Ms. Battioni: Students chose a partner and worked together (Collaboration ESLR) to create an expert analysis of an assign Animal Farm character AND the person, idea or historical event that character represents in the time period of the Russian Revolution and immediately afterwards. They had to use their character's actions, dialogue and other details about the character and the historical figure he/she represents. Finally, they had to create a trigger image, make a short 2-minute video and Aurasmatize the whole thing!
Student Interview
Rick
Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
No, I don't mind.
What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
Yes, I am quite satisfied with my work. But if we had a little more time, I would have maybe edit the sound effects better than now because I couldn't here it very well.
What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
There were some challenges in preparing the costumes. I solved the issue later naturally.
Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
No, actually it was straight forward.
How do you feel about the recommendations?
I'm quiet satisfied with the teacher's recommendation. :)
Thomas
Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
Yes, actually I mind.
What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
Yes, I'm satisfied with it.
What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
One challenge was the time. We had to finish the Aurasma project in a short time, so we solved it by doing some individual work at home.
Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
Well, the main motivation was the teacher assigning us the project as an assignment. I think we managed to make a "creative" project because the character we featured in our video had a clear connection to the real world, so it was easier to make a video.
How do you feel about the recommendations?
Good!
Teacher's Opinion
they…
- worked very well together on all parts of their project.
- independently conducted additional research on Karl Marx, his ideas and writings
- expertly analyzed the connections between Old Major and Karl Marx and
- communicated their information clearly and in an effective and entertaining way.
- independently managed their time in and out of class to produce work that showed creativity, engagement and complex thinking.
Selector Opinion
We viewed their projects in front of Ms. Battioni's room where all the other aurasmas are presented. We think that their project was very interesting, since it contained humor through several acting as well as deep analysis about the Old Major. Their work contained both humor and analysis. Moreover, the image that shows their aurasma was also interesting. It is a picture that represents the Old Major both as an animal and a human.
Rick
Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
No, I don't mind.
What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
Yes, I am quite satisfied with my work. But if we had a little more time, I would have maybe edit the sound effects better than now because I couldn't here it very well.
What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
There were some challenges in preparing the costumes. I solved the issue later naturally.
Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
No, actually it was straight forward.
How do you feel about the recommendations?
I'm quiet satisfied with the teacher's recommendation. :)
Thomas
Do you mind having a project posted around the school?
Yes, actually I mind.
What do you feel about your project? Are you satisfied with your work?
Yes, I'm satisfied with it.
What were some challenges? How did you solve those?
One challenge was the time. We had to finish the Aurasma project in a short time, so we solved it by doing some individual work at home.
Did you have any inspirations / motivations for this project?
Well, the main motivation was the teacher assigning us the project as an assignment. I think we managed to make a "creative" project because the character we featured in our video had a clear connection to the real world, so it was easier to make a video.
How do you feel about the recommendations?
Good!
Teacher's Opinionthey…
- worked very well together on all parts of their project.
- independently conducted additional research on Karl Marx, his ideas and writings
- expertly analyzed the connections between Old Major and Karl Marx and
- communicated their information clearly and in an effective and entertaining way.
- independently managed their time in and out of class to produce work that showed creativity, engagement and complex thinking.
Selector Opinion
We viewed their projects in front of Ms. Battioni's room where all the other aurasmas are presented. We think that their project was very interesting, since it contained humor through several acting as well as deep analysis about the Old Major. Their work contained both humor and analysis. Moreover, the image that shows their aurasma was also interesting. It is a picture that represents the Old Major both as an animal and a human.
