The document provides an overview of digital storytelling and tools that can be used for writing and publishing stories online. It discusses how technology can engage and benefit students by allowing for more personalized, collaborative learning. A variety of digital tools are presented, such as websites for creating memes, graphic organizers, online presentations, movies, posters, and infographics. Teachers are advised to clearly set tasks and expectations when assigning digital writing projects. Overall resources and ideas are provided for teachers to incorporate digital storytelling into their lessons.
3. What does writing on the WWW look like?
What do I need to do and to think about
before publishing?
Models
Create a list with students….
Building background and disciplinary
knowledge
Form, Audience, Purpose
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Students with access to technology...
• are more engaged in the learning process
• are able to participate in a range of learning activities matched to their
individual needs, interests and capabilities
• learn in an environment characterised by collaborative work, problem
solving and effective communication of ideas
• take greater responsibility for their own learning
• access resources and work with peers and mentors worldwide
• acquire knowledge and skills which are essential for success in the global
information economy
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Teachers who build technology into their teaching...
• employ a wider range of teaching strategies and find
increased job satisfaction through the creation of engaging
learning environments
• are more readily able to monitor and plan the learning
progress of individual students
• have access to an extensive range of learning support
materials and a network of professional colleagues and
mentors via the Internet
• use technology to streamline administrative duties.
6. Thinking and planning fro
technology use
Consider the
SAMR framework
Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura, Ph.D
12. prezi.com
This is a dynamic online presentation tool. Prezi creates a
visually interesting presentation on a text’s characters or
themes.
Rather than providing separate slides for different elements of
a presentation, Prezi provides one giant canvas which is
scrolled around on a ‘path.’
Can also be used to create a character’s journey. Start
by identifying important settings in the text. Find images
that represent these settings and place them on the Prezi
canvas.
Then their Prezi ‘path’ can become the character path –
students’ visually map out a character’s journey to and
from each setting and what happens in each setting.
13. Text and Images
Presentation tool
Meme idea
Above the Line SAMR
NF: Eg environment Fishing
example
Exports as pdf or PPT
15. Where to find free images
http://blog.visual.ly/find-best-stock-images
https://blog.bufferapp.com/free-image-sources-list
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1QuwuW
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Using picture books to model storytelling
The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr Morris Lessmore (App
and Book)
Woolves in the sitee
http://
resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/onlinesto
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iMovie and iDVD
Moviemaker
A combination of movies and images
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Glogster.com
Canva.com
The digital poster story
Teachers use Glogster or Canva
to allow students to create portfolios,
present research reports, and even for student
led instruction.
These online poster sites allow you to give
students specific objectives and requirements
that must be fulfilled with their Glog, and they
can even view tutorials before they begin.
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Animoto.com
The Hatchet
http://animoto.com/play/QA3VXnKUpz6vr8LKMwlzYg
24. A story in 3 forms
Strip Design
ZooBurst
GarageBand for a soundtrack
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Setting the task - clarity and high
expectations
• What do you want the student to achieve?
• What do they know already?
• What will you need to teach?
• How will you know and recognise success?
• Plan accordingly and ensure students know exactly what you want.
26. Key points: Digital Writing
• Is today and the future
• Connects students
• Allows students choice
• Must be purposeful and support learning
• Underpinned by writing process: gather ideas, draft, review, edit, publish
• As with any text form - requires skills and protocols
• Students need clear guidelines and high expectations
Some ideas discussed today:
Memes & Posters
The picture book
The movie
Where to start.......... Make a book trailer!
28. Creativity Boosters
The Story Starter - Creativity abounds at Story Starter! Their
automatic generator plays host to over one trillion (no joke!)
creative ideas for writers.
Creative Writing Prompts - When you need inspiration, this
site is the place to go. It features more than 300 detailed
creative writing prompts, as well as journal ideas.
Ink Provoking - This site provides creative writing prompts of
all kinds. New prompts are added every Sunday.
