Media Rich Lesson Plan

What is due for the Media Rich Lesson Plan is the following:
The lesson plan you created to integrate technology during your field experience.
A reflection explaining the technology lesson plan you used in the classroom.
If the lesson didn't work why not if it did work why.

WebQuest Project

Creating a webquest will be your final project. The presentation of webquest will be 12-15-08 at 5:00 pm.
Review the Bernie Dodge, WebQuest, view the webquest video and tell us what you think and how WebQuests are being used in the classroom.

"Creative Commons "What is it?"

For this week surf Creative Commons
Explain the following:
What is Creative Commons?
Why is Creative Commons important?
How do you use the Creative Commons Search? Provide an example.



Watch the Creative Commons Video

Digital Storytelling Lesson

Create a section on your blog center around digital storytelling.
Answering the questions may all be weaved into the lesson under #4.
1. Explain what it is, how you would use digital storytelling as a teacher and how you would use it in your classroom.
2. Select 3 websites you would have your students surf to learn about digital storytelling. I have some on the blog but you may Google digital storytelling and/or video for the classroom to see if there are other websites you like better.
3. Select a video download it for students to watch as a good example in understanding digital stories.
4. Set up a lesson you would use in the classroom for students to create their own digital story. Don’t forget about the digital storytelling process, use of images, music, creative commons, format structure, objective, what you read about digital stories etc..

Thoughts Covering Storyboarding

What is a storyboard? It's a place to plan out your digital story in two dimensions.

The first dimension is time: what happens first, next, and last.
The second is of interaction: how does the voiceover (your story) interact with the images, how do visual transitions and effects help tie together the images, how does the voiceover interact with the musical soundtrack?
Any element can interact with any other one, and the storyboard is the place to plan out the impact you intend to make on the audience.

If you're laying out your storyboard and find lines and lines of text under any one picture, rethink your script or your images. Can the script be cut down and the image left to speak the missing words?

If the text remains long, can more than one image illustrate the essential words?
You may also want to use some effects to extend the viewer's interest in a single still image. Don't forget to let the images speak for themselves, and use less words to say the rest.

If you know Power Point, Inspiration, or Word you can make your storyboard on the computer or use the storyboard forms I provided in class. You will also find two copies on the blog. Any of these methods will work. Do whatever is convenient and easy for you.

A storyboard will speed your work in many ways. It will show you where your voiceover should be cut before you record, and it will show you that you have too few or two many images.

With your storyboard and script in hand, it's time to digitize your materials.

For those interested in telling their story as a future teacher take time to view this video: Coming Full Circle this is a letter to a former teacher created by a graduate student at Montclair State University, that outlines the many factors that influenced his decision to enter teaching.

Take time to watch some other examples digital stories for story idea.

The Beginnings of a Digital Story

For Wednesday
1. Have your topic
2. Start your story board with what/how you think your story will be laid out: beginning, middle, ending.
3. Have some research completed about your story.
4. Create a folder on your flash/jump drive to start storing your movie information, content, images, sound, audio, etc...

Digital Storytelling Reading

Please take time to read the different Digital Storytelling websites this will help in creating your own story for the classroom. Think about what you are reading/viewing in how you can use it for the classroom or for student learning. The movie you will be creating will need to be educationally based. We will discuss the criteria more in class.
When you come to class have your topic ready to go.