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40 mins
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Pupils work on their own device

Package Your Project

Students write their reflection, then organise their project files (the piece, research log, references, reflection and consent notes) into an agreed folder structure. They verify all files open and check that a partner can find everything easily.

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    1 - Start ~3 mins

    Illustration for StartYou already have a piece you can show, a research log and a list of references. Today you will write your reflection, then put everything together in one folder, called a package, that is ready to hand in. If you needed someone's permission (their consent) for your piece, you will add a note about that too. By the end, a partner who has never seen your folder should be able to find everything in it without asking you.

    2 - Examine and Discuss ~4 mins

    Key point

    A package is your project in the form you will hand it in, set out so your teacher can find everything with no help.

    Set out your folder the way the board shows. A clear package usually has:

    • The piece: the finished work you made, such as your video, montage or written piece
    • The research log: your record of planning, sources and decisions
    • The references: every source you used, credited properly
    • Your reflection: your own thoughts on being online, such as staying safe or the good and bad sides of it, which you will write in the next step
    • Consent notes: only if you needed someone's permission, such as for a photo of a person

    Give your files plain names like piece, project-record and consent, plus your name or class code. Your project record is one PDF holding your research log, references and reflection, which you will download in the next step.

    A project folder called ProjectFolder_AoifeB holding three files. piece_AoifeB.mp4 is the finished work: a video, a montage or a written piece. project-record_AoifeB.pdf is the plan, research log, checkpoint notes, references and reflection, as one PDF. consent_AoifeB.pdf is only there if someone's permission was needed.

    3 - Hands-on: Assemble Your Package ~20 mins

    Build your package from the work you already have.

    1. Create or open your project folder, set out the way the board shows.
    2. If a file is still on your phone or in a chat, move it to where your class saves its work before you rename anything. If moving files is slow, move your piece first, because your log is already saved in My project.
    3. Add the final version of your piece, which is the file someone would open to see your work.
    4. Write your reflection in Enter Your Work under this step, using the three questions below, and press Save. A few honest sentences for each is enough.
    5. Add your project record: open All of my project in Your project so far above, press Download as PDF and save the PDF in your folder as project-record. It holds your plan, research log, checkpoint notes, reference list and reflection.
    6. If your piece needed someone's permission, add your consent notes. If it did not, leave that part empty, or mark it not needed if your teacher asked you to.
    7. Rename every file so someone else can tell what it is without opening it.
    8. Open each file on this device, and fix or replace any that do not work.
    9. Save the whole package the class way so it is still there next time.
    Key point

    If a part is missing, or a file will not move off your phone, add a short note file called gap-list that says what is missing and where it is. Do not make up files.

    Your reflection: three questions
    • How do you keep yourself and other people safe online? Did making this project change anything you do?
    • What does being respectful and responsible online look like? Give one example from your project, such as giving credit or asking permission.
    • What are the good sides and the risks of being online? Use something you saw while making this project.

    4 - Your Turn: Cold-open Partner Check ~8 mins

    Key point

    Swap devices with a partner, or share your folder with them. Do not explain your package first, because the point is to see what someone finds with no help.

    Your partner looks through your package for about two minutes. As they look, they ask themselves these questions quietly:

    • Can I find the piece quickly?
    • Can I find the project record, with the research log, the references and the reflection in it?
    • Does every file I click actually open?
    • Are the names clear enough that I know what each file is for?
    • If consent was needed, is the note there? If it was not needed, is that clear?
    Key point

    When the two minutes are up, your partner tells you two things, one strength and one gap, naming the exact file each time. If a file is missing, they say which one they could not find. Then swap over and do the same for your partner's package. Use the time left to fix the one gap your partner found, and save the package the class way before you stop.

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