Senior Project – 2014/2015 NAME:___________________Create a website Hour: ________

Stevenson seniors: Congratulations! You have come a long way to get to this point in your school career. You will have four weeks to design and create your Senior Project Website. This will count as 40% of your 4 th quarter grade. Stay focused and be creative! Good luck on the project and good luck to all in the future!

Senior Project Main Objective: Points: Final Due Date:Create a personal website using Weebly. 500 Friday, April 10, 2015

Website Theme/Big Idea: Civic and Personal Responsibility Social Responsibility Integrity VisionInnovation Hope Values Wisdom Action

Required Pages within the Website (in the following order):

Home Page (100 points) Blog Page (100 points) Personal Soundtrack Page (100 points) Portfolio Page (100 points) Literary Character Generator Page (100 points)

(Your grade is determined by the rubric, good old fashioned hard work and the WOW factor!)

Required Brainstorming Pages

All five (5) webpages require a brainstorming page worth 20 points each = 100 points. These will be checked on their due dates and entered in the gradebook as a classwork/homework grade.

Time:

I will be giving you 15 class periods to work on this project. If I assume you come to class, log on to the computers and get started, you should have 45 minutes each class period (on the low estimate). That means I am giving you nearly 12 HOURS, in class, to work on this project. This will give just enough time to complete all components. If you are not using every minute of your time productively you will be forced to complete components of this project on your own time (this means at home). You will be provided due dates for all components. You are responsible for completing each component by the set due date, REGARDLESS OF WHATEVER EXCUSE YOU TRY AND COME UP WITH.

For a final culmination project you are to create a personal website. In order to pass this project, you must:

Complete a Brainstorm page for EACH of your tabs! Think of it as rough drafts. Turn in all parts on time and well done. Craft all of your own WORK! Complete all components of the assignment. You will not be able to move forward

without each component done! Keep up and do not procrastinate! Work diligently & effectively during class time. No excuses! No games! No dilly-

dallying! No shenanigans!

Particulars:We will be using http:// www.weebly.com to sign up for a free account. Please note: your websites are being created under your name and therefore you are agreeing to the terms of this service. You will need to provide a home email address (keep it clean!) and create a website with several webpages.

You MUST follow this formula:1st=Your first name, 2nd=Last Initial, 3rd Hour= 4th SeniorProjectWalczak.weebly.comExample Weebly Webpage Address: JimD2SeniorProjectWalczak.weebly.com

***Follow the handout that describes how to create a Weebly website very closely!***For your benefit… there is a template website….Use the template website for further instruction about what content, artifacts, and abstracts need to be included for a grade. Check it out here:

http://favazzaseniorproject.weebly.com/ orhttp://acoffseniorproject.weebly.com/

On these websites you will find templates for this project! Each page shows and discusses what artifacts (items) or abstracts (writings) need be included for that tab. These are samplings and may only show a portion of all that is required.If you have questions, you should email me (Include your name and hour) and they will be answered as quickly as possible. Other Incidentals and IMPORTANT NOTES:

Think about keeping a positive digital footprint. Your website needs to take safety into consideration, but you also want to create a

footprint that is positive for yourself. This project is a big one and will require you to use your time wisely. You will also

need to think about what you will do with this website after you leave this class. Remember, this will contribute to your digital footprint.

You must consider your appearance to the rest of the world and to me! Proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar are expected.

This is a school project. The more effort, creativity, and depth you put into the project, the more your grade will reflect your hard work.

These websites should be neat and presentable and show elements of design and thought. All content MUST be school suitable and appropriate for general audiences. All work should be your OWN! If you use content garnered from other people or resources

without acknowledgements you will FAIL! THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY "DEAD PAGES" ON YOUR WEBSITE (empty pages without

content). These pages will greatly impact your final grade.

Home Page Specifics and Requirements (100 Points):

Create a homepage that welcomes visitors to your site and describes the purpose of your website and what a visitor might expect to find in the embedded tabs. Any information about you should be general and not contribute in any way to compromising your data, privacy or personal information. Remember, part of building a positive digital footprint is actively posting content that puts you in a positive light.

Part 1(25 pts): Create a 60-90 second video to welcome visitors to your site. Introduce yourself, describe the purpose of your website, what a visitor might expect to find on the pages of your website, and share/explain why you’re proud of a particular part of your website. (You will need to create a YouTube video to embed on your page. You do not need to purchase the premium Weebly page to include video.)

Part 2 (25 pts): Create an acrostic poem by using your first & last name.

Part 3 (25 pts): List at least eight (8) positive adjectives about yourself to create a word art/wordle or something similar.

