Friday, March 18th Agenda

Your final day in RUaDN Winterim!  We have some major items to take care of this morning before we break for lunch.  Lunch is 12-12:45.  Then you need to report to the theater for the assembly which begins at 1:00.

We are part of the assembly today, so you need to be dressed within the dress code today.

1. FINAL FOUR Blog Articles (Partner Feature Article) - must be created & drafted by 10:30; edited and posted by 11:00

• Winterim Overall Blog Post - list it out, write it out REALLY SHOW overall what LA has accomplished in the last two weeks - built a school, create a song/music video, raised money to assist Japan, learned martial arts, hiked the Amazon, kayaked the caribbean, camped out, viewed sporting events, learned about the courts and legal systems and so on and on . . .; need a graphic to represent LA - Spartan, logo, the LA which cross each other or maybe put LA over a graphic of the globe  . . .
• RUaDN Statistics - how many page views, where has blog been viewed, total posts, total comments, how many videos on Youtube, photos in Picasa, tweets, facebook fans, and etc. Compare stats to last year.  Provide links to our acccounts withint the document and use a graph as a graphic (it can show the increase in blog views over the two weeks  or it can be a bar graph of this year compared to last year.)
• Winterim is or feels or ??? - using the Wordle as the graphic provide a final glimpse into Winterim philosophically (not like the first post which talks about the "what" we did); This is more like the "so what" about Winterim.  You may change the Wordle made yesterday. (Mrs. Poulin will share the google doc with all the words on it.)
• Winterim Slide Show -   For the post a 2nd slide show needs to be made using the Animoto music and then exported to YouTube (public). The text in the post should again state a general concept of LA Winterim is - maybe cut and paste this from the "What is Winterim" page.  Also state the site used to make the video,  the song and singer in the slide show(you could explain that it was shown at assembly with a different song, which we don't have permission to use on the internet.).  EMBED the slide show from YouTube into this final blog post.

2. View the Assembly slide show. Mrs. Poulin has uploaded the photos into Animoto; in the morning Sarah will need to add the song. Then it will take time to produce the video.  It will be exported to YoutTube (private) and ready for us to view by 11:00.
3. Plan/Practice Assembly presentation (11:00)

• Mrs. Poulin and Ms. Boncher will introduce the group
• Each pair (from final four articles) will speak main ideas of final post. (one person can speak from the pair)
• Slide show is last item for Assembly

4. Winterim Student Evaluations

5. Final Reflective thoughts posted on this agenda

Thursday, March 17th Agenda

A. Know your Social Media Daily job and work on it thoughout the day.

B. Talk with at least 5-10 different students today - get three words to describe Winterim experience.  Type them into a Google Doc entitled "Words to Describe Winterim" (Mrs. Poulin will create and share this with you.)  We will make a Wordle for one of the last posts of the blog.

C. Major updates today for on-campus projects that were not updated on yesterday. Off-Campus projects need to have at least 2 posts about them by end of today.

D. Promote TWO of your best or most favorite articles you created this Winterim.Promote your article from yesterday about Social Media as well.

E. Photos and more Photos to Slide Show folder!!! Groups with MANY photos can have up to 8 GREAT photos in slide show.  Other groups need between 1-5 GREAT photos.  Off campus groups that we have never heard from will be the only groups with ONE photo.
F. Each student will pitch ONE song for the Assemby slide show - this may be a copyrighted song, but it must be appropriate to play for a general audience.

G. Editor-n-Chief with Mrs. Poulin will choose 2-3 Animoto.com songs for the "online" version of the slide show. The group will vote which one to use.

H.  Finish up Social Media Job

I. Reflection for today


Look ahead for Friday:

Render the slide show for Assembly
Render the slide show for the blog
Partner Feature story - last 4 posts of the blogs - slide show will be the last post
Plan the Assemby presentation - we need stats, lead speakers, slide show is very last thing to be shown at assembly

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Wednesday, March 16th Agenda

Boston Trip (For the daily schedule refer to the google doc.)

Morning Session:

A. Know your daily social media job. Begin to do this during the morning session and continue throughout the day if necessary. (This is the multi-tasking part.) (I will check on this at 1:30 during our 2nd work session.)

B. Partner Feature Story - RUaDgtalNativ:Social Media Tools for the 21st Century

• You have 5 min. to Plan two ideas to Pitch regarding a social media tool or concept you have learned about.
• We have 5 min. to Pitch and vote/determine what each partnership is going to focus on.
• You have 50-60 min. to Prepare as a team and Post a draft your blog article.
• As you Plan/Pitch/Prepare keep in mind that the post must:
• Describe what it is
• Articulate how it works
• Explain how it is "social" media
• Discuss why it is useful (What is it's purpose? Can the purpose be different for different people or organizations?)
• Explain how it can be used by students for educational purposes
• Be 12-15 complete sentences - it can be 1 or 2 paragraphs if necessary
• Have a catchy title
• Use the following tags: RUDN, socialmedia
• Include at least 2 links
• Contain at least one form of media to visually represent your topic (photo or video or other graphic of some kind)
• Have Ms. Boncher or Mrs. Poulin edit your article; then Post it to the LA Winterim 11 Blog.
• Promote your article anyway you want to.  Highest views by Friday morning is the winner . . . of what, not sure yet.
• "Re-Blog" (or share) your post to the RUaDgtalNativ? Blog site.(The first partnership to figure our how to do this gets a sweet snack today.) DO NOT cut-n-paste into a new post. (I'll know.) A "re-blog" or share happens while you are reading the original post.

Your done with morning session at this point.  The latest you can leave the Digital Lounge and make it to our lunch reservation is 11:15. The earliest you'll be allowed to leave by Ms. Boncher or Mrs. Poulin is 10:45.

Afternoon Session:

A. Keep this in mind - all projects must have a minimum of 2 blog posts written about them. However most on-campus projects should have 3 or more. (You'll probably want to do a "final" update for most of your on-campus projects, you still have Thursday as well.)  With all this in mind  . . .

• Go to the "edit post" page and look at the tags on the left. Do you see your projects listed?  Check the number of posts. By Thursday at 2:30 all projects need to meet the minimum, however  . . .
• Just because your on-campus projects may already have 2, we expect a final update might be needed. 
• Work on your individual project post or posts for today - good title, links, media, tags!
• DRAFT must be viewed/edited by Ms. Boncher or Mrs. Poulin before it can hit the blog.

B. Final Slide Show Prep

• Log in as LAWinterim (in a different browser or sign out as you.)
• View each of your project's photos in Picasa.
• Choose 1-5 images for the Final Slide Show.
• COPY (do NOT MOVE) them into the "Final Slide Show" Album in Picasa

C. Don't forget to "multi-task" and do your Social Media Job for today. (But  . . . be careful about signing in as LAWinterim.  You want your blog posts to be "signed" by you, not LA Winterim.)

D. Reflection of your work on this agenda.

You are done with the afternoon session at this point. We will leave the libary as a group at 3:15-3:30 (or at least 2 hrs. 15 min. after we arrive).  If you are done, you may roam the library only or use your lap top for personal reasons in the Teen Lounge. Ms. Boncher or Mrs. Poulin determine if you are done.