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January 4, 2011 Dear Parents,

The members of the Dakota High School Band are very excited to begin their Composition Interactive Multimedia Project (IMP) on Monday, January 11th. In the next couple of days I will be pre-teaching some needed skills in notation and composition that they will apply in their project. They will also have the opportunity to begin thinking about their choice of instrumentation and ideas for creating this great musical masterpiece.

Building an Interactive Multimedia Project for High School Band requires patience and persistence as students learn and apply new skills. Using the Internet and computers in researching and building their project will increase the student’s ability to understand a global learning environment in the 21st century. Students will have ample amount of class time to work on the IMP, but at home work is also encouraged. Our due date for the project will be in on January 28th. Students will be able to work with their group partner during the duration of the project. Students will also be able to check in with me about their progress.

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 Showing mastery of new Web 2.0 Skills (Animoto or Voice Thread) - 20 points l Showing mastery of the Finale Notepad program - 20 points l Printing a finished product of the composition from Notepad – 10 points l Checking in with the teacher daily 5 points each week - max of 20 points l Recording the composition – 20 points l Presentation to the class of final product – 50 points l Peer reviewing and giving feedback to two other projects 20 points

Total of 160 points for the Composition Project

Sincerely,

Annette Hackbarth Director of Bands Dakota Schools #201 ************************************************************************ = Please tear off this bottom strip and have your student return this form to me by January 8, 2011. =

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

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