Thursday, May 6, 2010

Emily's story

Check out this SlideShare Presentation:

Here is an example of how I have used digital story telling as a series of lessons. Of course written permission was gained from my students parents to include her work and the photos of her in this presentation.
It is a simple lesson about extending sentences with verbs and adjectives. My student is still practising reading her extended sentences to have her own, first digital story, which we will make using her paintings and her narrative.
Digital storytelling can be used in a multiple ways, inside and outside the classroom. It can embrace multiple learning styles, eg. a student might be able to tell the story and add photos or pictures rather than writing structured sentences. Learning to write those sentences could be what that student learns next, or when they are older and more prepared for that level of learning. It could also help students with disabilities or special needs.
It is also an effective communication tool in the classroom allowing for interesting presentations of subject, that the whole room can view. Students could collaborate and present an assignment using this method also.

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