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The Power of Emotion Students: Welcome to our unit on Emotion! We are starting a new unit and with that comes a new project. Follow the steps listed below to stay on track...it is imperative that you keep up, because this unit lasts a while :) You will be split up into groups based on a specific emotion. In your group you will seek to answer essential questions such as "What makes us feel emotion uniquely?" and "Why?" You will conduct research about your emotion, gather any information you feel is important and valid. As a group you will create a wiki (like this one) to compile information. You will reflect on a class VoiceThread throughout this unit. At the end of the unit your group will put together a digital story displaying your findings and attempting to answer the essential questions. Work hard, have fun, get it done :) -Mrs. Stiles

Step One!
We will be using our book to begin learning about emotions and the stimulus that creates them. Watch these videos for a more thorough understanding of the mechanics of stimulus in the brain. media type="youtube" key="K9BErDQF3CU" height="315" width="420"media type="youtube" key="oSGWcfQK0P8" height="315" width="560"media type="youtube" key="mqMQPLoBWsw" height="315" width="420"

Step Two! Study this powerpoint and take notes for your reflection on VoiceThread.

Step Three!

-parents and students must sign this before a student will be allowed to participate in this unit.

-review this form to remind yourself of proper collaborative behavior.

Reflect on VoiceThread. The link below shows how to use VoiceThread step by step. http://voicethreadtel313.wikispaces.com

The link to the class VoiceThread will be posted when I have everyone's permission forms.

Step Four! Split responsibilities in the group. I trust that you can all be adult about taking your responsibility and holding others accountable for theirs. If this becomes a problem, I will assign everyone a task to complete. Work together. Please.

While everyone in the group is ultimately responsible for producing the digital story, please choose the roles that you will each also fulfill in your group.
 * Role || Description/Responsibilities || Group Member ||
 * Director || The organizer, task master and person in charge of the creative vision. ||  ||
 * Writer || After everyone contributes information, the writer synthesizes the content and writes it out coherently. ||  ||
 * Visual editor || After everyone contributes pictures, the visual editor chooses those that best fit content and meaning. ||  ||
 * Storyboard editor || After the pictures are chosen and the content is written, but storyboard editor creates the storyboard. ||  ||
 * Sound editor || Contributes to the storyboard and edits the music in the digital story. ||  ||

Step Five! Create Wiki. Each group should have their own wiki page for their emotion. There should be no overlapping within groups. Group One: Happiness Group Two: Sadness  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Group Three: Anger  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Group Four: Pride  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Group Five: Fear  <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Group Six: Courage
 * <span style="color: red; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">How to edit your group wiki: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">Notice that there is an "Edit" button on the top right of this page. When you click this button, it allows you to edit the page. This is how you will edit your group's specific page.

<span style="background-color: #1b2f0e; color: #d3f8f5; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Step Six! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Begin Research. Start with these sites below. Use sites that are clearly going to add value to your project. No wikipedia! We now know that anyone can make a wiki. Be sure to cite all sources along the way to make your reference page. Compile all information on your group's wiki page. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; color: #ff0300; display: block; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">**Helpful Resou****rce Sites (to get you started)** Scientific American [|www.scientificamerican.com] Science Magazines [|www.sciencemag.org] Science Daily [|www.sciencedaily.com] Emotional Quotient of Intelligence [|www.eqi.org] <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #ff0300; display: block; font-size: 200%; text-align: left;">Multi-Health Systems [|www.mhs.com]

<span style="background-color: #d01631; color: #f6fabd; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Step Seven! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Create digital story.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-use this document as a group to plan your project and keep on track. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-a short tutorial on how to create a storyboard. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-use this form to create your group's storyboards. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-complete this form for another group's storyboard and have another group do this for your storyboard.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-give this sheet to another group to evaluate the "draft" version of your digital story.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-use this form to evaluate each member of your project group.

<span style="background-color: #a29ced; color: #0e0948; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif;">Step Eight! <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #000000; font-family: 'times new roman',times,serif;">Present your digital story to the class. Don't be nervous. Be proud of all you have accomplished.

<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">-complete this reflection AFTER you have completed all other assignments for this project.

Here is an example of my digital story. This should help you to realize what to strive for in your own project. Keep in mind that you are dealing with one emotion...My video is an emotion overview. Your video will need to be more specific to your emotion. media type="youtube" key="0sgD31sKQAc" height="315" width="420" Here is a copy of the rubric. Now you know what s expected of you. No excuses.

If you need any help or are having technical difficulties let me know. Mrs. Stiles email: theskyeisthelimit@hotmail.com