Who is Scott Maccrum?

1. Bring Your Story to Life!!Web Spaces that combine “Digital Storytelling” and “Web 2.0” to Promote Creativity and Assess UnderstandingBy Scott MacCrum

2. Teacher of Humanities/ICT (DoE) 10 Years • Now Senior Education Officer, ICT PL (DoE) • Working with 30 schools in South of Tasmania • Promoting ICT in Southern Tasmanian schools (All LSS staff) • no expert!! • Here to show you what has been found (and to learn from others!!) • On a journey • Enjoys gardening and dinner parties • 2 girls under 3 years of age (and a beautiful wife!) Who is Scott Maccrum?

3. 1 9 1 Timeslot (2-3.30pm) / Concurrent / Hopefully no. Workshops Of people who will stay til end

4. The PLAN for Today: A Background to Web 2.0 and Digital Storytelling (and where that places “Education”) A Closer Look at 4 ‘safe’ Webspaces How ‘Good’ and ‘Safe’ are these Websites/Spaces? A Checklist for “SUCCESS” MYO (Make Your Own) (If Time Permits)

5. OUTCOMES FOR TODAY To discuss ‘digital storytelling’ and ‘web 2.0’ concepts with the group (and education)To show a few ‘safe/protected’ websites that encourage creativity and communication amongst students and teachers.To provide a ‘checklist’ of what should be considered before using any of the websites mentioned today.To emphasise that this is an ‘innovative’ area of ICT in education (Patience is needed!!)

6. And for you to have made an animation like this:

7. A Background to Web 2.0 and Digital Storytelling (and where that places “Education”)

8. When the Internet First started: People were saying: “I can only ‘view/read’ websites; I can’t edit or change them!!!! Who makes these websites????” This was known as: “Web 1.0”

9. The Clock has Ticked by since those days!!

10. Very Soon...................................... New Websites Could be Made by Anyone (eg. Frontpage, Dreamweaver programs)

11. More and More websites were being made by people around the world. People could even decide what their Web Address (URL) Would look like.....................................

12. But the people of the world wanted more..... They wanted to ‘talk’ with each other using Computers/ICT • CHATTING • INSTANT MESSAGING • SOCIAL NETWORKING • Is what they wanted!!

13. And what the people want.........They sometimes Get!!!!

14. The People Got : Social Networking and “Web 2.0” Now they could communicate with each other and share ideas and work across the internet.

15. But did the people know what new challenges the world would face because of this??? Particularly in “education”

16. What is “Digital Storytelling” using ICT to create a new way of looking at story writing/Assignments.Examples: Movie Maker, PIVOT, Stop Motion Animaton, Powerpoint

17. The Situation for “Education” Now.. On 1 Side we have: Vs Innovation – Great way for students to collaborate and learn from each other • DUTY OF CARE and RESPONSBILITY FOR STUDENTS • PRIVACY OF INFORMATION LAWS • ONLINE SAFETY FOR STUDENTS And on the other side we have

18. THEN ALONG CAME: EDUBLOGS: A GREAT WAY FOR STUDENTS TO EXCHANGE IDEAS IN A SAFE, PASSWORD PROTECTED WEBSPACE How it works:Teacher signs up for ‘teacher account’Teacher signs up each studentTeachers gives students their usernames and passwordsnoone else can view or participate in blog besides teacher and students

19. EDUBLOGS USED AROUND THE WORLD BY THOUSANDS

20. WHY DO I NEED TO KNOW ABOUT ALL THIS? • Changed from ‘Web 1.0’ to ‘Web 2.0’ • students looking for ‘highly engaging’, ‘creative’ and ‘stimulating’ ways • Our students are using these types of spaces now in their ‘home lives’ and some are not using them very well!!! • Teaching our students about these Web 2.0 spaces and educating them. • Downloadable Programs being replaced with ‘free sign-up’ web spaces • It is just good to know what is out there (and what is coming!).

21. A Closer Look at the 4 Websites

22. Goanimate4schools

23. zooburst

24. The Art of storytelling

25. Make belief comix

26. How ‘Good’ and ‘Safe’ are these Websites/Spaces?

27. WHAT MAKES THESE 4 WEBSPACES SO ‘SAFE’? 4 web spaces that combine elements of both “Digital Storytelling” and “Web 2.0”. Free (or inexpensive) 2 of them are Password Protected spaces 2 allow Teacher Accounts to be set up No Sign-up processes for students (teachers do this for 2 of the websites) No personal information needs to be supplied by students, only email address asked for (try tempalias to protect identity) Highly engaging spaces A new way of demonstrating understanding on a topic/theme.

28. Click here to see characteristics of each website

29. A CHECKLIST FOR SUCCESS

30. What do teachers need to do/think about when considering this type of Website? Prezi Presentation

31. What other considerations need to be looked at? • Teacher confidence, • Account settings, • Clientel, • Student knowledge, • School, • Is it worth it?, • Time, • Societal views, • Lack of knowledge

32. Let’s Have a “Real look” at all 4 webspaces

33. Goanimate Website: http://goanimate4schools.com/public_indexTeacher Sign Up Process: fill out the form at: http://goanimate4schools.com/public_signup#signup_formThey will send you an email later on with your own unique “class URL” that you and your students will use.Example: http://ictscotty.blogspot.com/2011/03/my-first-hollywood-blockbuster-made.htmlmy school account is at: www.goanimate4schools/school/lsselearningeelearning

34. ZooBurst Website: www.zooburst.comTeacher Sign Up Process: go to: www.zooburst.comand sign up as ‘teacher’ in drop down box;You will get an email;Sign in with username and password at http://www.zooburst.com/index.php?state=selectlogin(“Teacher account”);Go to: http://www.zooburst.com/zb_subscribe.php and follow the prompts to ‘buy’ the class account (250 students).For more info about pricing and acccounts:http://www.zooburst.com/zb_pricing.php#numstudentsExample: http://www.zooburst.com/zb_books-viewer.php?book=zb0_4ce4aba86cde7More Examples: http://www.zooburst.com/zb_gallery.php

35. Make Belief Comix Website: http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/Teacher Sign Up Process: N/AExample:send by emailappears in email as a weblink to click on

36. The Art of Storytelling Website:www.artofstorytelling.orgTeacher Sign Up Process: N/AExample: sent by email to someoneelse, author puts in email details

37. SIMILAR (“CLASS ACCOUNT”) WEBSITES **Cybersafety Course and Parental Permission Needed** www.theartofstorytelling.orghttp://www.writecomics.com/http://www.makebeliefscomix.com/http://www.readwritethink.org/classroom-resources/student-interactives/comic-creator-30021.html

38. MYO (Make Your Own) (If Time Permits)

39. Some Final Thoughts There are a lot of these types of websites out there on the internet. Many are’safe’ and ‘password protected’ and have ‘teacher accounts’ that can be set up.Opportunities exist for collaboration and creativity.Need to be patient, as this is a new area of ICT and Education.Web 2.0 tools are a great concern in Education Departments (due to privacy of information and chatting etc.)School needs to have a solid cybersafety course taught to whole school at start of year.Parents need to be kept in touch.Students’Useragreeements need to be updated and maintained by schools

40. www.ictscotty.blogspot.com For more resources