make writing come to life with digital storytelling

Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling

Going Digital in the K-12 ClassroomAn Advancing Literacy Workshop

Introductions

• Alexa Driggers -3rd grade teacher CMS• Carly Palmer – K/1 teacher CMS• Graduate students at UNCC in the

Reading K-12 program

AgendaHow To Make Writing Come to

Life with Digital Storytelling!Here’s what we are covering in this presentation: • Downloading Photo Story 3• How To Use Photo Story 3 • Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum• Independent Practice & Follow Up Discussion• Questions & Answers

Downloading Photo Story 3

• Free for Windows operating systemshttp://www.photo-freeware.net/download_win-eng.php?id=381 Or search “Photo Story 3”

• Click on the link that says “click here to start download now”

• Select “Run” application• Find and open Photo Story 3 under “All

Programs”

Opening Photo Story 3

Step 1: Import Pictures

Step 2: Edit and Arrange Pictures

Step 3: Add Titles To Pictures

Step 4: Add Narration

Step 5 (optional): Add Music

Step 6: Save Story

Step 7: View Story• View on Computer or Smart Board• Save to a DVD and view on TV•Upload file to YouTube

Questions & Answers

• How can you use Photo Story 3 in your classroom?– Type your answers in the white space– Writing Across the Curriculum• How To Books, All About Books, Poetry, Field Trips,

Math Story Problems, Science Experiments!

Next Steps

• Over the next two days try out some of the tools we’ve shared with you here and think about how you can use them in your classroom with your students.

Next Steps

• That discussion is at the Adolescent Literacy Ning at:

http://adolescent-literacy.ning.com/group/advancingliteracy

• Scroll down the page to find the discussion forum for this presentation titled:

[Make Writing Come to Life with Digital Storytelling]

• Information about this is included in the workshop packet we sent out in an email.

For More Information

For more information about this workshop and others go to the Center for Adolescent Literacies website at:

http://literacy.uncc.edu/

Presentation materials including this Power Point are posted at:

http://literacy.uncc.edu/professional-development

Thank You!

Thank you for joining us today. In about a week, you will receive a short survey that helps us evaluate these workshops. Thanks in advance for filling that out.

For additional questions contact:Bruce Taylor

Director, The Center for Adolescent Literacies at UNC Charlotte

bruce.taylor@uncc.edu