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Digital Storytelling

If you are interested in motivating your students to write in an innovative, creative, engaging and tech savvy  way, my classmate Chrissia Haughton created a Relevant and Innovative Learning Scenario (RILS) that demonstrates how to introduce ComicLife in primary grades, K-2 , in a fun, unique  and comical kind of way!

Visit Educator Studio to see how Chrissia Haughton

• Introduces the software ComicLife to teachers and students
• Creates a unique storyboard about penguins using students very own pictures
• Receives comments about what I and others thought about her innovative lesson that is adaptable for any classroom in so many ways

Here is the link, just click and read your way to making your own comic today!

http://educatorstudio.com/lessons/lets-make-comic

While you are at Educator Studio, you might as well check out another fun lesson on using emergent technology for digital storytelling in the primary grade classroom.

Read another classmates RILS that shares an additional tech savvy way 1st grade teachers can teach sequencing and retelling  using a  cool  emergent tool found at  www.storyjumper.com  . See how April Woosley takes a fundamental primary grade activity for assessment and  upgrades the old cut and paste version of ordering  parts of a story  in a tech savvy 21st century way.

Visit Educator Studio to see how April Woosley:

• Step’s up her authentic reading comprehension activities by going digital
• Uses Story Jumper to connect Digital Story Sequencing purposefully within students everyday life
• Foster’s collaboration and communication in the classroom using digital story telling to retell their story in their creative  way.

Here is the link to April Woosley’s “tech savvy” lesson. Send her a comment and let her know what you a think!

http://educatorstudio.com/lessons/clever-1st-grader-who-swallowed-story

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• Educators, can you imagine your written and spoken words come to life so your students can actually hear and see them?
• Are you looking for creative and fun ways to  enhance your  communication skills while capturing and engaging your students and audiences attention?
• Do you want to encourage your students to explore their own creative writing skills and imagination with virtual tools through storytelling?

Check out educator reviews on Paula’s blog for a cool tool called Xtranormal.  My classmate Paula found a great way to add a novel experience into your day that communicates any simple written message through both audio and visual way’s too.   See Paula’s review of this virtual education tool,  watch her video she created to relay a memorable message to her music students, and follow her simple steps to creating your own animation video for your classroom.

Here is a link to Paula’s blog so you can check out more about Xtranomal.

http://paulamichele.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/bp2_xtranormal/?blogsub=confirmed#blog_subscription-2