podcast

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Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) Performance Design Team
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English / Language Arts
9
High (9-12)

In this task, students assume the role of a Political Party Research Officer. Their boss (a state Congresswoman) is on her way to a conference on a controversial current issue and the student is tasked with creating a playlist of relevant resources that she can listen to/watch on her ipod while...

Story Podcast

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) Performance Design Team
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English / Language Arts
9, 10
High (9-12)

For this task, each student plays the role of an intern at a public radio station who has been asked to write a story for one of their podcast shows. This could be someone else’s story (students would interview them and then write the story) or a personal story. The story could be humorous or...

Watchdog Reporter

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Curriculum Embedded Task
Virtual Learning Academy Charter School (VLACS) Performance Design Team
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English / Language Arts
10, 11
High (9-12)

In this computer-based task, students take on the role of an investigative reporter for a watchdog group. Students choose a topic, conduct research, and report on the topic and the information found. This can be in the form of a podcast, article, blog post, videocast or another presentation...