Digital Story Project: The Story of the Three Friends

BackgroundParts of a story & how to write a story

Aspects of a fairy tale

CharactersBased on other characters they know or

themselvesCreate a unique nameDescribe important characteristics

Princess LeyaBased on Rapunzel

Lives in a tower

18 years old

Captain Num-Nums

Superhamster

Superpowers: Invisibility Flying Jumping into books Walking through walls Saving people

Renée the Superhero

16 years old

Same superpowers as her pet hamster

Secret lab

Three main characters are best friends

Scary Sid & the Terrible

TarantulaEvil villain of the story

Looks friendly, but isn’t

Land of Mystery

Turns people into stone

Collaboration of ideas from everyone

ProcessWrote & illustrated several pages together each

day

Shortened the story & began recording

Scanned final pictures

Edited digital story (recordings, pictures, sound effects)

Showed to students, asked for feedback

Finalizing Created story books for

each student Included their drawings Included the longer

version of the story

Created DVDs of the story for my students and cooperating teacher

Technology ProblemsNo words in digital version

Hard copies of the bookWanted to keep their drawingsLong version of story

Problems aroseCouldn’t edit recordings in

iMovieHad to rerecord in GaragebandVolume difficulties

Technology BenefitsEnhanced project overall

Sound effectsRead their own story Interesting presentation Incorporated everyone’s work

Illustrations*Voices*Feedback

Exposed students to technologyStudents very excited about final product

Discussion

How do students improve their abilities during the process of creating the story?

In what ways do students grow by creating a final product?

With this lesson, what is more important, the process or the product?

Impact & ReflectionStudents-

Share ideasWork in a groupTechnologyFunMoral – most important part

“Writing this story was the best time of my life. I think it’s the best story I’ve ever read in my whole life.

Impact & ReflectionPractice using technology with students

Working with a small group

Long-term project (3 weeks)

Teach better writing skills – full sentences