Personal and Social Responsibility

ASSIGNMENT 6: PROJECT - Podcast

Learning Target (Curricular Competencies):

  • Access information for diverse purposes and from a variety of sources to inform writing.
  • Respectfully exchange ideas and viewpoints from diverse perspectives to build shared understanding and extend thinking. 
  • Demonstrate speaking and listening skills in a variety of formal and informal contexts for a range of purposes. 

Task: 

Produce a podcast. Develop a longer piece of writing (poem, short story, essay, speech, debate) that reflects your sense of social responsibility as you respond to the prompt:  "Culture is often expressed through the arts".  Review the key components of social responsibility as discussed in the introduction: 

1.  Contributing to community and caring for the environment

2.  Solving problems in peaceful ways

3.  Valuing diversity

4.  Building relationships

  • Consider what that means to you.  What is your sense of personal responsibility?  How does your sense of self interact with those around you?  What art do you see being used to demonstrate social responsibility as it is defined above?  How is it being used?
  • There is also a book on writing a personal narrative at the top of the course if you need some help brainstorming ways that people use art to express their living culture. 
  • Synthesize at least 2 different sources into your response.
  • Use the brainstorming graphic organizer to generate specific examples/moments.  Be sure to identify specific examples!!

Now, develop a piece of writing and record it. Your podcast recording should be 2-3 minutes long.  Make sure you reflect on your social responsibility as it pertains to the prompt. 

Be sure to look over the podcast criteria in the rubric before submitting.

Hey!  Here is an example podcast from the Banff Writer's Festival called Wordfest with Alexis O'Hara. Have a listen! 

Record your writing in podcast format using Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/,  GarageBand, iMovie or other recording software with capacity to edit sound. Add either sound effects or music or both to augment your voice reading.
Be sure to export as an mp3 format file and upload here...

Free sound effect and music sites:

  1. https://www.pacdv.com/sounds/
  2. http://www.findsounds.com/types.html
  3. https://freemusicarchive.org/
  4. https://freeplaymusic.com/
  5. https://free-loops.com/
  6. http://danosongs.com
  7. https://incompetech.com
  8. https://www.seabreezecomputers.com/tips/freemusic.htm#links … an example from this site:
  9. https://www.taylorhayward.org/

Assessment:  Below you will find the exemplary criteria used to assess the assignment.  

Learning Target: (Exemplary 6/6): Exemplary comprehension of the task and clear accomplishment of the objective.  Final product reveals student's sense of social responsibility in a creative, thoughtful way.   

Content/Ideas:  (Exemplary 6/6):  Content contributes to the central idea and makes insightful connections. The content makes insightful connections to the prompt provided.  Content clearly reflects the student's sense of social responsibility.   

Organization:  Exemplary (6/6):  Format chosen is well-organized, easy to follow and includes a short introduction and conclusion. 

Technical Production:  Exemplary (6/6):  Spoken word can be clearly heard without distraction and is delivered with appropriate passion and inflection to support the overall message.  Engages and entertains the audience.  The audio is recorded in a quiet environment without distracting background noise.  Podcast length keeps the listener engaged and interested.

Submission: 

Use the "4.6 PROJECT - Podcast" link on the main page of this section of the course to upload your assignment to your teacher for marking.