Part 4 (25 pts): Choose five (5) of the questions below to use on your homepage, distinguishing between questions and answers.Biography Questions:

*Answer the following questions in complete sentences to help complete your biography. Be sure to explain your responses:What is your favorite memory of high school? Explain why.What is your favorite school subject? Explain why.List three of your greatest strengths (in order of importance; #1-being most) Explain. List three of your greatest weaknesses (in order of importance; #1-being most) Explain.Who is your role model? Explain why.What is your one achievement that you are most proud of? Explain why.Name three things that you would like to achieve within the next decade.What is the motto, saying, quote, or proverb that you live your life by? (Not sure=research)What do you believe is more important, education or experience? Explain why?What are your adult aspirations (career, relationship, travel, etc.)?

Home Page Due Date:

Brainstorm for Homepage (20 points)

Q and ACreate an acrostic poem by using your first & last name (see example).

List eight positive adjectives about yourself.

What is your favorite memory of high school? Explain why.

What is your favorite school subject? Explain why.

List three of your greatest strengths (in order of importance; #1-being most) Explain.

List three of your greatest weaknesses (in order of importance; #1-being most) Explain.

Who is your role model? Explain why.

What is your one achievement that you are most proud of? Explain why.

Name three things that you would like to achieve within the next decade.

What is the motto, saying, quote, or proverb that you live your life by? (Not sure=research)

What do you believe is more important, education or experience? Explain why?

What are your adult aspirations (career, relationship, travel, etc.)?

*Consider your purpose for your website: What do you think you could use this for in the future (i.e. college, resume building, etc.)? Explain. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Due date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015

Blog Page Specifics and Requirements (100 Points):

Definition

Blog [blawg, blog] noun: a Web site containing the writer's or group of writers' own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having images and links to other Web sites.

Blog Part 1: The Three Main Posts

Your blog page will consist of 3 MAIN posts. You will choose any 3 topics from the following list. Your first post about each question MUST be 4-6 sentences regarding your rationale for the question.

1. Who is your hero and why? 2. What leadership qualities define me?3. What are some of my talents? How can I use these to

create new opportunities for myself?4. In what ways, can I make an important contribution to

the world? 5. I really wish that I could have read this book or

learned this skill in school… because…

Blog Part 1 Due Date: Monday, March 23, 2015___________________________________________________________

Blog Part 2: Responding to PostsAs a class we will all comment on each other’s’ posts. The method for this process will be completely at random and the creator of the website is responsible for ensuring all posts are school appropriate and fitting. Remember, you are the manager of this website; you have the ability to delete posts if someone is playing shenanigans with your site. If this does occur, please inform me and I’ll deal with the perpetrator.

This portion must be done in class. We will have a couple of rounds of random selection in which classmates will read your blog posts and make comments. You must comment on or to each of the two classmates’ posts. Two classmates will respond to each of your main posts. Your subsequent posts may be responses or question related comments only, meaning one or two sentences. You must then respond to their posts. This means, each main blog post will have a total of 4 comments – 2 from classmates and 2 from you. Since we are ALL writing 3 blog posts, your blog page will have a total of 12 comments.

Blog Part 2 Due Date: Friday, March 27, 2015___________________________________________________________

Each of the three Main posts should look like this:Your Main blog post (4-6 sentences)

2 fellow students’ comments (2-4 sentences)

o Your reply/comment on each fellow students’ comments (1-2 sentence)

Important: Failure to comment on the assigned fellow students’ main blog posts will result in losing half credit on your own blog page grade.

Brainstorm for Blog (20 points)

Q and ASelect three questions and write your extended responses.

Question Answer (4-6 complete sentences)

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Due date: Friday, March 20, 2015

At the start of this semester, you wrote an essay about three (3) experiences or events that changed your life and connected them to songs. You T4d each song, highlighting portions of the lyrics and commenting on or explaining the connection to those lyrics.On this webpage, you are to include your essay and works cited page. Please delete your heading that includes class information and name. You will then thoughtfully respond (4-6 sentences) to the following reflective questions about your soundtrack project.

1. What problems did you encounter while you were working on this piece? How did you solve them?

2. How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

3. What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?

4. What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this piece?

5. What the one thing you particularly want people to notice when they look at your work?

Soundtrack Reflection Page Specifics and Requirements

100 points

Due date:

Brainstorm forSoundtrack Reflection Page (20 points)

Reflective Questions1. What problems did

you encounter while you were working on this piece? How did you solve them?

