At last I've finished my reports so it's time I get back to exploring Web2! It's actually quite amazing that our reports are done all through the web. Our staff is now more proficient on Reporter Pro, so we didn't seem to lose any work to cyberspace this year!
The topic of digital story telling is one that I have become familiar with over the past four months. Earlier this year I attended a Digital Story Telling inservice at ACU Strathfield. This is where my journey with digital story telling in the classroom began. I use both Moviemaker and Photostory in my classroom. The children work collaboratively in groups to produce digital stories in any KLA we can. We particularly use it as part of our text type writing program where the focus is on structured language models and talking/listening activities.
Using digital story telling with the younger students (mine are in Year 2) was easier than I expected. I really only needed to show them briefly once using the smartboard - the kids then just took off. However what was essential was to teach the children how to storyboard and plan series of texts to show the "whole picture"prior to using any form of technology. - Yes I started with old fashioned pencil and paper. The scaffolds, script plans, storyboards, brainstorms and mindmaps became the most important part of the learning process. The technology was just used to communicate the story to others.
I have posted children's digital stories to Youtube. The children love it- they think they are famous. So do the parents- it's a great way for the children to show their parents what they have created in the classroom. I change the children's names that I use when I post their work and have parental permission. However after receiving a strange comment on one of my children's digital stories on Youtube (Some person with strong Religious and Political views) I have become more alert to the whole issue of teaching the children to be Cyber Safe.
I contacted the Australian Communication and Media Authority, who supplied me with the Cybersmart Guide for Parents ( which I sent home to all families) and a poster with Cyber Rules for safe internet use (which I've plastered all over the school!)
The topic of digital story telling is one that I have become familiar with over the past four months. Earlier this year I attended a Digital Story Telling inservice at ACU Strathfield. This is where my journey with digital story telling in the classroom began. I use both Moviemaker and Photostory in my classroom. The children work collaboratively in groups to produce digital stories in any KLA we can. We particularly use it as part of our text type writing program where the focus is on structured language models and talking/listening activities.
Using digital story telling with the younger students (mine are in Year 2) was easier than I expected. I really only needed to show them briefly once using the smartboard - the kids then just took off. However what was essential was to teach the children how to storyboard and plan series of texts to show the "whole picture"prior to using any form of technology. - Yes I started with old fashioned pencil and paper. The scaffolds, script plans, storyboards, brainstorms and mindmaps became the most important part of the learning process. The technology was just used to communicate the story to others.
I have posted children's digital stories to Youtube. The children love it- they think they are famous. So do the parents- it's a great way for the children to show their parents what they have created in the classroom. I change the children's names that I use when I post their work and have parental permission. However after receiving a strange comment on one of my children's digital stories on Youtube (Some person with strong Religious and Political views) I have become more alert to the whole issue of teaching the children to be Cyber Safe.
I contacted the Australian Communication and Media Authority, who supplied me with the Cybersmart Guide for Parents ( which I sent home to all families) and a poster with Cyber Rules for safe internet use (which I've plastered all over the school!)
Hi Deanne,
ReplyDeleteReally interesting post! I would love to view som of the kids work (you could link from this blog or even embed one or two) this is a great way to share what you are doing and no religious(or other) nutter is going to come via here.
In my experience, youtube is a logical place to put stuff and I would be interested in hearing about your cyberspace response in more detail!
Keep up the great work!!
Just saw the "Fairy Bread" form the wiki. Great stuff!!
ReplyDeleteHi Mick,
ReplyDeleteThanks for that. I've got more digital stories on my Class Blog and I've put the link for that on this page.