February+4

//Possible questions//
 * Discuss Application Project and Concluding Assignment**
 * How do digital stories provide evidence of deep learning?
 * Under what conditions can digital stories be used to support assessment for learning?
 * Under what conditions do students take ownership of their digital stories?
 * What are the benefits of developing digital stories as perceived by students, teachers, administrators, and parents?
 * Sharing**
 * Digital Storytelling: Adventures in the first-year experience (assignment by different genre)
 * What's Your Issue (Randy)


 * Discussion** - //Rethinking Education...// Discussion Forum - Chapters 3 & 4

and then I wrote directly onto that sheet. I tried to figure out how to post on, but no success, so I was going to take Bridget's path and write it out. The idea of the story will be from a persuasive essay my students focus on each year: the assignment is to use the information from Patrick Reynolds's //The Truth About Tobacco// campaign. Students will have watched his video found on unitedstreaming.com and visited the website as well as several other sites that provide information on smoking and its damaging effects.
 * Beginnings of Digital Stories**
 * Heather:** Okay, so I printed out the Visual Portrait of a story )dillingham, 2001), with transformation(ohler,2003)

__**Title: Stop Smoking Now, Before It Is Too Late! ( A note from you child)**__


 * __Beginning__ ( call to adventure): The idea is to choose a person to aim the essay at and convince them to stop smoking... this part will show a person who has been smoking for (20 ?) or so years. Ideas are forming ... how should the guy/gal look/ this may then be compared to a person of the same age who has not smoked.

__Middle__**; (Transformation): This is the part where we build on the body of the essay. It will focus on three things particularly...1) the harmful effects of smoking on the human body... what diseases and body parts/ functions are damaged from smoking, how many years is the average smoker's life cut short by from the smoking. 2) Breaking down the ingredients of the cigarette, what are they? How dangerous are they? Chemicals, addiction, etc., and the 3) This section will show the effects of secondhand smoke. Not only is the smoker in jeopardy of cutting his/her life short, but so are his/her loved ones who surround them.
 * Problem(tension): Here the smoker will be shown to have poor health and what exactly smoking has done to his body

__Solution(Resolution):__ This section of the digital story will perhaps offers solutions for the smoker to quit. Different types such as hypnosis, guidance and psychiatric help, family/ friends support, quit smoking drugs common found in the drugstore, the patch, etc.

__End__ (closure, learning): This part will hopefully show the person having learned enough from the young person how smoking is so harmful. Here we show him and the steps he is taking to stop smoking. Perhaps I can slide some charts in here showing the things (body effects, cigarette ingredients, secondhand smokers harmful effects, and solutions for the smoker to quit.**

Shawn:

//Bridget - Here is the outline for my story about becoming a first time homebuyer. I had jotted these things down onto the story map, but my digital camera wasn't taking very clear pictures that would be worth posting here. I figured this was just easier: __Beginning__: Settled into apartment; getting used to living independently; looking ahead to finding an actual house __Problem__: Family issues/ unexpected circumstances-- needed to find a new place to live ASAP, and much sooner than expected; not enough money saved yet... __Middle__: House hunting-- distance, cost, space?; found homes-- sold already; found perfect home-- foreclosure, delays, repairs, $; settlement delayed due to technical error-- moved in with friend temporarily __Solution__: Settlement, moving into house __End__: Settled in, engaged, happy! __Transformation throughout process__: More independent, strong, proactive, knowledgeable Christina// - I chose to write my story out so I'd be able to read it and record my voice. I doubt I'm supposed to type the whole thing here. Can I make a link for it? Yes...you can upload the document and link to it. We can show you in class Thursday.

//Jamie// - My story starts with the red bubble with the middle three bubbles as the problems and ends with purple as the solution and closure.

// This is the core of my first digital story. It retells the first skiing experience and Boy Scout merit badge earned by my 6 year old. //
 * Bridget C. -



Project Planning** //From Ohler, J (2008) Digital Storytelling in the Classroom, p. 134. (http:books.google.com)//

1. Using your story core, locate media (for today, just photos) 2. Overview of Voice Thread 3. Create your own digital story with Voice Thread - adding images and voice over ("comments") or text 4. Share your Voice Thread and embed your digital story on this wiki page to share with the class.


 * Reflection** on creating your digital story and using Voice Thread.


 * Assignments for Thursday, February 11**
 * Finish up your digital story and post to this wiki page as per the directions above.
 * Develop a blog post where you reflect on your first digital storytelling experience. You may use the questions (one or more) at the top of this page as the core of your reflection or you can develop your own. Feel free to take the reflection in a direction that is useful for you. Please visit other class blogs and consider commenting.
 * Spend some time with several of these Web 2.0 digital storytelling sites. Explore, experiment and learn. Think about how they may or may not be useful for digital storytelling. Be prepared to share at least one of the tools (add it to the February 11 page) and how and why you might use it for digital storytelling in your classroom.
 * Begin to map out a story that you will use to engage students in a concept in your classroom. Post your map/story core idea to the February 11 wiki page. You will need to use your digital story with your class between the February 11 and February 18 classes.
 * Read chapters 5 & 6 in the //Rethinking Education...// text. After reading the two chapters, visit the Discussion Forum. Pull from the chapter a passage, paragraph, sentence, etc. that provoked your thinking. Write a short reflection on how it engaged your thinking in general or, more specifically, connects to digital storytelling. Please post your contribution no later than Tuesday evening. Between Tuesday and class, revisit the forum and engage in a conversation with your classmates on the topics for the week.

** Next Meeting: Thursday, February 11 - 4:00-7:00 PM New Topic: Story Boarding, Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Tools**