Story Spinner Online - The Online Story Spinner from writing
instructor Bonnie Neubauer offers millions of ideas to get
people writing. When users click on the Story Spinner, they
get a starting phrase, a setting and four words that must be
included in the story.
The Story Kitchen - This site starts a story for you using the
elements you choose and then asks you to finish it. With a
focus on youth-friendly protagonists like superheros and
genius kids, Bruce Van Patter's Story Kitchen is excellent
practice for young writers.
29. Language Is a Virus - The automatic prompt generator on this site can
provide writers with an endless number of creative writing prompts. Other
resources include writing exercises and information on dozens of
different authors.
The Dabbling Mum - The Dabbling Mum is an interesting site that offers 30
days of prompts for fiction writers, nonfiction writers and pro writers.
Writers are encouraged to pen a 500 to 1,000 word piece with each
prompt.
Scholastic - If you are looking for a site that inspires and covers the basics
of writing, Scholastic is the place to be. The site is great for kids and
teachers.
About Fiction Writing - The About.com Guide to Fiction Writing provides all
sorts of creativity boosters for young writers. The site also offers advice
for those who are new to fiction.
Book-In-A-Week - The Book-In-A-Week website is for serious young writers
who want a challenge. The writing community encourages creativity by
asking members to write as much as possible the first week of every
month.
30. Infographics: Tools
1. Easel.ly create an infographic based on
predefined vhemes (visual themes), have
been rapidly growing in popularity. It’s
also free.
2. Creately create charts for their
infographics by simply entering their data
into the predesigned flow chart and
diagram types. Multiple users can
collaborate on the same chart or
diagram.
3. Piktochartt easy to turn data into visual
infographics.
4. Infogr.am create interactive
infographics by picking a theme and
adding your data.
5. Visual.ly
6. ManyEyes create data visualizations for
your infographics.
7. Hohli Charts create a wide variety of
professional-looking charts, including pie,
bar, and radar charts.
8. StatSilk create charts and interactive
maps, which can be saved as static
images for your infographics.
9. Dipity create timelines
10. Tableau Public create your own
infographics.
11. Tagxedo create word clouds for your
infographics based on text from a web
page, speech, article, letter, or any other
piece of content.
12. GeoCommons create data
visualizations using maps, which you can
easily add to your infographics.
12. ChartsBin create data visualizations
using maps that might be easier for
novices to tackle
13. Wordle creating word clouds.
14. Gapminder World Offline can
download for Mac or PC and use to
create data visualizations of current
global data
15. Google Public Data turn data from
public sources like the U.S. Census Bureau
and U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics into
colorful charts that look great in
infographics.
31. Seven billion people, seven billion stories:
What makes a compelling life story?
Resources in sequences for this unit of work
http://e4ac.edu.au/units/year-9/
from
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Google Search Stories
http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories
No longer active for making stories but provides a
source of mentor texts when beginning to write a
documentary movie.
Vimeo: for stimulus and modelling
About SAMR
Researchers have determined that technology integration typically moves through specific levels. The higher the level of an activity the greater the educational benefit. SAMR is a model of tech integration designed by Dr. Ruben R. Puentedura, Ph.D. that is simple, easy to gauge, and offers all educators something to strive for.
The SAMR model is a useful tool for helping teachers think about their own tech use as they begin to make small shifts in the design and implementation of technology driven learning experiences to achieve the next level. Dr. Puentedura has included Questions and Transitions Ladders with the SAMR model to help teachers make transitions to each level. Teachers in the substitution and augmentation phase can use technology to accomplish traditional tasks, but the real learning gains result from engaging students in learning experiences that could not be accomplished without technology. At the Modification and Redefinition level, the task changes and extends the walls of the classroom.
Students can click anywhere on the canvas and add text, video, audio, images and documents.
Afterwards, they can select the ‘path’ (i.e the order) that these will be shown in. They simply click on each - adding a number 1, 2, 3 etc...and what they have created will be shown in that order.
Capzles is a timeline program which allows students to move beyond the boundaries of the slide show and simple templates to present their ideas in different formats.
Tools such as this can help students to become better digital writers.
