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Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling. Going Digital in the K-12 Classroom An Advancing Literacy Workshop. Introductions. Alexa Driggers -3 rd grade teacher CMS Carly Palmer – K/1 teacher CMS Graduate students at UNCC in the Reading K-12 program. Agenda.
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Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling Going Digital in the K-12 Classroom An Advancing Literacy Workshop
Introductions • AlexaDriggers -3rd grade teacher CMS • Carly Palmer – K/1 teacher CMS • Graduate students at UNCC in the Reading K-12 program
Agenda How To Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling! Here’s what we are covering in this presentation: • Downloading Photo Story 3 • How To Use Photo Story 3 • Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum • Independent Practice & Follow Up Discussion • Questions & Answers
Downloading Photo Story 3 • Free for Windows operating systems • http://www.photo-freeware.net/download_win-eng.php?id=381 • Or search “Photo Story 3” • Click on the link that says “click here to start download now” • Select “Run” application • Find and open Photo Story 3 under “All Programs”
Step 7: View Story • View on Computer or Smart Board • Save to a DVD and view on TV • Upload file to YouTube
Questions & Answers • How can you use Photo Story 3 in your classroom? • Type your answers in the white space • Writing Across the Curriculum • How To Books, All About Books, Poetry, Field Trips, Math Story Problems, Science Experiments!
Next Steps • Over the next two days try out some of the tools we’ve shared with you here and think about how you can use them in your classroom with your students.
Next Steps • That discussion is at the Adolescent Literacy Ning at: http://adolescent-literacy.ning.com/group/advancingliteracy • Scroll down the page to find the discussion forum for this presentation titled: [Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling] • Information about this is included in the workshop packet we sent out in an email.
For More Information For more information about this workshop and others go to the Center for Adolescent Literacies website at: http://literacy.uncc.edu/ Presentation materials including this Power Point are posted at: http://literacy.uncc.edu/professional-development
Thank You! Thank you for joining us today. In about a week, you will receive a short survey that helps us evaluate these workshops. Thanks in advance for filling that out. For additional questions contact: Bruce Taylor Director, The Center for Adolescent Literacies at UNC Charlotte bruce.taylor@uncc.edu