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Welcome to M86VuSafe.com. ViewPure - Videos without clutter. 22 Effective Print Advertising Poster Design Inspirations. Past & Present. Afterschool Lesson Plan - Digital Storytelling. Digital Storytelling This lesson was excerpted from the Afterschool Training Toolkit under the promising practice: Developing Self-Expression And Creativity Description: In this lesson, students create original stories that include text, drawings, photos, animation, audio, and video. They use technology tools, such as digital cameras and computers, to bring their stories to life. Story ideas can come from personal and family experiences, connections to other cultures, and real or imaginary people, places, or events.

Learning Goals: Enhance communication skills through asking questions, expressing opinions, constructing narratives, and writing for an audience Develop and strengthen computer skills using software that combines text, still images, audio, video, and other media Materials: Choose the technology tools that are appropriate for the skill level of your students. Preparation: Instructors should determine students' computer skills level and select appropriate technology tools. Afterschool Training Toolkit | Developing Self-Expression and Creativity. Practice in Action Developing Self-Expression and Creativity involves using technology tools to produce a variety of creative works. Activities usually begin with a central theme or content area focus—for example, literacy for storytelling, journals and publications, science and math for reports, and arts through digital images and video production.

Students work together in groups, with the instructor guiding the activity and assisting the groups. By completing these technology-enriched activities, students develop and enhance their technology skills. Decide whether the project or product will focus on literature, science, math, art, or a combination of content areas. Remember that assessing student skills, completing the activity, and determining computer needs are all part of the planning process. Students build independent thinking skills, gain ownership, and learn from one another when they are engaged in creative challenges. Planning Your Lesson Lesson Planning Template (PDF) Ast_tech_getstarted.pdf (application/pdf Object) Afterschool Training Toolkit | The 5Es. The 5E's Instructional Model provides a format for lessons that builds on what students already know. The 5Es sequence the learning experience so that learners construct their understanding of a concept across time.

Each phase of the learning sequence can be described using five words that begin with "E": engage, explore, explain, extend, and evaluate. Learning Phase Student's Roles Teacher's Roles Engage/Excite Students are introduced to the concept. Teachers ask questions of students and engage them in the guided inquiry lessons. Explore Students explore or experiment at this point. Teachers set up the investigation and guide students in inquiry, asking probing questions to clarify understanding. Explain Students verbalize their understandings from the "explore" phase, look for patterns in their data, and describe what they observed. Teachers ask probing questions that encourage students to look for patterns or irregularities in their data.

Extend Evaluate. _lesson_template.pdf (application/pdf Object) CL Rubric.pdf (application/pdf Object) Photo+Story+3+JZC+Handout.pdf (application/pdf Object) Photo Story 3 | Technology Resource Teachers. Many teachers are confused about the 2 different ways to save in Photostory. Let's take a look at why would need to save in different ways in Photostory. 1. The first way you can save is as a "project", which indicates you are NOT done with the Photostory and you need to come back to it at a later time to finish it. You can save a project at any time in the program by clicking "Save Project" at the bottom of the screen.

The file will have the extension .wp3 , which stands for Windows Photostory 3, and it has the Photostory icon attached to it (see picture below). 2. At this point, it will default to saving your Photostory movie in "My Documents" in "My videos" unless you browse to a different folder (See step one).