Digital Storytelling for the English Classroom

Presented by Amy Cannady Whitewater Middle School

Intended Audience

• This workshop is intended for middle school English teachers in Fayette County Schools.

Those lucky English teachers!

Introduction

• Migrant workers

• What do you think?

• What types of technology were used?

• How could you use the video? When? Why?

• What would students think?

Why should I bother?

Fayette County Technology Plan1. Technologies to be integral to teaching, learning,

and leading this district

2. Appropriately integrate technology into the curriculum, instruction, and assessment to improve student achievement

Why should I bother?School Improvement Plans

Each department’s school improvement plan has allocated monies and time for technology integration

WMS SIP

Why Technology

Connection to NETS

DST allows teachers to…

1. Facilitate and Inspire Student Learning and Creativity

2. Design and Develop Digital-Age Learning Experiences and Assessments

Connection to NETS

DST allows teachers to…

3. Model Digital-Age Work and Learning

4. Promote and Model Digital Citizenship and Responsibility

5. Engage in Professional Growth and Leadership

Digital Storytelling (DST) Benefits

1. Variation2. Compelling3. Personalization4. Real life situations5. Engaging6. Active learning

Connection to GPS• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV1  The student

participates in student-to-teacher, student-to-student, and group verbal interactions. 

• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV2  The student listens to and views various forms of text and media in order to gather and share information, persuade others, and express and understand ideas. The student will select and critically analyze messages using rubrics as assessment tools. 

Connection to GPS• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV2.1 When responding to

visual and oral texts and media (e.g., television, radio, film productions, and electronic media), the student: 

• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV2.1.a Interprets and evaluates the various ways in which visual image makers (e.g., graphic artists, illustrators, news photographers) communicate information and affect impressions and opinions.

Connection to GPS

• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV2.2  When delivering and responding to presentations, the student:

• GPS.08.LA.ELA8LSV2.2.g  Uses multimedia for presentations.

DST Goals for Students• Learn to use the Internet to research rich, deep

content while analyzing and synthesizing a wide range of content.

• Develop communications skills by learning to ask questions, express opinions, construct narratives and write for an audience.

• Increase computer skills using software that combines a variety of multimedia including: text, still images, audio, video and web publishing.

DST Goals for Teachers• Appeal to the diverse learning styles of the

students by using Digital Storytelling as a presentation media.

• Generate interest, attention and motivation for the "digital generation" kids in our classrooms.

• Capitalize on the creative talents of your own students as they begin to research and tell stories of their own.

• Publish student work on the Internet for viewing and critiquing by others.

Ok, What is DST?• Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-

based tools to tell stories. • Most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a

particular point of view.• Digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-

based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music.

• Digital stories can vary in length; 2-10 min is average. (http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html)

DST Components

• Moviemaker

• Audio

• Video

• Images

Moviemaker

• Windows Movie Maker is a presentation software program that comes already installed on all Windows XP computers.

• Moviemaker tutorial

Audio/Narration/Music

• You can create your own sound files using audacity

• Audacity tutorial

• Find sound files on the Internet and use with permission

• Music files can be found at free play music

Video

• You may choose to use a video from You Tube (convert with Zamzar)

• Shoot and upload your own video

• Uploading “homemade” videos

Images

• You may use google images

• Upload your own digital images

How to upload your digital pictures

Web Resources

• The following links will be helpful when creating your digital story

• Resources

• http://www.21stcenturylearning.com/resources/dstory.html

Copyright

• Give credit where credit is due

• helpful website

Sample rubric

• Student Rubric

Your turn

• Brainstorm digital story topics

• Begin planning a 2-5 minute Digital Story

• Use Blank Storyboard to guide planning

Course Evaluation

• Please complete a course evaluation

• Evaluation

• Please call me if you need assistance

• 678-855-5148

• cannady.amy@fcboe.org