week 10 topics (online)

• Tuesday's class canceled this week.
• Progress reports will be emailed Friday of this week.
• Smart Board demonstration in R 327 on Thursday at 3:00 and 4:00. Select one time to come.
• Digital Storytelling. Review rubrics. (Note: The digital story is to teach a content TEKS. Although autobiography can address certain TEKS, for this project, do not use autobiographical material.)
• Will demonstrate Photostory 3 in class next week.

Digital Stories to view:

• Cell Phones and our Culture (Created with Photoshop Elements).

• Engines of our Ingenuity "America Learns to Use the Telephone."

1. Students Find Their Voices through Multimedia
   While this article discusses a high school program, the examples and gains that are discussed set the stage nicely for our discussion of digital stories.

2. For a look at more advanced possibilities in using digital storytelling, view The War Experience developed by graduate students here at UH. The story I developed about my father is hosted on this site as Heroism: Acts of Ordinary People During Extraordinary Times. (Scroll down that page for a link to a larger view of the video. Created with multiple applications, including Premiere Elements.)

3. Work on your own to view several digital storytelling examples from this "jumping off" page:
4. If you still need more examples to set your vision, here they are!
5. Sketch out a storyboard for your digital story. Preview an example storyboard. Download this storyboard worksheet, save, fill in, and email as an attachment to Judy Meyers by midnight on class day for the week of November 10. This is a plan - you can certainly change your mind as you work over the next couple of weeks, but at least this will keep you moving in the right direction.
6. Take the PhotoStory Self-Tour. [You'll need to download PhotoStory].
7. See other PhotoStory tutorials as you need them - just in time as you work!
   Note 1: I am requiring you to make a digital story with still pictures, although if you prefer to use video, that is fine, too. Often, you can create a very similar effect with just a “panning” motion on a still picture, for much less file size than video. If you do choose video, you’ll need to use a software other than PhotoStory, which only handles still pictures. You can use Windows MovieMaker, which is also free and is automatically included in the Windows platform.

1. Student Learning Support draft is to be completed by March 24, 26 and uploaded to your portfolio with a  live link. Revised draft is due April 7, 9. Student Learning Support cannot be just a worksheet. See rubric and examples.
2. Peer Review of Learning Support to be posted in Wikispaces (in provided discussion thread) by March 31, April 2. Follow rubrics for guidelines. Provide positive and delta comments for at least two learners in your group. Delta comments are suggestions for improvement.
3. Student Product Example is to be completed by March 31, April 2 and uploaded to your portfolio with a live link. See rubric and examples.