Never before has it been easier for students to create film to share their knowledge with others. In this trail, we will explore how digital storytelling can be used to enhance engagement of students.
On this page, you will find guidelines for media production projects, lesson plans and activities and video basics for the classroom.
As you are reading, what ideas are forming in your mind?
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Never before has it been easier for students to create film to share their knowledge with others. In this trail, we will explore how digital storytelling can be used to enhance engagement of students.
On this page, you will find guidelines for media production projects, lesson plans and activities and video basics for the classroom.
As you are reading, what ideas are forming in your mind?
What type of video are you going to ask your students to create?
Reading the genres and take a moment to select those that you believe will work best with your curriculum objectives.
There are many examples on the web of how teachers are using digital storytelling to create background knowledge and as an assessment tool.
I have spent many hours on this site exploring the examples. This site also share how to tutorials for using various digital storytelling tools like iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle, etc.
Which tool(s) is available to you?
This site focuses on how to begin looking at films with students and goes through all the steps necessary to ensure successful development of student films.
The tutorials for edit details how to use iMove. I use Photo Story 3, http://snipurl.com/ps3tutorial, with young students and Windows Movie Maker, http://snipurl.com/wmmtutorial in the middle and high schools. Select the links above to view tutorials for these tools.
Make sure to explore the planning section of this page to help you prepare for using digital storytelling in your class.
Learn how this class created a movie to share their knowledge of conservation.
Follow these step by step directions to learn how to create movies with Photo Story 3.
What are your thoughts about this tool? Does it seem easy, just right or too hard for you or your students?
Unlike Photo Story 3, Windows Movie Maker allows you to use not only still pictures but video as well. Follow these directions to make a movie using Windows Movie Maker.
What are your thoughts about this tool?
