Robert's+Permission+Letter

August 17, 2012 Dear Parents,

The students in English 152 are very excited to begin their Social Media an Society Interactive Multimedia Project (IMP) on Monday of this week. In the next couple of days we will be discussing how IMPs work in the classroom. They will also have the opportunity to begin researching IMP topics that pique their interest.

Building an Interactive Multimedia Project on Social Media and Society requires patience and persistence as students learn and apply new skills. Using the Internet in researching their topic will increase the student’s ability to understand which sites and sources are reliable and which are not. Working on their project at home as well as school can provide more time to experiment and will help the students improve their understanding of the new Web 2.0 software we will be using. I expect students to work on their IMP approximately each class session in order to finish before our due date of December 5, 2012. Students may want to increase their work time on the weekends if they are working on something complicated.

Each student will have a timeline that will be kept in the IMP planning folder you are reviewing with your student today. This folder contains a rubric for the IMP, suggested topics that are compatible with our State Learning Standards, and the goals and objectives for the project. Should your student lose their folder or any of the pieces inside, there are duplicates posted on our class web site.

Your student's IMP grade will be based on: l Storyboard/Mindmap 20 points l Showing mastery of new Web 2.0 Skills (Animoto/Xtranormal, Google Apps.) 20 points for each tool mastered. l Checking in with the teacher weekly 5 points each week l Peer reviewing and giving feedback to two other projects 10 points l Final Product 100 points Sincerely,

Robert McCord Instructor, McHenry County College

= Please tear off this bottom strip. Either the parent/guardian or the student should return this form to me by 8/27/12 =

We have reviewed this letter and the IMP packet and are familiar with all of the Interactive Multimedia Project requirements.

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