DIGITAL STORYTELLING ACROSS THE ELEMENTARY

CURRICULUM:MORE WAYS TO REACH THE MILLENNIAL

LEARNER THROUGH DIGITAL MEDIA

DIGITAL STORYTELLING WILL ENHANCE TEACHING

Engage the learner

Create authentic learning situations

Involve students meaningfully with technology

Stimulate critical thinking

Promote shared responsibility for learning Pay Attention Introduction

DISCLAIMER:

Your students will always know more about technology than you do!

NATIVE-IMMIGRANT CONTINUUM

• Our Students Us

• Digital Native Digital Immigrant

CONNECTING TO THE DIGITAL NATIVE

Create the learning environment

Use familiar tools

Use familiar media

Expand their skills and thinking

Use technology in different ways

Make connections to information

USING GLOGSTER IN THE CLASSROOM

WHAT IS GLOGSTER?

A WEB 2.0 platform that easily allows users to upload photos, videos, text, audio and other exciting resources to create a unique online, interactive poster.

A new and creative digital outlet for educators to keep students ENGAGED and make learning more fun!

A easy to use interface designed to introduce basic concepts to students.

A series of teamwork mechanisms that allow users anywhere to publish, share their creations, and collaborate with others on joint efforts.

GLOG AS A TEACHER TOOL

A Glog can contain whole teaching units, including text, linked video, and audio

A Glog can link to resources or assignments stored on the internet

A Glog captures student’s excitement, and engages their learning

AN EXAMPLE OF A TEACHING GLOG

GLOG AS A STUDENT TOOL

Glog stimulate creative self-expression

They provide a rich multi-sensory outlet for expression

They are fun and imaginative, and stimulate integrated learning experiences

Allows you to differentiate for each student

4TH GRADE SCIENCE PROJECT

Select their favorite chemical reaction: Acid/base reaction

Oxidation/reduction reaction

Exothermic/endothermic reaction

Combustion reaction

Explain the reaction

Research and perform an experiment that demonstrates the reaction

Develop a creative way to teach their peers about the reaction

Sample: <iframe src="http://www.glogster.com/glog/6m4oh243s7502c98danvsa0" height="1300" width="960" name="glogster-embed-glog" frameborder="0" scrolling="no" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" style="overflow: hidden;"></iframe>

Here is how to use it…

Glogster EDU tutorial on You Tube

V IS FOR VOICETHREAD

•www.voicethread.com

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WHAT IS VOICETHREAD?

An online application

Upload images

Comment on them

Simple

HOW CAN IT BE USED?

For digital story telling

Biographical writing

Poetry – match words to images or images to words

Reinterpretation of an existing story

To examine student thinking in solving a math problem

To set a homework question

To critique a book or piece of art

To revise a topic

To unearth misconceptions in students’ thinking

For procedural writing or recount

RATIONALE FOR USING A VOICETHREAD

It is engaging

No downloads required

It is easy to monitor what students have done

It promotes critical literacy

It promotes collaboration

It gives a voice to students who are reticent in class

Tasks can be targeted at any level of Bloom’s taxonomy

SAMPLE VOICETHREADS

Louisiana’s Wetlands

http://voicethread.com/?#u1906404

Hamlet for Children

http://voicethread.com/share/20471/

European art

http://voicethread.com/share/89671/

Mental Maths

http://voicethread.com/share/92987/

JEN WAGNER’S WOTD

•Wordle

Newman Science Wordle

WORDLE

Quick and easy graphic organizer

No registration required Print/copy results (Beware

of the Public Gallery)

STORYBIRD.COM

A better way to encourage literary exploration, artsy fun and new media skill sets to inspire a creative storytellers

Inspire reluctant young writers to start writing

Students choose their pictures from a variety of stock designs and can begin writing their own books

TEACHER USE ON STORYBIRD

Teachers create student accounts and can monitor the writing

http://storybird.com/classes/isidore-newman-school/jungle-class/overview/

EXAMPLES OF STORYBIRD IN THE

CLASSROOM

http://storybird.com/books/bobby-14/?token=mzxzbf

PHOTO STORY 3

PHOTO STORY 3

www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=11132

PHOTO STORY 3

Free software program for Windows users

Mac users have iMovie or Adobe Premier Elements for Mac

Great if you are beginning to create your own digital stories

Only supports still images not digital video

Use Windows Movie Maker or Adobe Premier Elements for video clips

Easy program for students to learn and manipulate

HOW CAN IT BE USED?

For digital story telling

Biographical writing or family histories

Reinterpretation of an existing story

Examine a historical event from different perspectives

To solve a math problem and view student thinking

To critique or explain a field trip or special event

To explain a scientific phenomenon or fact

View students’ thinking and unearth misconceptions about a concept

3RD GRADE SCIENCE AND SOCIAL STUDIES PROJECT

Interdisciplinary project between science and social studies about life in New Orleans during mid 19th century.

Science focus is archaeology. Social studies focus is Creole culture in New Orleans.

Partnership with the Historic Gallier House Museum in the French Quarter.

Students create a Photo Story about the Gallier family, house, and our mock archaeological dig of Gallier House’s courtyard.

Gallier House Photo Story dig 2011.wmv

Digital Comics

•www.makebeliefscomix.com

COMIC CREATORMAKEBELIEFSCOMI

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Easy comic strips maker No registration required Email or print results (no

save option)

What is Make BeliefsComix???•Make Beliefs Comix is used to encourage writing, reading and literacy and the learning of English.

• Encourage students to express themselves through writing and creating their own comic strips through dialogues.

•Google and UNESCO selected MakeBeliefsComix as one of the world’s most innovative web sites in fostering literacy and reading (http://www.google.com/literacy/projects.html).

RESOURCES ON DIGITAL STORYTELLING

The College of Education at the University of Houston web site: Summarizes the benefits and has links to more information.

The Georgetown University Digital Storytelling Multimedia Archive: Offers a series of articles and includes several mini video interviews with teachers and students about the distinctive benefits of learning by creating digital stories.

Council for Exceptional Children web site: Use digital storytelling to improve your students’ writing skills.

Edutopia article: “How to use digital storytelling in your classroom” - Offers advice about incorporating digital storytelling projects into your classroom experience.

The Center for Digital Storytelling: Find storytelling essentials, Photo Story and storyboarding tutorials, and student examples.

THANK YOU FOR ATTENDING TODAY…

If you have questions or need assistance, please contact us at

Jennifer Williams Jenniferwilliams@newmanschool.org

Julie Kenter Juliekenter@newmanschool.org

Kate Loescher Kateloescher@newmanschool.org