students can create a book to retell important facts learned

To evaluate the presentations, I will use a rubric that is very straightforward and simple.
Because the students are in Kindergarten, it will mostly be on the overall look of the
presentation (neat, clear, sloppy, unclear), the students cooperation with group
members, and if presentation contains important facts (5 facts per community helper).

In short, each group will get an evaluation slip. The group will be evaluated on
presentation and the research conetnt. Each student will receive a participation grade
for how they contributed to the project and how they cooperated with their classmates.

The evaluation/ rubric is below-

Name: ________________________ Community Helper: ______________________

Group Evaluation:

Criteria Satisfactory Working On Needs Improvement

Group presented
Group presented
Group presented information with
information with
information in a several mistakes
many mistakes (with
Overall presentation clear way with few (with teachers
teachers guidance).
to no mistakes (with guidance).
Presentation was
teachers guidance). Presentation was
not clear.
hard to follow.
5 or more facts Less than 5 facts
5 facts stated. Facts
stated. All facts are stated. Facts are
are mostly accurate
Researched content accurate and neither accurate nor
but not consistent
consistent with consistent with
with topic.
topic. topic.

Individual Evaluation:

Criteria Satisfactory Working On Needs Improvement

Student did not work
Student works well Student is present well with group
with group members and respectful to members. Had a
and provides others, but does not difficult time
Student
input/ideas. The share input/ideas. listening and
Cooperativeness
student is a leader The student has focusing on project.
and listens to group some contributions Had little
members. to the final product. contribution to final
product.

Comments:
References:
Armstrong, S. (2008) Information Literacy: Navigating and evaluating todays media.
Huntington Beach, CA: Shell Education.