Sorry to hear that your vodcast cuts off towards the end. Do you know if YouTube has a size limit? I have two good ideas that might provide a satisfactory work-around: How about posting the link to the YouTube vodcast right to your blog post. The second work-around involves creating a free Screencast account (storage cloud) then using the share feature to embed the video in your blog (http://screencast.com/) This is such an interesting project, I really would like to hear what happens at the end=8-) One of the comments you made in the vodcast about digital storytelling rang true, at least for me. From personal experience, digital storytelling projects have always required more time to complete, than initially planned for. A BIG "Thank you" for posting the round robing story written by your students. I enjoyed listening to your students read their portion of the fantasy. Have you given any thought to sharing this wonderful story with your parents?
Your thought process is great and the sequential learning is very valuable. I echo Sue's thoughts as well as yours on the amount of time it can sometimes take to do something like a digital storytelling. I'm wondering if there will come a day when students enter your classroom already knowing how to do this. How did your students enjoy the project? Did your administrators view any of the results? I'm thinking that this could be great PR for your room.
Rachel, I enjoyed seeing all the images from your project Although shown in the vodcast above, it was difficult to read what the planning template had students organize. I'd be curious to see the specific organization. The thought of having students illustrate prior to writing is intriguing. It would be interesting to "practice" this by giving students and image and have them describe what's going on. Especially since the project identified difficulties in writing, I think illustrating before writing is a unique approach. It sounds as if modeling the story with students certainly improved their story writing process and increased interest. Such a creative idea for students! Certainly sounds as if progress was made in the right direction! Interested in hearing about the rest!
Rachel, How I seriously enjoyed listening to your podcast. The energy and passion in your voice describing the process and outcomes were great! I wish I had a teacher putting that much time and effort into my education way back when. It was great to hear about the two major outcomes of longer story writing (ON topic) and increased time on self correction by the students. In the end those are the things you would love to see as a result of all the efforts. The visuals were really nice, but I couldn't really read the scanned text. I would have enjoyed being able to read what the students had written. 23 paragraphs with 23 voices resulting in a 8 minute story. Really super stuff. The most satisfying must be that the kids were still going on at home with writing other stories or continuations of the current one. Deep learning for them came from the very motivational process/tool you developed. As a parent I would be very appreciative as well!!
Sorry to hear that your vodcast cuts off towards the end. Do you know if YouTube has a size limit? I have two good ideas that might provide a satisfactory work-around: How about posting the link to the YouTube vodcast right to your blog post. The second work-around involves creating a free Screencast account (storage cloud) then using the share feature to embed the video in your blog (http://screencast.com/) This is such an interesting project, I really would like to hear what happens at the end=8-) One of the comments you made in the vodcast about digital storytelling rang true, at least for me. From personal experience, digital storytelling projects have always required more time to complete, than initially planned for. A BIG "Thank you" for posting the round robing story written by your students. I enjoyed listening to your students read their portion of the fantasy. Have you given any thought to sharing this wonderful story with your parents?
ReplyDeleteYour thought process is great and the sequential learning is very valuable. I echo Sue's thoughts as well as yours on the amount of time it can sometimes take to do something like a digital storytelling. I'm wondering if there will come a day when students enter your classroom already knowing how to do this. How did your students enjoy the project? Did your administrators view any of the results? I'm thinking that this could be great PR for your room.
ReplyDeleteRachel,
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed seeing all the images from your project Although shown in the vodcast above, it was difficult to read what the planning template had students organize. I'd be curious to see the specific organization. The thought of having students illustrate prior to writing is intriguing. It would be interesting to "practice" this by giving students and image and have them describe what's going on. Especially since the project identified difficulties in writing, I think illustrating before writing is a unique approach. It sounds as if modeling the story with students certainly improved their story writing process and increased interest. Such a creative idea for students! Certainly sounds as if progress was made in the right direction! Interested in hearing about the rest!
Rachel,
ReplyDeleteHow I seriously enjoyed listening to your podcast. The energy and passion in your voice describing the process and outcomes were great! I wish I had a teacher putting that much time and effort into my education way back when. It was great to hear about the two major outcomes of longer story writing (ON topic) and increased time on self correction by the students. In the end those are the things you would love to see as a result of all the efforts.
The visuals were really nice, but I couldn't really read the scanned text. I would have enjoyed being able to read what the students had written.
23 paragraphs with 23 voices resulting in a 8 minute story. Really super stuff.
The most satisfying must be that the kids were still going on at home with writing other stories or continuations of the current one. Deep learning for them came from the very motivational process/tool you developed. As a parent I would be very appreciative as well!!