GStar+Silver+Stars

=**Welcome GStar Silver Stars!**=

Congratulations! You have accomplished the first Step for your 4th quarter project by logging in to this Silver Stars link on my wiki.
Description of this assignment:

1 - Log on to [|National Geographic Magazine] Find a topic/article of interest to you that you would like to find out more about.

2 - Next you will find at least 2 other sources of information about this topic. **One of them must be a book**. (Libraries are free.) The other source can be an online article, a magazine, or a newspaper article. Your choice. NOTE: If you know you will need to get your book from our Media Center rather than your local library you may find a book on a (non-fiction) topic that interests you first, then find two other resources to expand your knowledge about the topic.

For your grade for this class you will then create a multi-media or powerpoint presentation on the topic you have investigated. When you have creaed a PowerPoint you will then upload it to [|BrainShark.com]so that you can add audio narrative to each slide. (Register to use this very easy free piece of software. Watch the brief introduction video.) When you have completed your BrainShark audio you will then upload your presentation to this wiki so that other students may see it.

Remember, the impact of visual images accompanied by a minimal amount of text can be explained further in your recorded narrative. A minimum of ten slides plus a slide with your references is required for an A. Please reveiw the Rubric below to see how you will be graded. References to include: Title, Author, Date, Page or website address,Format (Book, website, magazine, newspaper etc.)
 * The criteria for your powerpoint presentation** is that you 1 - demonstrate an understanding of the topic and 2 - clearly explain what you have found out about it in your reading. 3 - Share your enthusiasm for your topic.

Click on the widget below to see the Rubric that explains how the presentation will be graded. media type="custom" key="13545466"

Last part of this assignment:
Watch at least two other student presentations that have been uploaded to this wiki, under Silver Stars, then make a comment about them on this wiki. Be positive and name two specific things that you liked and/or learned from their presentations. There are over 70 Silver Stars so the only difficulty will be choosing which presentations to watch.

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=Enjoy!=