The use of rich digital media, otherwise known as digital storytelling, will enable students to actively participate in their education and connect with information in a way that traditional methods of learning simply cannot. This session will help facilitate a shift in the way teachers think about and use technology in the classroom, and about the tools used to assess students.
2. Outline
Introduction/Overview of Digital Storytelling
Student Perspective
Instructional Practices and Strategies
Examples of Web 2.0 Tools for Authoring
Ideas for the Classroom
Sample Digital Stories Across the Curriculum
Assessment
Other Considerations
Q&A
3. Purpose & Objectives
Digital Storytelling allows for meaningful use of digital resources and
authentic content in the classroom.
Appeal to the diverse learning styles of 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.
Promote the accomplishment of cross-curricular academic standards and
learning objectives.
“Digital Storytelling is also a motivating strategy for involving students in their own
learning using 21st Century tools of engagement.”
Helen C. Barrett, Research Associate—Center for Advanced Technology in Education; University of Oregon
5. An Effective Tool for Teachers
Stories created by teachers can serve:
as a lesson hook
as a way to integrate multimedia into
the curriculum
as a way to make difficult content more
understandable
to facilitate classroom discussion
Arnie Abrams, Ph.D.
6. 4 Student-centered Learning Strategies
Student engagement Reflection for deep Project-based
learning learning
Effective integration
of technology
7. 5 E Model
engage explore
explain elaborate
evaluate
14. Ideas for the Classroom
Be the character or Compare and contrast
historical figure and tell (e.g., King Tutankhamen)
the story as a first person
narrative (e.g., Lewis & Create a music video
Clark, Napoleon (e.g., Constitution, math
Bonaparte, Harry Potter). order of operations).
Be a talk show host
Lesson Plans Galore!
interviewing a character.
18. Assessment
Give students options for creating
Use rubrics
Match to subject area standards
Writing component
19. What if I don’t know how to use the
Web 2.0 tools?
don‘t have to!
20. What else should I know?
The Educator's Guide to Copyright and Fair Use
Part 1: Copyrights and Copying Wrongs
Part 2: Is Fair Use a License to Steal?
Part 3: Copyright Law and New Technologies
Part 4: Applying Fair Use to New Technologies
Part 5: District Liability and Teaching Responsibility
21. Anything else?
Start with script and storyboard
HAVE FUN!!!
23. Resources
Digital Storytelling as a Deep Learning Tool
5 E Instructional Model
Glogster Edu
VoiceThread
Animoto
Prezi
Capzles
Kerpoof
Digital Storytelling Links by Dr. Arnie Abrams
Hinweis der Redaktion
VoiceThread is a collaborative, multimedia tool that holds images, documents, and videos and allows people to navigate pages and leave comments in 4 ways - using voice (with a microphone), text, audio file, or video (via a webcam) and share them with anyone they wish.
Kerpoof's multimedia software is used by kids worldwide to create original artwork, animated movies, stories, greeting cards and more. The site is meant to be fun, but we're serious about its educational value. Elementary and middle school teachers can use Kerpoof in many ways to enhance classroom activities while meeting a range of educational standards.