Digital Story Telling

Alabama State Technology Education Standard

2.) Publish digital products that communicate curriculum concepts.

Examples: Web pages, videos, podcasts, multimedia presentations

About the Lesson

This lesson was my Social Studies read aloud. My students had just finished up their unit on the Civil War. I used the book "Dadblamed Union Army Cow" by Susan Fletcher for this lesson. This book is on the notable tradebook list, which was a requirement for the lesson. This lesson involved me reading the book, questioning throughout, and then a short writing prompt with sentece stems for the students to answer. They enjoyed the book very much. I chose this app because it allows you to take a picture for your background, so you can see the book. I also chose this app because it was a little more mature for my 6th graders. The project went great and I was very happy that the student could tell the story by using Tellagami. 

Digital Storytelling Reflection

       

 Digital Storytelling Reflection

   Digital Storytelling is allowing students to use pictures, audio, and drawings to tell a story using a digital tool. Digital story telling is a great way for student's to be hands on and creative. This is not only technology but uses all steps of the writing process as well. Student's who tend to be shy in the classroom will open up by using the voice changing audio tools. Apps like these are a great assessment tool to use in the classroom among many other uses. Here is a list of the apps I learned about tonight. 

• My Story
• PicCollage
• Tellagami
• Screen Chomp
• Shadow Puppet 
• Sock Puppets 
• Little Bird Tales 
• Solar System AR Cards 
• Hello Crayons
• Feltboard

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