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Friday Jun 16, 2006
Blog 3- Digital Stories
A digital story consists of a series of still images combined with a narrated soundtrack to tell a story. The strategy involves using pictures with a narration to tell a story using computer software for making movies. There are seven steps that teachers should use as a starting point: write an initial script, plan a storyboard, discuss and revise the script, sequence the images, add a narrative track, add special effects, and add a musical soundtrack. Students begin with a concise script that should be less than a page in length. This short length makes the task seem less daunting to most students, which helps to produce better writing. Next, students plan the storyboard. In this step, students prepare to convey the main idea of the story by creating sketches, still images or a video clip. Beneath each image students place a caption to describe the ideas being conveyed. Students then discuss in small groups, where they elicit feedback from other students and revise their scripts. In these story circles, students have opportunities to critique one another?s ideas and discuss ways to improve their stories. Students then use a video editor to sequence the images. IMovie or Movie Maker is a digital video editor that can be used. Students then record a narrative track. Finally, students add the final touches to their digital stories with special effects, transitions, and a musical soundtrack.
In the Kajder article, there were several "lessons learned?. Students should plan their scripts and storyboards away from the computer so they could focus. Students need to save often and maintain a back-up copy. Kajder also stresses to not let technology get in the way and to keep storytelling at the forefront. The article mentioned that the limited equipment in most classrooms is one of the drawbacks to digital storytelling. Another important point that Kajder makes is that teachers need to align the End-of-Grade objectives with the objectives uses for digital storytelling to maximize student learning. In elementary classrooms, teachers are often recreating stories through dramatic play or Reader?s theater, and digital storytelling would use the same concept with the technology integration. I would like to use this in my classroom for my students to publish their writings. Students could initially focus on the pre-writing activities and then use digital storytelling to create and publish their writings. Students can focus on skills such as sequencing of events, main ideas, and problems/solutions. I believe digital storytelling would help solve the problem of writer?s block because it would really capture and motivate all students. Students would be able to see the real-world connection between writing and video production. Teachers could also use this as a culminating project and take photos and track the activities throughout the school year. This would be a great time for students to reflect on their progress. Every year my students create a biography. They could use digital storytelling to plan the storyboard with their own pictures. This is a beneficial instructional tool because it targets different learning modalities to reach the needs of all your students.Posted at 07:19PM Jun 16, 2006 by CANTELUPE, CARICE in General | Comments[0] Comments:
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