Week 3 (Due 12)

“Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in an conversation-rich world.”

-Seth Godin

RECORDING OF Friday Night’s Class (this will be a download a file called nativeplayback.collab and will launch with the same software used for the class).

Virtual Class Tonight starting at 7PM – Log in at – http://bit.ly/wbHKsV – Check out the video for help – https://vimeo.com/129911297

Brainstorm via Padlet -21st Century Skills – Focus on these new skills does not mean we ignore 20th century skills.

Group #1 (First names A – J ) – http://padlet.com/sjknight/bw44diy014o4
Group #2 (First names K – T) – http://padlet.com/sjknight/zjfj990vut2g –
Resource – Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework

Digital Storytelling Project

You can tell any kind of story with this group project. My goal for this project is that you use ’new-to-you’ technology tools to create a video that includes audio- narration and/or music sound track in class (some planning for this project might need to happen outside of class – Use Google Docs). I recommend no more than 10 minutes.

Think of this assignment as practice for incorporating Digital Storytelling into your classroom (and maybe your unit plan). Your digital story can;

retell a story/fairy tale/myth/legend
retells a story about a famous figure-Biography/place/event covered in your Standards
reflection on a life event
movie trailer for the documentary you hope to create in the future

Consider the following elements when planning and producing your Digital Story;

Point of View – What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author?
A Dramatic Question – keeps the viewer’s attention and will be answered at the end.
Emotional Content – issues that come alive in a personal way and connects the story to the audience.
The Gift of Your Voice – personalize the story.
The Power o the Soundtrack – music to support and embellish the story.
Economy – using just enough content to tell a story without overloading the viewer.
Pacing – the rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.

** Have one member of your group Comment on this post with all the names of your group before you start working.

Some Inspiration:)

Links from class:

PhotoStory – windows software – tutorials

PowToon – online animated slides

Glogster – online multimedia poster

Animoto – online music video creation

Storybird – online storytelling

ZooBurst – online 3d popup

FreePlayMusic – copyright free music

Pixlr – free online software to edit photos/images

Apps – A great list of apps

FairUse Guidelines

Required Reading/Exploring/Watching:

Storyboard, script, and photos for digital story uploaded it as a Google Presentation and shared with Steve (sknight@marymount.edu)
Watch the Extracurricular empowerment: Scott McLeod at TEDxDesMoines (8:19).
Read Chapter 4 of Universal Design for Learning: Theory and Practice (requires registering for a free account) until the end of chapter 4.

Post 1 response on your blog/class preparation:

Explore your classmates blogs and post a comment on at least two blogs.
After you watch Extracurricular empowerment: Scott McLeod at TEDxDesMoines (8:19), share your reaction/reflection on your class blog.
Please bring headsets/laptops (if you would like to work outside the lab) to our next class. Here is a headset I like.
Plan for Digital Imagery & Image Manipulation (Pixlr) in lab activity. Bring images that you may want to use and check out these ideas for inspiration.

Ideas: Explore perspectives; visualize similes; illustrate principles with self-portraits; place self in literature or history; create illustrations of principles or functions; use an improbable scene as a writing prompt