User:Daniel E/Bagrut Project



=English Bagrut Project= =How to do the Bagrut Project =

What will the project look like when it is finished?

The project will include ALL of the following elements:


 * 1) an attractive cover page
 * 2) a table of contents
 * 3) an introduction (about a page) which will include, why you chose the topic you chose, and WHAT ARE THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU PLAN TO ANSWER IN THE PAPER
 * 4) the main body of the project - which will essentially be the answers to the questions presented in the introduction. (3-5 pages - based on at least 4 sources for 5 pointers, and 3 sources for 4 pointers)
 * 5) Conclusions/Reflection (about ½ - 1 page)
 * 6) Reflection
 * 7) Creative part of the project which could be a collage of photos, crossword puzzle, a poem you wrote, a dance you created, musical piece, a made up interview or real survey you conducted or any other creative and original work you developed.
 * 8) A Bibliography. (a list of the sources you used for your paper)
 * 9) Appendix with photocopies/printouts of all the sources used for the paper. You must show that you have read the sources, by using highlighting, margin notes, and a list of main points of each source

Students will make a short oral presentation about their projects to the class. (More on this later)

=Bagrut Oral Exam=

Oral Bagrut Project Questions
The following are suggested questions for the oral Bagrut examination taken from the Inspectorate website


 * 1) Why did you or your group choose this topic?
 * 2) How did you or your group choose this topic?
 * 3) What interests you about the topic?
 * 4) What was the most interesting thing that you learned about your topic?
 * 5) What new information did you gain from doing the project?
 * 6) What new skills did you learn from doing the project?
 * 7) How did you divide the tasks / work among your group members?
 * 8) Name two sources you used.
 * 9) Where did you find your sources?
 * 10) What did you enjoy about doing the project?
 * 11) What did you find difficult about doing the project?
 * 12) What was the most difficult part of doing this project? How did you overcome it?
 * 13) What else would you like to know about the topic?
 * 14) What would you have done differently?
 * 15) How did you present your project to your classmates?

Front Page

 * Title of Project
 * Research Question
 * Teacher's Name
 * School Name
 * Your Name
 * Date

Introduction

 * Introduce the topic and research question or questions
 * Purpose of the project: Reasons for choosing this topic
 * The steps you took in working on the project

Body
Writing the Body of an Essay

Conclusion

 * What solutions or conclusions have you come to.
 * Summary of your work on the topic

Reflections

 * The process of working on the project
 * What worked and what didn't work for you.
 * What was the experience like for you?

Appendix

 * Survey questions
 * Create a survey with Survey Monkey
 * Survey results (graphs)
 * Photos
 * Interviews

Recording Your Bagrut Project
Demo on How to Use Authorstream for recording your PowerPoint presentations. Watch BlipTV for the recording.
 * 1) You can present your Bagrut project by adding it to a powerpoint presentation and then adding uploading it to authorstream, adding the url to your project page, or you can let authorstream add your work privately on Youtube and then add the url of the youtube video to your page or you can add a collaborative video (Kaltura) to your page and add the youtube video authorstream created to the collaborative video. If you don't want to do that, you can use TipCam and bliptv to record and add your Bagrut project presentation. The various ways are demonstrated on this page.
 * 2) TipCam will record a video of your screen
 * 3) TipCam is a free and useful way to record a PDF file of your Bagrut project.
 * 4) Upload the TipCam file to BlipTV and add the URL of the embedded code to your Bagrut project.
 * 5) Generate a PDF file of your Bagrut Project on Wikieducator by going to your page, toolbox, download as PDF, and wait. You can then make a video recording of the screen (PDF) and print your project for the oral bagrut exam.
 * 6) Video Recording of How to Make a Video Recording of Your Bagrut Project using TipCam and uploaded on BlipTV
 * 7) Listen to the following PowerPoint presentation of my favorite spots in Israel. You will be doing the same thing using Authorstream or TipCam with Youtube, BlipTV or other video programs.

PowerPoint Slide, Authorstream, and YouTube
Record your voice on the PowerPoint slides and add to authorstream. 

Class Bagrut Project Presentations
Bagrut Project Layout, How To Create a PFD File and Share, and Student Bagrut Projects Please instruct authorstream to convert your powerpoint presentation of the bagrut project with your recorded voice into a YouTube video so you can add it to Kaltura. All you need to do, once you have your presentation converted to Youtube, is to click on add video, YouTube, search and add the name of your youtube video for the bagrut presentation. I suggest you label your YouTube video with our topic for easy access.

Add Your Bagrut Project Here
Please add you Bagrut project youtube video to the following Kaltura.



=Feedback and Questions= Please feel free to ask questions and help improve the projects by adding your feedback.