Process
- Step 1: View the Mark Johnson interview with Bill Moyers and Johnson's video on the PBS online site. Bill Moyers interviews Mark Johnson, the producer of a remarkable documentary entitled "Playing for Change: Peace Through Music," which is about the simple but transformative power of music.
- http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12052008/watch3.html
- Step 2: In the appropriate Blackboard forum titled "Playing for Change," respond to the query for Message 1: What is the most powerful message of this video? Please post your response, a minimum of 150 words, in the appropriate forum; Message 2: After reading several of your classmates' responses, respond to two peers by offering additional commentary, 75-word minimum, about the video's message.
- Step 3: Using the Internet and Google, find a transformative person, organization, or movement (non-governmental) that is changing the world by improving people's lives.
- Step 4: in the appropriate Blackboard forum titled "One Person Changing the World," for Message 1, inform your peers and the instructor about your topic by profiling the person, organization, or movement (150-word minimum). For Message 2, respond to two of your peers by posting two questions you have about their topic.
- Step 5: Create a multimedia representation of the person, organization, or movement to include in your E-Portfolio Project, which is due the last day of instruction.
Resources
Video for Step 1:http://www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/12052008/watch3.html
Google for Step 3: http://www.google.com/
Blackboard Portal: https://tcc.my.vccs.edu/jsp/home.jsp
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Materials
Course Blackboard site
Student Google Email and Apps
Word Processing Software
Glossary
Multimedia Representation (Presentation or Component): a digitized image, photo, video, animation, artwork, or artifact that conveys the mission and purpose of the topic.
E-Portfolio: a collection of several components that represents the students' best work including their academic and career goals and a reflection letter. Models of former students' E-Portfolios can be viewed on the following web site: http://www.tcc.edu/faculty/webpages/MMarits/courses/index.htm
Developed by M. Marits, modified 12/19/08