Thing #19 Digital Storytelling

Well, here is the screen shot of my storyboard--and I'm afraid I will need to update this post with the link to the face of my classroom. I've posted a question on the forum and am waiting for an answer. I can't find any way to upload the video file to Moodle or upload/embed it to my Weebly. *Sigh* I do have Weebly Pro so I dragged the 'upload video' element to my homepage--I made the video as an introduction. Another *sigh*. I've waited and waited after I "click(ed) here to upload video". No luck. Here's the link, anyway--www.larsonslanguage.weebly.com. Welcome to a big black screen.

In terms of using this in my classroom, I can think of many ways. In fact, our first nine week project was a Prezi and this nine weeks it will be a ... Photostory! I was impressed by how easy this was to use and it will leave the kids with a very professional product. The Photostory I made is an intro to moi--kind of a 'getting to know my teacher'.

There are many benefits to students in using Photostory for multiple means of expression. I have students with writing and reading disabilities--in an English class we have traditionally relied on essay writing and they, inevitably, feel as though they fall short of expectations. Using visual representation students can still express the concepts using photos, music, and minimal text. I even had this experience with Prezi this year--I have a student who is repeating my class. He has limited writing skills--but he did the Prezi ... well! ... and he (and me and mom and dad!) are so proud. He could work with ideas without the stress of intense writing.