Peer+Review_Digital+Story

Peer Response Digital Story

This is a first draft of my digital storytelling project. The pictures are real pictures of my pets and my friend's puppies. I am still thinking of making changes definately to the words and possible the title. I have been considering sticking with a non-fiction theme but changing it a little to just focus on my dog rather than dog's being good companions. I struggled coming up with words so I got some feedback from my students and allowed them to add in some parts. This went along perfectly with our writing curriculum right now where students are getting to write their own non-fiction stories. -Rosanne

This is really cute, Rosanne! It makes me miss having a dog (I have a cat). Have you thought about adding some elements about how to be a good caregiver for your dog--feeding, brushing/bathing, walking, taking to the vet, etc? - Lisa This is my story board designed to help teach young children about concepts of time. I'll be adding photos of my own children, photos of classrooms at school, etc. - Lisa

We worked together to create a draft of our digital storytelling project using line symmetry. We thought that it would be a great way for our 3rd and 4th grade students to work together and collaborate and explore symmetry using a variety of different resources and manipulatives. This is what our drafted storyboard looks like. Do you think it is too wordy? We wanted to make sure that all concepts were introduced and explored in the area of line symmetry. ~Krysta and Michelle Wow, you guys, this is really good! I like the rigor inherent in the text (horizontal versus vertical symmetry, the authentic photos at the end to choose which symmetry). My first grader is learning rudimentary symmetry, so I'm familiar with the language his teacher is using and the materials she's been sending home. This is really well written and will be very useful for your students. Nice job! - Lisa I'm really impressed with the pictures! - Megan

Here is my Digital (work in progress) story!. I am simply using a fable. I haven't created my images yet, so they are not a part of the template yet. The idea is to have students find a story related in some way to the theme of the American Dream. They would create a digital story using the story and images and/or video all of their choice. -Felicia [|Narration]

What a cool idea, Felicia! I love fables--this one reminds me of a fable I just read with my second grade reading group about a lion king and a mouse. The lion was so proud of himself that he wore all of his finery, including his heavy robes and crown, and made everyone bow before him, even the lowly mouse. He couldn't see the mouse bowing, so he bent as low as could to be sure he was bowing and ended up falling over into a mud puddle. The kids loved it! I could see high school students really getting excited about this type of open ended project, but make sure they fully understand what you mean by "the American Dream." - Lisa

My digital storytelling project is going to about about 'a day in the life' of my dog. Throughout the storyline of my dog's day, I want to have critical thinking question to help the children learn about elapsed time.

Anne-Marie, I like the concept of teaching kids to figure out elapsed time. These types of questions were on the math strands of the third grade CMT and they can be hard for some kids to figure out. Putting it in concrete terms might help some kids understand why they need to add or subtract hours. - Lisa

Anne-Marie, I love dogs so I'm sure I will love the Dog Digital Story! Elapsed time is tough for my third graders. It would be a nice way to utilize background knowledge because many of them have dogs of their own and are familiar with their routines. What would be an extension lesson you would use with this lesson to differientiate for those higher level thinkers? ~Michelle

This is my digital story. I wrote about a girl who has no friends. Throughout the story she learns to be nice and makes friends. This is probably be good for a beginning level of Spanish. I plan on incorporating severl images and vocabulary words to help with the story. It has a moral at the end. This will help students with vocabulary.-Sara

Lisa-Thanks! this is technically fictional since I don't have a classroom yet, but I am hoping They would explore the themes of different fables in hope to recognize one that related to one of the motifs in the overall unit. I am just having trouble finding/creating the images to go along with the narration. -Felicia

Anne Marie- I like that your digital story is interactive with the breaks for critical thinking questions. That's a great way to keep the kids engaged!- Felicia

Here's a link to my digital storyboard. I'd LOVE your feedback! :) [|Digital Storyboard] - Megan
Megan-I thought your digital story was very cute! I really LOLed at the beginning. I loved how your music and sound effects really enhanced what you were saying. I found it difficult to find music that would fit to my story! Nice job Megan!

I completly redid my storyboard and did in a googledoc presentation.[| Check it here]Sara

[|My digital story] Hopefully this link will bring you to my blog, where my digital story is posted for viewing! I had difficulty since my story is not on a web based program. Uploading to the wiki didn't seem to want to work! I introduced myself as a teacher to my "future" class. I didn't add music on top of my narration because I thought it would take away from my storyline. -Brianna

Here is the final copy of my digital story plan. I found through the process that it was much easier for me to create the plan through GoogleDoc. Click the links below, one to view my project plan and the other to see my completed digital story. - Rosanne [|DIgital Story]