StudentSpeak Webisode 15.
MY COUNTRY: Land, People, Spirit. Global Project: Visualize Poetry Around the World. Description of Project: Based on Taylor Mali’s visit to The American School of Sao Paulo, Meryl Zeidenberg and I were inspired to amplify students’ poetry writing by adding a visual and audio layer as well as connect them globally to other students’ poems.
We are launching the Visualize Poetry Around The World project and are looking forward to connecting teachers and students, bringing global awareness and encouraging them to look beyond their own backyard and their own perspective. Objective: Encourage students’ global awareness and their ability to share their traditions and experiences based on their cultural heritage or geographic locationsSupport Third Culture Kids and expats to express their unique experiences through poetry and make the advantages and challenges of International living accessible to geographically rooted children and vice-versa Process: Become a member of the project by joining the wiki. . [ There is no specific beginning or ending date for this project.
Expectations: Third Culture Kid Poem. I was lucky to have shared my childhood bedroom for a few years with my grandmother, when she had come to live with us after an illness.
At bedtime, she would tell me stories of her parents and three brothers and growing up in East Prussia, fleeing to the West after WW2 and the things that occupied her mind. I was hooked on storytelling. The fascination grew when technology became available and opened up possibilities that were just not possible before. I would give anything to have been able to record my grandmother’s stories and have shared them with my own children years later. Humans are natural storytellers. Maybe as part of a natural process, we tend to stick first to the familiar and “substitute” our task (see Ruben Puentedura’s SAMR model). Over the years, I have seen in classrooms and created myself many stories, that are: Examples: Examples: Christopher Columbus creates 21st Century ExplorersListening, Comprehension Podcast Example: Collaborative Storybook: Florida Explorers. Creating Digital Stories with iPad.
Creating Digital Stories with iPad by Susan Stephenson, www.thebookchook.com I love to find ways for children to create digital stories.
Apart from the fact that I applaud kids creating ANY stories, digital storytelling has the added benefit of including technology. Much to do with tech is inherently motivating for kids, and digital tools provide many different formats for them to explore. So here’s my beginning list of iPad apps that can be used in some way to tell a digital story, either oral, in picture form, written or a combination. Paperdoll Patrol - How to Make Digital Texts. The Digital Storytelling Tools Shelf. Storify Reviews. Gone Google Story Builder. ZooBurst. 50 Sites and Apps for Digital Storytelling. Digital Storytelling. Voki Home.
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