HSD Elementary's List: Digitalstorytelling

• Nothing is foolproof, but I have yet to find anything as motivating and influential on students' self-expression as helping them tell stories about an important place.
• Before I could expect them to write a story that had a clear beginning, middle, and end, students needed preparation.
• visually representing their place by drawing, painting, creating a collage, or using KidPix on the computer to uncover more details about each place
• 3 minutes in length
• Peer coaching
• The teacher must surrender a great deal of control in embarking on digital storytelling with students.
• two major iMovie skills: how to bring images, music, and voice into the computer (importing) and how to sequence them according to their story (drag and drop)
• Using iMovie to create digital stories does not require a digital camcorder. Most students used photographs and images that they drew by hand or on the computer.
• It's vital to note, of course, that the technology was always secondary to the storytelling.

  • This is sooo key!!!

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