My Digital Story

My Digital Story! I created a digital story on the biography of Marian Anderson. I used this video for two reasons.  First, I used this video with my class to summarize a story, "When Marian Sang".  The story is about the life and dreams of Marian Anderson, however, there were parts that were difficult for my students to follow.  After viewing this video I felt they had a better understanding of the important events in Marian's life.  The second reason I chose this video is to use as a model for my students to create thier own digital story.  For black history month my students have chosen a person of interest that they have been researching.  Before the end of the week, the students will attempt to create a digital story to summarize the life of their chosen person.  Wish me luck! I hope it works out as well for them as it has for me.                                                                                                             

 

 

Digital Storytelling

I love the idea of engaging my students in a digital story.  While searching for some ideas I came across this website Make a Storybook tool.  The characters look like powerpuff girls and I know my third graders will love that! Using this tool students can create thier own stories and watch them come to life!