Digital Story Lesson Plan questions

1. Explain what it is, how you would use digital storytelling as a teacher and how you would use it in your classroom.
Digital storytelling is: telling a story using pictures, few text, voices, and music to tell a story and bring out the emotions of the story. As a teacher I would use digital storytelling to start off a lesson to get the students interested in the lesson. I would incorporate digital storytelling after we have finished a particular unit. For example, after having a whole unit on our community then I would have the students come up with a digital story on something that they had learned in one of our lessons.

2. Select 3 websites you would have your students surf to learn about digital storytelling. I have some on the blog but you may Google digital storytelling and/or video for the classroom to see if there are other websites you like better.
http://kidsvid.altec.org/

http://www.walledlake.k12.mi.us/aal/digstorytelling/Examples.htm

http://www.teachingteachers.com/create.htm

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4. Digital Story Lesson Plan



Name: Shalese Rogers October 31, 2008

Grade level: 3rd


I. Utah Core Curriculum Standard:
a. Standard 1: The student will explore and refine the application of media, techniques, and artistic processes.


II. Lesson Objective:
a. Students will know how to use digital storytelling effectively.

b. Given a computer, script, internet, and computer microphones, the students will be able to make a digital story describing themselves.


III. Preparation:
a. Teacher materials: My digital story about myself, computer, microphone, flash drive, websites, example script and storyline.
b. Student materials: Computer, internet, microphone, blank script and storyline.

IV. Technology:
a. see the three websites listed above on question 2. Computer, internet, flash drive, microphone.

V. Instructional Procedure:
a. Students will uderstand what digital story telling is and how to use it.
b. Have students watch my digital story about me and explain to them how I made it.
-Show students an example script.
-Show studnets an example storyline.
-Explain to students the main factors a digital story should have, which are: the use of images, music, creative commons, format structure, objective.
-Talk to students about the different emotions you can feel and how it is important to have an emotion portrayed in their digital story.
c. Have students write their scripts.
d. Have students write their storylines out.
e. Show students how to use Photo Story 3.
f. Help students with any questions they have.
g. After students complete their digital story on themselves, they will share it with the class.

VI. Evaluation of Student Progress:
a. Pre-assessment: Students will know how to use Digital Storytelling effectively.
b. Formative: Make sure students understand how to write a script, and how to use Photo Story 3 effectively.
c. Post assessment: Students presenting their digital story to the class correctly.