The "Power of the Digital Pen:" Digital Storytelling, Changing the Future of Writing! Presented By: Lisa Cummings, M.Ed Jennifer Flaherty, MLIS

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools  Eastside suburb of Cleveland, Ohio  1600 students K-12  98% of graduates go on to 4 year colleges  Five buildings

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools Beachwood City Schools Cont.  Earned three U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon Awards  Excellent with Distinction rating from the ODE  Membership in the elite Ohio Department of Education "Schools to Watch"  A National 21st Century School of Distinction Award for Technology Excellence  Two Excellence in School Management Awards from the Harvard Business School Club  National recognition as among the top 100 in music education from the American Music Conference.  The Beachwood City Schools library system has been named a 2009 Library of Distinction by the Ohio Educational Library Media Association (OELMA).

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools What is Digital Storytelling?  Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer- based tools to tell stories. Most digital stories focus on a specific topic and contain a particular point of view. Digital stories can contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales, to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community What is Digital Storytelling? “Digital Storytelling.” University of Houston, Digital Storytelling,

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools Getting Started!  Microphone  Computer  Software (Kid Pix, PowerPoint, iMovie, to name a few!)  Websites –50 Tools to Create Your Own Web Based Story50 Tools to Create Your Own Web Based Story –Digital StorytellerDigital Storyteller –Tech Teachers.comTech Teachers.com –DigitalesDigitales  Digital Camera or Web Cam  Storyboards, Stories, Planning Sheets

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools Examples of Our Digital Stories “…The National Reading Panel has cited instructional imaging techniques as among the more promising ways of fostering comprehension development. Emerging Web 2.0 tools will provide new opportunities to do this.” Horizons Examples Tekademy Examples Bull, Glenn Dr. “Storytelling in the Web 2.0 Era” Learning & Leading with Technology Feb. 2008

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools Kid Pix and Digital Storytelling  Great for the K-5 user  Integrates with the iLife Suite  Can Export files to JPG, PDF, Quicktime, iMovie and more  Built in recording capabilities  Slideshow creation  Amazing painting and drawing program

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools PowerPoint  Great for the 4-12 user  Can be saved as a Quicktime movie, PowerPoint Show, JPG, PDF, and more  Dual platform  Slideshow Creation  Slides can be formatted with full JPG photos  Built in recording capabilities

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools iMovie  Great for the 4-12 user  Integrates with Garageband and iPhoto  Can export files to Quicktime, CD, , DVD and more  Allows still, video, and audio editing  Built in recording capabilities

February 1, 2010Lisa Cummings and Jen Flaherty Beachwood City Schools Now we’ll show you how to…  create digital stories using: –Kid Pix –PowerPoint –iMovie

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