Infomercials
Sociology Projects: Infomercial
Instructions:
Students are required to work in groups of three, students are responsible for developing their groups with their peers for this project.
Task: Students are responsible for creating an infomercial using a multimedia tool. Examples of multimedia presentation tool include the following:
· VOKI speaking avatars,
· Prezi Presentations, Voice Thread collaborative multimedia slide shows,
· Digital StoryTeller movies
· Glogster , interactive posters, websites
Students are required to create a 15 min. to 20min. infomercial on the significance of the discipline of Sociology to the Social Sciences.
In addition to discussing the significance to the social sciences students should provide detail on the relativity of the term, topic or theorist, Students should consider these ideas for discussion, pick one
· Discussion of Paradigm and their relevance to the sociological imagination.
· Important concepts in Sociology, for example: Gender, Institutions, Race and Ethnicity, Relativity of Deviance, Social Change, Sexual Orientation, and Crime.
· Sociological research, Qualitative, Quantitative, Mixed Method, and Research designs:
Experiment, Participant Observation, and Surveys.
· Pioneers in Sociology, Classical and contemporary.
· Birth Date of Sociology
· Key contributions to the social sciences
· Discussion of Gender, Race, Stratification, Deviance, Crime, Poverty, etc.
· Students should tie in a picture and or a visual of themselves in the infomercial, Mandatory!
· Students are required to implement at least four references in their infomercials: Bar charts, graphs, histograms, YouTube, Music, etc.Cite references for infomercial, within the infomercial presentation, Mandatory
Note students are required to complete one collaborative infomercial per group of three ONLY Be sure to post (Doc, link,) to Canvas by TBA One post per group!
See examples of Infomercials below
http://prezi.com/kmlxty60wwrc/infomercial/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
http://www.voki.com/pickup.php?scid=8153566&height=267&width=200 (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
http://prezi.com/ziczuiufydn/untitled-prezi/ (Links to an external site.) (Links to an external site.)
Rubric:
· Research (citations w/in paper, combination of resources & quantity of resources, Reference page) — 20
· Paradigm: Usage of paradigm: Was Infomercial clearly explained by paradigm? – 45
· Infomercial length & Usage of Sociological terms/concepts, and Pictures of members of infomercial team 20
· Did the Infomercial provide detail on Sociological topic, significance and detail?, did team use other forms of media in presentation: bar charts, Pie charts, YouTube, Pictures, Animation, etc.