Now that students have had some experience with the equipment, we ask them to produce a multimedia product. Sixth graders spend five periods in the library working through four different stations. The first station, Laser Disc Presentation, allows students to further expand their knowledge of working with laser discs and create an oral and visual presentation. They then use information sheets from the CD-ROM, Middle Search , to write a two paragraph essay on their animal. The final presentation is a combination of the essay and the corresponding pictures from the laser disc.
Students work in pairs to create a three card autobiographical stack.
They receive an overview of the basics of HyperStudio , how to add clip art and how to move from one card to another. They also learn to add clip sounds or their own sounds. The final stack includes the student's name, a map of the country and state where they were born, an autograph and clip art illustrations that describe them. They work as a group to learn the basics of working with a video camera, how to add titles using VCR Companion , and how to use storyboarding to properly design their skit and put the entire project together. They answer questions about their state in the form of a script.