Presentations and Assessment

Our project used formative and summative assessment along with peer evaluation.  Students created pop-up museum exhibits and presented them to the class.  The exhibits had to meet ten criteria, including an interactive component and some audio-visual features.

Peer evaluation and self-evaluation was used to provide feedback on visual communication, written fluency, storytelling, and other aspects.  Additionally, a website is being developed to house all the artifacts and stories which will be linked to the school website and the website of the local museum.

With the end of Semester 1, work on this project is now migrating from Julia's classroom to the library.  A few students from the Writing 12 class have Library Support blocks and these students will use some of their time to continue the archival work on the audio recordings and continuing the work needed to publish and refine the work on our histories.  There are a few new students working in the library who will complete some components of this project, based on their interest in the technologies we are using and/or their interest in the history of Revelstoke.

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