Transportation - Across Canada

For our exhibit we focused on the theme of transportation. We gathered pictures, video, and sound bites of modes of transportation we found on a short but sweet walk through the old section of Quebec City. There was lots to capture. We put together our collection and have provided examples and files one could use to create their own exhibit about transportation either in Quebec City or expand upon this and do this exhibit based on your area. It would be nice to add other exhibits from all across Canada to see common and unique modes of transportation and to see how we get around.

In this assignment you need to use Garageband to create a sound essay that incorporates the spirit of the transportation of one particular location. The mood of your composition should be reflected in the graphic images that you may choose to use in your final project.

The exhibit logo on the Introduction page is an example of how a recorded sound can be used to design a media text. Starting with the audio only the truck was drawn using the tools in Flash. The background photograph was then looped as a movie clip.

Oral and Visual Communication: Students will use speaking skills and strategies appropriately to communicate with different audiences for a variety of purposes.

• Students will demonstrate an understanding of appropriate speaking behaviour in a variety of situations, including paired sharing, dialogue, and small and large group discussions.

• Students will communicate orally in a clear, coherent manner, presenting ideas, opinions, and information in a readily understandable form.

• Students will use appropriate words and phrases from the full range of their vocabulary, including inclusive and non-discriminatory language, and stylistic devices suited to the purpose, to communicate their meaning accurately and engage the interest of their audience

Media Literacy: Students will create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques

• Students will describe in detail the topic, purpose, and audience for media texts they plan to create.

• Students will identify conventions and techniques appropriate to the form chosen for a media text they plan to create, and explain how they will use the conventions and techniques to help communicate their message

• Students will produce a variety of media texts for specific purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques. 

One activity you can do with your students is to create a graphic novel.  Using your pictures and comic life, you can create a graphic novel that will tell a story about transportation.  See other sections for example pages.

It could be a theme on one particular mode of transportation.

Or it could show a variety of transportation modes, but share a common thread like snow for example. The are many ways you can use you pictures in Comic Life to engage your students in learning.

Here is a generic comic life rubric that can be used as is or modified depending on you needs.

Using Garageband, create a pod-ready presentation. Upload still pictures in the podcast track. Upload transportation sounds to an audio track. Export to iTunes to view as an m4a file (enhanced podcast).

Sample sounds and pictures can be used from the media attached to this project.

Ontario Media Literacy outcomes

Media Literacy: Students will create a variety of media texts for different purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques

• Students will describe in detail the topic, purpose, and audience for media texts they plan to create.

• Students will identify conventions and techniques appropriate to the form chosen for a media text they plan to create, and explain how they will use the conventions and techniques to help communicate their message

• Students will produce a variety of media texts for specific purposes and audiences, using appropriate forms, conventions, and techniques.

This project could be adapted to many subject areas from K-9

• Language Arts
• Math
• Social Studies

• Science
• Personal Planning

This activity could be done in a variety of classes. One class it would fit in would be Grade 4 Social Studies in Saskatchewan. Here is a link to the online curriculum guide for this course - http://www.sasked.gov.sk.ca/docs/elemsoc/g4u32ess.html

 

Canada and World Connections: Grade 3
Sample Task: Take a neighborhood walk with your class and a digital camera. Take pictures of your community and school. Using iMovie or GarageBand you can make audio annotations to your picture set. Using iPhoto, Photoshop Elements or SMART Notebook you can make notations to your community pictures. These can be shared with other school communities in York Region and around the world. If you have more cameras available they can be assigned to groups of 5-6 with specific community tasks (houses, plants and vegetation, roads, street signs).

Links to the Ontario Social Studies Curriculum

Sample culminating task or presentation using GarageBand and iMovie.

*Note* - the song in this clip has been used by permission. 

Using sounds edited in GarageBand students can create appropriate transpotation media using Flash. These can then be exported as Quicktime movies for use as iMovie projects or pod-ready works that can be inserted into the Podcast track in GarageBand.

See Sight and Sound and the Introduction pages.