Welcome to Title IID Grant – Technology Enhancing

Language Learners

Digital MovieMaking in the ClassroomPresented By:

Barbara King, NYCDOECurtis Evans, NYCDOE

District 29

2 Middle Schools

IS192IS238

6 Elementary SchoolsHoly Trinity LutheranSts. Joachim & Anne

St. Joseph’s Parish Day SchoolSt. Catherine of Sienna

IncarnationSacred Heart

District 30

2 High SchoolsNewcomers HS

Long Island City HS

6 Middle SchoolsIS126IS141IS145IS204IS230IS235

4 Elementary SchoolsPS111PS151

Our Lady of FatimaSt. Francis of Assisi

Title IID Grant Purpose

• Targeting differentiating instruction with not only ELA classrooms – but also ELL learners.

• 2 Teachers per school per semester are offered instruction on several tools to integrate in the ELL/ELA classroom.

• “Push-in” classroom support as well as in-class PD offered

• 2 Laptops per school, microphones and technical support offered to all participants.

Grant Overview

• Instruction included:

• SMARTBoard Training

• Podcasting

• Internet Safety & Web Literacy

• Creating websites

• Web 2.0 Tools in the Classroom

• Digital Media & Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

TELL Title IID GrantQueens

Course Outline

• Create accounts VoiceThread, PowerMediaPlus

• Storyboarding

• Copyright Discussion

• Educational Uses

• Finding Resources

• MovieMaking

Digital Storytelling

• Digital Storytelling refers to using new digital tools to help ordinary people to tell their own stories

• The product is a 2-5 minute film that combines a narrated piece of writing, photographic images and a musical soundtrack. The philosophy behind this type of digital storytelling is one of using technology to enable those without a technical background to produce works that tell a story using moving images and sound.

What is Digital Storytelling?

• Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences and insights.

• Let’s examine “voice” http://www.digitalstorytellingworld.com/

““A story should be remembered for its soul, not the A story should be remembered for its soul, not the bells and whistles”.bells and whistles”.

If you don’t have a good or powerful story, script, If you don’t have a good or powerful story, script, and storyboard, then there will never be enough and storyboard, then there will never be enough decorating that technology can do to cover it up. decorating that technology can do to cover it up. On the other hand, demonstrating exemplar On the other hand, demonstrating exemplar craftsmanship with mixing the technical elements craftsmanship with mixing the technical elements in artful ways to unfold your story creates in artful ways to unfold your story creates compelling, insightful, original and memorable compelling, insightful, original and memorable pieces of communication. The richness of a good pieces of communication. The richness of a good story can be diluted when technical elements are story can be diluted when technical elements are over used, distracting, or just plain annoying.over used, distracting, or just plain annoying.

http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/index.php

The 7 Elements of Storytelling• Point of View – What is the main point of the story and what

is the perspective of the author?• A Dramatic Question - A key question that keeps the

viewer's attention and will be answered by the end of the story.

• Emotional Content -Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the story to the audience.

• The Gift of Your Voice - A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context.

• The Power of the Soundtrack - Music or other sounds that support and embellish the storyline.

• Economy - Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer.

• Pacing - The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses.

ISTE/ELA/ELL Standards

• http://www.iste.org/Content/NavigationMenu/NETS/ForStudents/2007Standards/NETS_for_Students_2007.htm

• http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/ciai/ela/pub/elalearn.pdf

• http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/biling/resource/ESL/standards.html

Pixar Mantra

• “First you jump out of an airplane – then you figure out how to build the parachute”

• “Roll Sound” – Cameraman “Rolling Sound” – Director “Action”

• Digital Storytelling is more than words – it empowers students to create and express

• Wide shots set the scene, medium shots what is happening, close ups-emit emotion (especially the eyes)- “Ken Burns effect”

• http://www.pbs.org/civilwar/film/video.html

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4 P’s of MovieMaking• Plan (Story Board - http://bubbl.us/ -The “Blueprint”) - Scripting• Produce (tools – process IMovie, Windows

MovieMaker, “B” roll footage PowerMediaPlus.com ) – Making the video

• Present (share, broadcast voicethread.com) - Editing

• Pheedback (peer/self assessment) – Showtime!

What tools do I need to get started?

Necessities

Computer for Editing

Editing Software

Camera (love the Flip!)

Headphones

Luxuries

TripodLights

Copyright Discussion• Intellectual property violations are legal concerns and include copyright infringement or trademark violation. • INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY covers “the properties generated by thought processes, creativity, and

organizational capabilities of individuals and legal entities which are fixed in a tangible form” (Caseiro,2000, p.18). There are four kinds of intellectual property. We are most concerned with Copyrights and Trademarks in entries.

• COPYRIGHT: First, think simply: If you did not write it, draw it, or produce the .gif or applet, etc….then you need to pay close attention to what is OK legally. Copyright means “Original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression “(Caseiro,2000, p.20) “Copyright” means that the author or artist or software developer claims protection for the expression of original work they did. They have the right to have their work used for pay or with permission, and their work cannot be used without permission. You can see this symbol: © on a work protected with a copyright.

• One Frequently Asked Question is worth answering for all of you: “If something I see says “For Educational Use” or “For Personal Use”, can I use it on my site?”

• The answer is NO. When you publish on the web, you publish for the whole world. “Educational use” means IN A CLASSROOM. “Personal Use” means for your private use.These are tough ideas to think about.

• Reference:Caseiro, Chris. Basics of Intellectual Property. GPSOLO, American Bar Association, 17, 3, 18-23 (April/May).

• http://www.benedict.com/Default.aspx

• http://www.idesktop.tv

Copyright-Free Images• Search millions of photographs from the LIFE photo archive, stretching from the

1750s to today. Most were never published and are now available for the first time through the joint work of LIFE and Google.Here is the link. http://images.google.com/hosted/life

National Archives

National Archives Experience

Digital Vaults

Archival Research Catalog

Access to Archival Databases

Our Documents

http://pics4learning.com

http://powermediaplus.com

Copyright your own workhttp://creativecommons.org/license/

How to Integrate Digital Media into Everyday Curriculum

Integrating these concepts into the classroom:

• Make your own video focusing on the Make your own video focusing on the aspects you want to teach.aspects you want to teach.

• Virtual field trips.Virtual field trips.

• As a Lesson Hook

• As a Way to Integrate Multimedia into the Curriculum

• As a Way to Make Difficult Content More Understandable

• To Facilitate Classroom Discussion

• Publicize the great things you’re doing!

Why use Digital Media in the Classroom?

Engagement

Enjoyment

Enthusiasm

E = AAchievement

Media Literacy

Critical Thinking SkillsBloom’s Taxonomy

Gardner’s Theory of Multiple Intelligences

Benefits for Students

• Research & Writing Skills

• Organization Skills

• Technology Skills

• Presentation Skills

• Interpersonal Skills

• Problem-Solving Skills

The Holocaust: Then & Now

World War II - Japan

Student Interview

Flowers

Bloods vs. Crypts

Ancient Egypt

Try Animation!

Let’s Learn how to use the video camera, headset and tripod