Creating A Digital Story
Creating A Digital Story
To apply their knowledge about WWI and All Quiet on the Western Front , students are asked to review their journals, think reflectively, and make a personal connection to the novel. They should go through the writing process to create a digital story reflective of what they have learned.
If you are not familiar with digital storytelling, you may want to peruse the following sources:
Take Six: Elements of a Digital Story - Posted With Permission
DigiTales
The Art of Digital Storytelling
Center For Digital Storytelling
Teacher Note: I recommend investing in the book DigiTales The Art of Telling Digital Stories by Bernajean Porter. It is a step-by-step guide that goes through the entire process of digital storytelling from defining a digital story, justifying the use in 21st century schools, to an entire section on using technology. You won't be disappointed.
It is helpful when first introducing digital storytelling to view other digital stories, regardless of the topic. Students can see a digital story in action as well as analyze the use of the 6 elements of digital storytelling. Some of the ones I use are as follows:
The Road She Traveled
An Immigrants Journey
Digitales Storykeepers Gallery
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
Writing Process
Writing a solid script is imperative to the digital storytelling process. Students should prewrite, develop their script, and create a storyboard before they are allowed to proceed to the next step - technology use.
Teacher Note: I use the traditional writers' workshop approach to incorporate the writing process when script writing. This includes prewriting, drafting, conferencing (peer and teacher), editing for grammatical mistakes, and finally publishing.
Technology Use
The powerful tools and ease of learning make iLife the perfect choice for video editing at any grade level.
Creating A Digital Story Using iLife
Although unitedstreaming videos have a copyright, many of the videos are "editable," so short segments can be used in multimedia assignments for classroom use (Terms of Use). Students and teachers can "remix" and edit audio or images in a new school project with the unitedstreaming content. As students complete their storyboards, pre-downloaded video clips can be transferred to each student's computer using an external hard drive so that they may begin working on their digital story.
Note: The "editable" unitedstreaming content will have a gray "Edit" symbol under the video description.
Creating A Digital Story
A project isn't completed until it goes through the writing and digital process. Students must progress in the order listed on the class rubric. This rubric is used for both formative and summative evaluation.
Rubric
First published on Jun 26, 2007.
