Group Project about Autism

Students:

Your group project is due Oct. 29.  It is time to begin to think about the specifics.

If you have more than one researcher, you need to divide the research tasks.  One researcher should focus on research regarding the disability that you have selected and the other should focus on research for the culture that you have selected.  Both sets of research should be included in the website.

The person who researches the disability that you have selected should share that information with the group as soon as possible. This information informs all of you about your audience.  You should select activities and present in such a manner that would be best for this audience.  You will have young adults with Autism and Down syndrome looking at your website.

Remember that your presentations are mostly demonstration presentations.  One person may want to do an overview on the culture you selected. This person could explain the flag, where the country is located, the type of money the country uses, etc.  The other presentations should be crafts, games, songs or food that represent the culture. Think of your website as a digital festival.  Young adults with disabilities are coming into your digital festival to learn about the culture you have selected.  They will be learning about this culture by making a craft, learning a song, making ethnic food, etc.  I have provided examples further down in this email.

Your group should get together soon and decide on your research and decide on the focus of each of your presentations. Group Leader….this is YOUR responsibility to call a meeting.  

Also, remember that there is a PowerPoint and a video in the content area under group project that tells your groups what to do and provides guidance for research, presentations and outside links as well as a suggested timeline.

 

Here is the list of what needs to be in your group project website:

· List of all Participants and each Person's Responsibilities (Created by the Group Leader)

· General information about the project (Created by the Group Leader)

· A research page (Created by the researcher(s) )

· 3 sources in  works cited format (Created by the researcher(s) )

· 3 Links to outside sources (Created by the researcher(s) )

· The speeches of all members of the group

· Each person needs to provide a paragraph that includes the answers to the questions: What did you learn? How did this project help you better understand an element of communication? How can you take what you learned and apply it outside of this class?

 

Take a look at this website:  https://harvestfestivalcomm.wixsite.com/harvestfestival2020/activities

I really like the way they put the materials needed in writing in front of their speeches.

Look under "More" and you will find:

· Our group (which lists the group and what each person did)

· Sources (Their works cited)

· Our Friends (the outside links)

In a separate tab, they have their research.

In a separate tab, they have "our feelings" which are their paragraphs.

I really like this website's information better than the information in the website below, but this group did forget to put an "Information page" and the website below does include that information.

 

Take a look at this website:  https://dnd2m2.wixsite.com/mysite

On the front page you see their mission which is the general information about their project

Underneath that mission, click on "More Information" and you will see their research

At the top, click on "Crafts and More".  In this section, you will see:

· Introduction – this is a narrator.  You do not have to have a narrator, but this is what it looks like if you do

· Sources – this is their works cited page

· Want to Get Involved – these are their 3 outside links

· Our group – they combined their list of participants with responsibilities and the paragraph from each person on the same page, which was fine.

Watch the "Ghost Lantern" Speech.  He does a great job of telling individuals the supplies needed and then going through the process of making an item. This mostly pertains to those taking the Halloween/Harvest Fest or International Projects.

 

Take a look at this website:  https://scottcartersmith20.wixsite.com/website

They were an international group.  You will see the types of activities they selected to represent Japan.

 

Once you have completed the website, it needs to go into your e-portfolio and then into D2L.  This is a simple process, but it does take a few steps. 

Here are the steps to loading the website and a video showing how to do it. This information is also in the Content section under group project.  I am also glad to jump on a Zoom and walk you through this if you wish.