Digital storytelling is a way for people to share information or projects in a variety of different ways on the computer. One way is by doing a slide share presentation which allows students to create an interactive PowerPoint presentation. Slide Cast is a lot like Slide share because it helps you create a presentation in which students can use to add more to just a PowerPoint presentation. Voice threads can also be used which allows people to insert pictures and record sounds such as voice to go along with the picture. One example we observed was a classroom posted pictures of an object and then each student recorded themselves telling a Haiku. This allowed the viewer to click on the picture and hear the actual student talking. All of these are great for students because they are able to be embedded or linked on the Internet so that it is easy to access. It would be fun to be a parent and click on a project of your child's and see and hear a project of theirs.
If teachers incorporate the use of digital storytelling at a young age, it will be a great tool for students to use throughout their school years and even beyond. When students complete a project that they had been working hard on, they enjoy seeing the end result. Students could do a personal presentation or even educational based presentation. Either way they will be amazed about how nice their presentation comes out using digital storytelling. This will create motivation for the student which is what every teacher aims for.
In my unit plan I will incorporate the slide share tool by having the students prepare a slide share based on their favorite place to live. They will be asked to find fun facts and pictures about the city they choose to be the best place to live. The 2nd grade students will be just using google, slide share and voice thread if they want to.
I will incorporate voice thread in my future lesson plans because of how neat the projects come out. Finished projects in voice thread come out nice looking and easy to understand. I think it would be fun for students to hear their voice on their prepared slide. They will feel like they have accomplished something cool. Also, I like that parents are able to view these projects and comment on them online. Some parents work on computers all day at work and it would be nice for them to click over and look at what their child has been doing in class.
The plan you have in place will help students stay interested in the project by having them explore different internet resources to gather information. It will also give the students a deeper understanding of what makes every city unique.
ReplyDeleteI like that the parents can go online and see their child's story. Thats a really great way to keep them involved easily.
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