2. How do you feel about this piece of work? What parts of it do you particularly like? Dislike? Why? What did/do you enjoy about this piece or work?

3. What was especially satisfying to you about either the process or the finished product?

4. What did you learn about yourself as you worked on this

piece?

5. What the one thing you particularly want people to notice when they look at your work?

Due date: Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Portfolio Page Specifics and Requirements (100 Points):

This page gives you the opportunity to reflect on your ENTIRE high school career and showcase 3 of your most favorite/outstanding school assignments/projects/creations/performances.

1) Intro:

Answer the following questions to create your intro for this page.

How do I know if I am developing the academic skills that I will need in my future life? How can I effectively articulate my opinions and perspectives?

2) 3 Items to ShowcasePick three items that are YOUR original works that you have completed throughout your High school Career. Here are some examples:

Amazing essays or classroom artifacts Works of Art Fabrications from machine/welding Projects from classes Displays or other posters Science items or projects or inventions Web designs Exceptional Athletic Achievements (only one allowed) Composed music pieces or videos One of your own ideas (check with me first)

Post images, videos, links or copies of the above on this page of your website.

3) ReflectionFor each item, you will need to write a reflection about each artifact. Answer these prompts for each of your 3 artifacts:

A. Give a brief description of the piece.B. For what class and instructor was the piece created?C. What was the grade you received on this artifact?

D. What did you learn when you created this piece?E. How has this work sample helped you in understanding your future? (In other words… explain how

this assignment has 1. Helped you identify what you would or would not want to do in the future? 2. Helped you identify strengths or weaknesses you may have? 3. How will you use this knowledge to guide the rest of your academic career?)

Please remember that all items in your portfolio must have been created by YOU! (No group projects or work will be accepted in this portion.) You will not receive credit if evidence is found that you have plagiarized or copied the piece. Not Required: This is extra credit. You may include an additional section at the bottom of the page for group work you would also like to share, also reflecting on those as you did with your own original artifacts earlier on the webpage.

Portfolio DUE Date:

Brainstorm for Portfolio (20 points)Big Idea Questions:

How do I know if I am developing the academic skills that I will need in my future life?

How can I effectively articulate my opinions and perspectives?

Artifact #1 Name:______________________________

Class, instructor, grade:_________________________________________________

Description:_________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

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What did you learn when you created this piece?____________________________________________

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How has this work sample helped you in understanding your future?___________________________

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Artifact #2 Name:______________________________

Class, instructor, grade:_________________________________________________

Description:_________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

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What did you learn when you created this piece?____________________________________________

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How has this work sample helped you in understanding your future?___________________________

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Artifact #3 Name:______________________________

Class, instructor, grade:_________________________________________________

Description:_________________________________________________________________

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What did you learn when you created this piece?____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________How has this work sample helped you in understanding your future?___________________________________Due date: Monday, March 30, 2015

Go through all three character generators:

1. http://www.abebooks.com/docs/community/featured/literarycharacterquiz/character-quiz.shtml

2. http://www.blog.oxforddictionaries.com/2012/04/which-classical-character-are-you/

3. http://www.quizrocket.com/greek-god-quizpick

Provide the generator that you used and what does it search for… female classical character, mythological character, etc. Be aware that some of these quizzes may be blocked by our school’s server-those will then have to be completed at home.

Brainstorm: Compare the three characters; Create a comparison chart that summarizes all of the characteristics found.

Choose one that best fits you (in your opinion) & write an abstract about the character (be sure to include): 1) where the piece comes from {era, author, etc.}; 2) summary of the work; 3) include all perceived characteristics (personality traits) of this character. Make sure to cite any and all borrowed data!

Now, write ONE reflection paragraph (6-7 complete sentences). Which generator (s) did you most agree with and why? Which did you least agree with and why? Was there another option that you feel would have been a better fit for you?

Literary Character Generator Page Specifics and Requirements {100 Pts.}

Game plan: take the three literary quizzes…see which characters you are most like…research all three…create a comparison chart of all three…write one character abstract and reflective paragraph of the character most like you…post it on your webpage.

Due date:

20 points

Create a comparison chart of all three characters. Choose one to continue below.

The character most like me:

From which literary piece did the character originate?

Summary Of the story: *Don’t forget to Cite!*

Character #1

Character #2

Character #3

Brainstorm for Literary Character Generator

Are your qualities and is your personality similar?

Quote about or by this character that best describes their personality: Do you agree?

