1.The Digital Storytelling InitiativeBy Dan Gibson

2. The Digital Storytelling Initiative Agency DescriptionProject Need Project Description ObjectivesBudget Evaluation Conclusion References 3. Agency Description Overall, 79%Cedar Lake, IN pass rate on Jane H. BallISTEP+ ElementaryOver 30% Free517 students and ReducedLunch Title I School 4. Project Need ISTEP+ Results ELA State Average 2010-2011 82% pass Percentage Passing the English/Language ArtsISTEP+90%80%70% 79% 78% 74%3rd Grade60%71%4th Grade50% 62%5th Grade40%2007-2008 2008-2009 Fall Test 2008-2009 Spring Test 009-2010 22010-2011 5. Project Need Benchmark Reading Levels100% 90% 27% 32% 32% 80% 42% 70% 59% 60% Below Grade 50% Level Grade Level 40% 30% 20% 10%0% 1st Grade 2nd Grade 3rd Grade 4th Grade 5th Grade 6. Project Description iPad 2 Learning LabsStudents Engage in... iBook App Digital ReadingDigital Storytelling Writing Apps Digital Writing Podcast Production Apps Podcasting Video Production 7. Digital Storytelling Basics Pre-Production Production Presentation Writing Process Lamberts 7 Provide an Storyboarding elements audience Organize Project RecordingFolders narration GatheringMedia 8. Digital Storytelling Resources Digital Storytelling Online Center for Digital Storytelling Creative Narrations University of Houston Tips for Creating Digital Stories ExploreNets Digital Media Oral History Story Keepers TechTeachers Kelvin Grove Urban Village 9. Project ObjectivesIncrease the 4th-grade English/Language ArtsISTEP+ exam scores by at least fourpercentage points.Improve 4th-grade literacy skills, whileimproving student familiarity with currenttechnologies.Provide iPad 2s and several reading andwriting applications to improve studentsdigital literacy.Improve the ability of four 4th-grade teachersto integrate a variety of digital teaching toolsinto the curriculum. 10. Budget FinancialInformation $41,468.00 ProfessionalDevelopment Apple Consultants Bernajean Porter 11. Equipment 12. Grant Maker ComcastFoundation$77 million Focus: digitalSince 1999 provided literacy 13. EvaluationISTEP+ SurveysNWEA Benchmark Assessment System II Digital Stories Online? 14. Conclusion21stCenturyDigitalSkills LiteracyDigitalNativesStatus 2020 graduation 15. Thank YouVisualBeeHoosier Teacher BlogDan Gibson dgibson@hanover.k12.in.us 219-374-3700 ext. 3732 16. References Allington, R. L. (2001) What Really Matters forStruggling Readers. New York, New York:Addison Wesley Longman. Cox, C. (2002) Teaching Language Arts: AStudent and Response-Centered Classroom, 4thEdition. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon. Daniels, H. & Bizar, M. (2005). Teaching the BestPractice Way: Methods that Matter, k-12.Portland, Maine: Stenhouse Publishers. Erdahl, K. (2011). Indiana Mandate to RequireOnline Testing. Retrieved fromhttp://www.edweek.org/dd/articles/2011/09/29/06mct_inistep.h31.html?print=1 17. References Contd Gibbs, H. (2007). Social Technologies Forecasts New Jobs for 2020.Retrieved fromhttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/05/prweb528154.htm Larson, L.C. (2010). Digital Readers: The Next Chapter in E-Books Readingand Response. The Reading Teacher. 64 (1), 15-22. OHara, S. & Pritchard, R. (2009) What is the impact of Technology onLearning? Retrieved fromhttp://www.education.com/reference/article/what-impact-technology-learning/ (OHara, S. & Pritchard, R. (2008). Reprinted from TeachingVocabulary with Hypermedia, 6-12. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson). Prensky, M. (2001). Digital Natives, Digital Immigrants. Horizon, 9(5), 1-6. 18. References ContdRosenblatt, L.M. (1938). Literatureas exploration. New York:Appleton-Century-Crofts.Rosenblatt, L.M. (1978). Thereader, the text, the poem: Thetransactional theory of the literarywork. Carbondale: SouthernIllinois University Press.Sylverster, R. & Greenidge, W.(2009). Digital Storytelling:Extending the Potential forStruggling Writers. The ReadingTeacher, 63(4), 284-295.