Digital Storytelling planning guide

I just spent a while planning a digital story telling/immigration/critical thinking unit. I love to do this kind of stuff! My class has been producing digital products for a few years now. I have been trying to achieve the perfect, yet elusive critical thinking product/project for about the same time. I have put my planning template on a wiki for the world to see ( I like to share!). It is included below, check it out and see what you think. Comments are welcome.

It is important for you to know that our school board has been working with Bernajean Porter on higher order thinking (HEAT) and digital story telling. Many of the links are to her digitales page. She has been an inspiration for my work in or class.

TASK	STUDENT ACTIVITY	DATE COMPLETED	ASSESSMENT TOOL	dn
1. Introduce topic: “immigration”	Statistics Mosques in Alta. Pier 21 (Notes)		Generate 10 questions
2. Show example digital story telling	View examples
3. Brainstorm components of good digital story telling	Prioritized list (written list) Elements of a good digital story		10 components
4. Choose assessment rubric for final product, including written and digital	Cogenerate rubric
5. Brainstorm questions on topic	Web		20 questions minimum (written)
6. Narrow questions to critical question(s) “Who should we let immigrate to Canada?” (modern vs. historical)	List 3 critical questions		Critical questions (written) · Divergent · Authentic · Relevant · Higher order verbs link
7. Web of what we need to know	Web (written)		5 primary questions min.
8. Outline of written product · Introduction · Body · Answering critical question	Critical Question · Introd. · 5 paragr. · Answer CC		Minimum 7 paragraph outline
9. Jot notes, categorized	Research (written)		Jots, own words, categorized, 5-10 bits/category
10. References	List ref.		Five sources
11. First draft	Writing using outline		7 paragraphs, see writing rubric link
12. Editing	Edit 1st draft with classmate/teach.		Evidence of editing, significant improvement
13. Final draft	Time permitting
14. Story board	Storyboard		10 pages
15. Collect media · Video · Pictures · Music	See copyright friendly links · Images · Music
16. Digital product · Photostory · Onetruemedia · Other			See co-generated assessment rubric link