Monday, May 3, 2010
Digital Storytelling
Below is my attempt at creating a digital story. I have to admit I got addicted to making these little movies and spend a whole afternoon on it. It is so much fun! I even had my brother hooked. This would be a fun new challenge for students to combine their literacy skills with technology. There are so many ways to combine digital storytelling with the standard curriculum. Students could use this when learning about camera angles, character portrayal, audience etc.
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Hey Michelle, this is very cute... poor robot...jealous of the microwave! I'm going to check this site out. I think it makes writing enjoyable because kids get a chance to shine by creating short scripts & it would be a great way to get students collaborating to construct their movies. Is there anything that you think kids might find difficult when using this technology?
ReplyDeleteIt is quite an easy program to use. Once you get the hang of the different expressions and movements you can use it is easily. It would be a great lesson sequence to make a storyboard, think about camera angles, scripts and character movements and then put it together. Students would experience great satisfaction from seeing their finished product.
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle, what a great vodcast! I haven't tried out xtranormal yet, but I can imagine the kids having a great time with it. It would be a real reward for them to see the fruits of their labour coming together and looking so professional. This may in turn inspire them to be more creative, take more risks and think outside the box for a bit - all good traits I think - though maybe in moderation :)
ReplyDeleteWhoops! Just to clarify my comment (long day!), 'moderation' wasn't quite the word I was looking for (all these traits should be encouraged), but I just wanted to say that the room for creativity, lateral thinking etc may require boundaries so that things don't get out of hand!
ReplyDeleteI'm not surprised, Michelle, that you spent a whole afternoon on your Xtranormal video - but as the result demonstrates, you've really got the hang of it. My impression is that you now have the technical competence to use this in a lesson? With all of these tools, you have to take some time to play with them - but the rewards are great when you get to the point where you can integrate them into your teaching.
ReplyDeleteI love the video - Neighbours could use your script writing skills if you get sick of teaching. I have often wondered how we can make "viewing" lessons a meaningful learning experience, since some of the film conventions you have mentioned may seem quite abstract without some concrete experience to make sense of it all. I think technologies such as this are a great way to give children some hands on experience with film - and the end product is quite impressive. No doubt these technologies will get even better in the future.
ReplyDeletelove it!
ReplyDeleteyou can see this sort of things used in 100 different ways in teaching
- what happens to the characters next? students need to consider time, place, who, why concepts.
- s&e movies or short clips with messages
- assembly! by the last week of term i think a song and a dance is the last thing people need to see, the class could present their whole assembly through vodcasts, each pair or group making their own short clip. i hope i get to do an assembly on prac just so i can do this now!
Kudos, Michelle!
ReplyDeleteWould be fascinating to see Year 2 / 3 discussing how to show emotion, too. Fits in with the need to imagine how others feel, and how to infer emotion from posture as well as expression. Even links with english (typing the script), speech and drama ... and more.
Creatively inspired, thanks
Julie