Digital Storytelling : The First Crusade from both Sides (Narrated Slide Show)

Teacher Name: Vincent Malinauskas

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CATEGORY Point of View: Awareness of Audience 25%

Point of View: Purpose 25%

Excellent Strong awareness of audience in the design. Students can clearly explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. Establishes a purpose early on and maintains a clear focus throughout.

Interesting and Story based Pictures 10%

Great Some awareness of audience in the design. Students can partially explain why they felt the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. Establishes a purpose early on and maintains focus for most of the presentation. Pictures are Pictures are interesting and clear interesting and mostly on each slide. Pictures clear. Pictures pertain always pertain to the to the story 90% of story being told. the time.

Good Some awareness of audience in the design. Students find it difficult to explain how the vocabulary, audio and graphics chosen fit the target audience. There are a few lapses in focus, but the purpose is fairly clear.

Needs Improvement Limited awareness of the needs and interests of the target audience.

It is difficult to figure out the purpose of the presentation.

Originality 20%

All of the Story is original. Excluding Historical Facts and events that make the sotry more realistic. Grammar and usage were correct (for the dialect chosen) and contributed to clarity, style and character Character quality is clear and personality is consistent throughout the presentation. Unless part of the story changes the personality of the Character.

Grammar 5%

Character Consistency 15%

Pictures are somewhat blurry or are boring. The pictures do not go with the story and are off topic 75% of the time. Most (over half) of Some of the Story the Story is original. original. Excluding Excluding Historical Historical Facts and Facts and events that events that make the make the sotry more sotry more realistic. realistic. Grammar and usage Grammar and usage were typically correct were typically correct (for the dialect but errors detracted chosen) and errors from story. did not detract from Character quality is Character quality is clear and personality clear and Personality is consistent is consistent through throughout the some (70-84%)of the majority (85-95%) of presentation. Unless the presentation. part of the story Unless part of the changes the story changes the personality of the personality of the Character. Character.

Pictures are boring blurry or otherwise unclear. The pictures do not match the story more than 50% of the time. None of the Story original. Excluding Historical Facts and events that make the sotry more realistic. Repeated errors in grammar and usage distracted greatly from the story. Character quality and Personality needs more attention. Unless part of the story changes the personality of the Character.

Project requirement: The project must be a movie or keynote that will play through on its own time. Each frame or slide shall be of one image that wil contribute to the story being told and have narration following along with it. The presentation must be between 10 and 20 minutes in length and must show both sides of the story Crusader and Muslim. These requirments are mandatory and if they are not followed the project will not be accepted. Date Created: Mar 04, 2014 by Vincent Malinauskas using Rubistar