Due date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015

How to get started with weebly!Step 1: While at SHS, use Google Chrome. Enter your name, valid email address and an easy password for the weebly account. Write your email here: ____________________________ Write your password here: ______________

Step 2: Enter a title for your website: Use your name and Senior ProjectExample: George Orwell’s Senior ProjectFor type of site: Choose- Education For category type: Choose- Class Project then Choose- Continue.Step 3: Choose your website domain. Use a subdomain of weebly.com and enter the following: This formula for websites:First name… Last name initial…. hour…. SeniorProjectWalczak

For example: JimD2SeniorProjectWalczak.weebly.comClick Submit….be patient it takes a little while to create. Step 4: You will want to click on edit when you get to the “my site” page.Step 5:Once you are on the page. You can change the design by clicking on the tab labeled design and choosing from one of the templates. Fiddle around.. you can change fonts, photos, images all in the design feature. About every 10 minutes, you want to hit publish…this means it is saving!Step 6Adding different tabs or pages: click on pages at the top and then click on Add page. Most of your pages will be standard with the exception of the Blog page. Use the blog format for the Blog Page. Add a title to your page. Remember to use the following:

1. Home 3. Personal Soundtrack 5. Literary Character

2. Blog 4. Portfolio

Remember if you make any changes in advanced settings…you must save(publish) your work.Step 7 Now that you’ve added all of your pages, it’s time to work on each page. You want to add content. You will choose from the list of basic choices on the elements section there are also options in the multimedia section too! These will help when you are posting for your portfolio and resume sections. Usually you will choose the paragraph or one of the other basic options. Get creative and explore.

Don’t forget to publish! Publish! Publish!

Using Weebly to Make Things and Saving!

You will then be taken to the following screen:

To add a page to your website, click the pages tab at the top

Click add page to see the three different options of pages

****TO SAVE*****

Click the publish button to save your work and make your website active

Adding Content to a Page

You will be selecting “STANDARD PAGE” for all of your pages EXCEPT the blog page

Change the name of each page here. Title them: Home, BLOG, Community Outreach, Resume and Portfolio

Under the elements tab, the”basic” options allow you to add things like paragraphs or paragraphs with pictures to your workable area

Change from basic options to “multimedia” to embed youtube clips, sound and other multimedia

Senior Project Overall Grading Rubric Hr:____ Name:____________________________CATEGORY Highly Effective Effective Partially Proficient Ineffective

Content The site has a well-stated clear purpose and theme that is carried out throughout the site.

The site has a clearly stated purpose and theme, but may have one or two elements that do not seem to be related to it.

The purpose and theme of the site is somewhat muddy or vague.

The site lacks a purpose and theme. H_____ B_____

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Navigation

Links for navigation are clearly labeled, consistently placed, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and take the reader where s/he expects to go. A user does not become lost.

Links for navigation are clearly labeled, allow the reader to easily move from a page to related pages (forward and back), and internal links take the reader where s/he expects to go. A user rarely becomes lost.

Links for navigation take the reader where s/he expects to go, but some needed links seem to be missing. A user sometimes gets lost.

Some links do not take the reader to the sites described. A user typically feels lost.

H_____ B_____

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Content Accuracy

All information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and all the requirements of the assignment have been met.

Almost all the information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and all requirements of the assignment have been met.

Almost all of the information provided by the student on the Web site is accurate and almost all of the requirements have been met.

There are several inaccuracies in the content provided by the students OR many of the requirements were not met.

H_____ B_____

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Interest and WOW factor

The author has made an exceptional attempt to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended.

The author has tried to make the content of this Web site interesting to the people for whom it is intended.

The author has put lots of information in the Web site but there is little evidence that the person tried to present the information in an interesting way.

The author has provided only the minimum amount of information and has not transformed the information to make it more interesting to the audience (e.g., has only provided a list of links to the content of others).

H_____ B_____

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Learning of Material

The student has an exceptional understanding of the material included in the site and where to find

The student has a good understanding of the material included in the site. Can easily

The student has a fair understanding of the material included in the site. Can easily

Student did not appear to learn much from this project. Cannot answer most

H_____ B_____

additional information. Can easily answer questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.

answer questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.

answer most questions about the content and procedures used to make the web site.

questions about the content and the procedures used to make the web site.

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Spelling and Grammar

There are no errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.

There are 1-3 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.

There are 4-5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.

There are more than 5 errors in spelling, punctuation or grammar in the final draft of the Web site.

H_____ B_____

RE_____ P_____

CC_____ LCG_____

Website address: _______________________________________________________________Final Web Page Comments Homepage _______/100 Blog _______/100Soundtrack _______/100Portfolio _______/100Lit.Char. _______/100

Grand Total = ____________/500 pts