Thing #10 - Digital Story Telling

I wrote a story that relates to the first Jewish Passover on the night in which the Israelites began their journey from the land Egypt towards the land of Canaan (Exodus 12). Below is a screenshot of my storyboard that I designed using Bubbl.us.

To view my PhotoStory regarding the first Passover of Exodus 12, please visit one of the following links:
1. PhotoStory on Weebly webpage: http://gvbzone.weebly.com/bible.html
2. PhotoStory in Screencast: http://www.screencast.com/t/KLUSAPKJRNY

Digital story telling is a fascinating way to meet multiple means of expression. Not only could I use the stories in the context of the classroom as an instructional tool, but I could also use them as an engaging way to teach my students while they are at home by posting the digital stories to my "Face of the Classroom" website. Furthermore, my students would be delighted to have the opportunity to make their own digital stories. While making the story, they would be motivated to research a specific topic in order to provide intelligent content and they would be allowed to express their personal creativity.

Some of the ways in which my PhotoStory on the Passover could be improved is by including more pictures near the end and by using pictures that are more relevant to the topic. My difficulty in making the digital story was finding free pictures that related well to my story. All the pictures that I used came from pics4learning.com. My students also suggested that I avoid reading my story since while making the recording.


Content Standards:

Aligned to NETS-T: 1.a, 1.b, 1.c, 2.a, 2.c, 2.d, 3.a, 3.c, 3.d, 4.b

Connections to Marzano Strategies: Summarizing and note Taking; Non-Linguistic Representations; Cues, Questions and Advanced Organizers