Digital Storytelling
I've been wanting to start digital storytelling with my class for some time now, but it never seemed like the right time. We've had short weeks, holidays, assemblies, and mid-term assessments galore. Plus, my student teacher is teaching 100% of the time and it's hard to fit in any extras within her plans.
Then I saw it...
March 4, Michelle, at First Grade Best, added a new post to her blog about Digital Storytelling. Kaboom, inspiration is born! I decided I should just integrate and get over my excuses.
We went on a field trip to the Environmental Learning Center on Tuesday and had a fabulous time learning about our Indian River Lagoon.
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| The kids checking out some pond creatures. |
Then, today we wrote about three things that we did at the ELC. Their written work was edited/revised. They illustrated three pages to go along with their story. I took pictures of their illustrations, loaded them on their iPod Touches. The students used the app SonicPics and recorded the audio of their stories.
Here's one of our stories:
I am pretty pleased with this first attempt at expository digital storytelling, and I can't wait to do some more!
Thank you, Michelle! I needed that jumpstart.
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