THEORIES, STANDARDS, PROCESS, and SOURCES

 Digital Native or Immigrant? ◦ Why? ◦ How does this impact your techniques in the classroom?  Steps for any teacher thinking about Digital Storytelling ◦ What is important? ◦ How do we get there? ◦ Who do we talk to?

 Cognitivist ◦ Learning occurs as information is processed by the senses, manipulated mentally, and stored ◦ How one thinks  Constructivist ◦ Knowledge constructed during learning process ◦ Learning is entirely unique for each person depending on experiences shaping mental thoughts ◦ Jean Piaget ◦ Albert Bandura

 Howard Gardner’s Multiple Intelligence

 Learning Style ◦ Three primary learning modalities  Auditory  Visual  Kinesthetic  Affects learning regardless of psychological perspective

 National Educational Technology Standards ◦ NETS for Students NETS for Students ◦ NETS for Teachers NETS for Teachers

Kulla-Abbott, T., & Polman, J. L..(2008) Engaging student voice and fulfilling curriculum goals with digital stories. THEN: Technology, Humanities, Education & Narrative, Spring2008, Issue 5, p38-60, 23p

Establish the story core Write the story script Create a Storyboard To show the flow of the story motion Create the digital production Use technology to pull it all together

Comparing Heroes and Students Story CoreUnit of Instruction Hero’s problem or challengeInquiry assignment, academic challenge Hero’s transformationLearning and growth through Research and analysis Hero’s resolutionDiscovery, applied learning

 Scripting  Storyboarding

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