Powerful Learning Journeys Using digital storytelling within an ePortfolio to show the learning process

Digital Storytelling definition using new digital tools to help ordinary people tell their own 'true stories' in a compelling and emotionally engaging form. - Wikipedia

ePortfolio - define An organised collection of digital and/or analog artifacts and reflective statements that demonstrate growth over time. - Dr Helen Barrett An electronic format for learners to record their work, their achievements and their goals, to reflect on their learning, and to share and be supported in this - fd learning - ePortfolios: Their Use and Benefits 2004

Purpose of our ePortfolios reflective thinking and goal setting personalising learning formative assessment student voice understanding future steps for own learning creativity utilises different learning styles building a learning community celebrating success providing a tool to facilitate life long learning collaborative learning

digital storytelling in learning power of student voice makes meaning for the student utilises different learning styles creativity formative assessment - student growth in content and skills

digital storytelling components images - still or moving story teller’s own voice

goal setting and reflection on goals talk about process and progress show outcomes and next steps for learning ePortfolios help students tell their learning stories

Digital Story Creation Tools

Computer software Movies: Movies:iMovieMoviemaker Audio (podcasting) : GaragebandAudacity Slideshows:KeynotePowerpoint Photostory 3

VoicethreadCapzles OnetruemediaVuvoxSlide Glogster edu Scrapblog ViddixAnimoto Myna Jing project Screentoaster Multimedia Interactive Posters Screencasting Slideshows Video Writing Online Tools Audio ietherpad

Processes write the script storyboard collect images collect images record the script record the script match the images and script publish

Storyboard

storyboard

Collecting images photographs images from the internet scanned drawings images from other programmes saved as jpg - e.g. make in powerpoint, comic life or kidpix and export

Recording the script Garageband or Audacity EzispeakiPods Audio Recorder (Mac) mp3 recorder