Digital+Storytelling


 * example of Digital Story lesson from Epals || **lling** ||
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In this unit, students will learn about the age-old practice of storytelling and use 21st century tools to create their own digital story. Students will explore digital storytelling as a way to tell a story, promote cross-cultural understanding and build meaningful connections with others. Students will participate in an email exchange to discuss the process. They will 1) develop a story topic 2) write their story 3) create or find appropriate images to support their story and 4) share their story and reflect on their work. ||

**Essential Questions** The culminating activity is for students to create their own digital stories and share them with their peers. ||
 * 1) What is digital storytelling?
 * 2) What are the elements of a good story?
 * 3) Why do people tell stories?
 * 4) How is my personal story the same or different from others?
 * **Objectives**
 * 1) Students will understand that digital storytelling is an effective way to have their voices heard and make a meaningful connection with others.
 * 2) Students will identify a topic, brainstorm ideas around that topic and write a personal narrative.
 * 3) Students will demonstrate an understanding of the role images play in a story and will create or find appropriate images to support their story.
 * 4) Students will be able to demonstrate an understanding of digital storytelling. They will translate their words and images into a digital story in such a way that others will understand or appreciate their point of view.
 * 5) Students will communicate and work collaboratively with peers, teachers and ePals. ||
 * **Culminating Activity**
 * 1) Students will communicate and work collaboratively with peers, teachers and ePals. ||
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This project has six parts: Center for Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling Cookbook Tech and Learning: (Teaching) Tips for Digital Story Telling 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling Examples of Student &Teacher Digital Stories, Scott County Schools Sounds, music, and images can be downloaded for your students' digital stories from the following public domain sites:
 * **Project Elements**
 * 1) [|Understanding Digital Storytelling]
 * 2) [|What makes a good story?]
 * 3) [|Developing a Story Topic]
 * 4) [|Writing the Story]
 * 5) [|Creating the Images]
 * 6) [|Sharing and Reflecting] ||
 * Cybersmart! Africa, Digital Storytelling Initiative

Freeplay Music

Free Music for Children

FindSounds

Sounddogs.com

American Memory from the Library of Congress

Pics4Learning

http://web.mac.com/digistoryteller/DigitalStorytelling/Home.html (story boarding)

FreeFoto.com ||
 * **Standards**
 * NCTE/IRA English Language Arts Standard 4:** Communication Skills
 * NCTE/IRA English Language Arts Standard 12:** Applying Language Skills
 * National Educational Technology Standards for Students Standard 1:** Creativity and Innovation
 * National Educational Technology Standards for Students Standard 2:** Communication and Collaboration
 * National Education Technology Standards for Students Standard 3:** Research and Information Fluency
 * National Education Technology Standards for Students Standard 4:** Critical Thinking, Problem Solving and Decision Making
 * National Education Technology Standards for Students Standard 5:** Digital Citizenship
 * National Education Technology Standards for Students Standard 6:** Technology Operations and Concepts ||


 * **Global Warming -**
 * The Planet is Heating Up!** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * The Planet is Heating Up!** ||  ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * [[image:http://www.epals.com/uploadedImages/In2Books/Image_Libraries/Classroom_Image_Library/Background_images2/1065744-in.jpg height="190" align="left" caption="A Polar Bear and her Cub"]] **Overview**

How can we help to save our planet from global warming? In this project, students learn about the effects of global warming and ways to reduce its effects on our planet. Through email exchanges, students collaborate on ways kids around the globe can make a difference. ||

Students will create advocacy presentations that demonstrate an understanding of global warming and include specific descriptions of one effect and calls to action to reduce that effect. || This project has four parts: http://www.globalchange.gov/publications/reports/scientific-assessments/us-impacts USGCRP: report summarizing the science and impact of climate change on the US GLOBAL WARMING EFFECTS MAP http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/player/environment/global-warming-environment/global-warming-101.html http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/geopedia/Extreme_Weather Global Warming Fast Facts What happened at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in 2009? Check the vital signs of our planet! [|United States Environmental Protection Agency: "Global Warming Quiz"] -This online EPA resource provides five questions that check basic understanding of the causes of global warming. [|What's Up With the Weather?] -This NOVA and FRONTLINE special report on global warming provides graphs, a helpful FAQ, an interactive activity that helps students recognize sources of daily energy consumption and determine their "diet" of carbon, perspectives for and against global warming, and more. [|Climate Change Guide] -This site gives a lot of basic information about climate change. It can be translated into French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, and Arabic. [|US Environmental Protection Agency Climate Change Kids Site] - This online EPA resource explains the basics of climate and climate change, possible impacts of global warming, and actions individuals can take to slow global warming. [|Atmosphere, Climate and Environment: Information and Teaching Resources] -This site contains basic information about climate change. [|Kids Crossing: Living in the Greenhouse!] - This interactive site explains basic information about climate and how and why our climate is changing. [|http://www.unep.org/climatechange/] [|http://www.pewclimate.org/] [|Global Climate Change Links] - This is a list of other websites on global warming, climate and weather. [|Environmental Change and our Health] -This site explores the connection between our changing environment and our well-being. [|Science Museum of the National Academy of Sciences: Global Warming Facts and Our Future] -This interactive site explains the Greenhouse Effect, the carbon cycle, the causes of climate change, the impact of climate change, and more. [|Global Climate Change Research Explorer] -This is a very sophisticated site on global climate change where the information is broken down by atmosphere, hydrosphere, cryosphere, biosphere and global effects. || [|**National Geography Standards**] [|Standard 4] : The physical and human characteristics of places. [|Standard 8] : The characteristics and spatial distribution of ecosystems on Earth's surface. [|Standard 14] : How human actions modify the physical environment. [|Standard 15] : How physical systems affect human systems.
 * **Essential Questions**
 * 1) What is global warming?
 * 2) How do human activities affect global warming?
 * 3) How does global warming impact the planet?
 * 4) Why are there two camps of thought on global warming (humans speeding it up vs. global warming as a natural process)?
 * 5) How can people slow the rate of global warming? ||
 * **Objectives**
 * 1) Students will be able to identify the elements of global warming.
 * 2) Students will be able to discuss the effects of global warming orally and in writing.
 * 3) Students will be able to create presentations that explain how people can reduce global warming. Presentations will include calls to action. ||
 * **Culminating Activity**
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 * **Project Elements**
 * **Project Elements**
 * 1) [|Engage, Activate Prior Knowledge and Build Context;]
 * 2) [|Exchange of four informational emails between ePals;]
 * 3) [|Create an advocacy presentation that demonstrates understanding of global warming as a culminating activity; and,]
 * 4) [|Reflect/Assess.] ||
 * http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/
 * __4th-6th Grade__**
 * __5th-8th Grade__**
 * __8th-12th Grade__**
 * **Standards**
 * Places and Regions**
 * Physical Systems**
 * Environment and Society**

[|Unifying Concepts and Processes] [|K-4 Content Standard D:] Earth and Space Science [|5-8 Content Standard D:] Earth and Space Science. [|5-8 Content Standard F:] Science in Personal and Social Perspectives. ||
 * [|National Science Education Standards:] **