Check out what it's like to be young again! Watch my digital story about our kindergarten class.
I can't wait to show my students the final product- they'll love it! Also, the parents will enjoy seeing this during orientation.
"A Day in the Life of a Mount Olive Kindergartener!"
Thank you to my fellow grad students for their input on my rough draft. I listened to all your suggestions and it definately improved my video.
I love your video Cassandra. I agree with you that parents will love to see this video at orientation/open house. It will allow them to have a better idea of what their child is doing throughout the school day. I also think that students will be happy to see what they will be doing and it will set them at ease. Visuals are such a great way to show students their daily expectations, what a wonderful idea!
ReplyDeleteThis is so cool! I'm teaching a new elective to my 7th and 8th graders next year called "Digital Storytelling", and am searching for ways to introduce the class. Of course, this makes perfect sense and would look really, really good on Parent Night! Do you have suggestions for when students are creating these themselves? Roughly how long does it take?
ReplyDeleteI have tons of info for you. I will send it you way soon. I'm working on another one with my students now. They are writing, drawing and narrating their own books. You can do that with any grade level. But there are endless possibilities. I used windows movie maker, but there are other programs too. I'll keep you posted!
DeleteCassandra, what a fantastic use of digital storytelling -- capturing "A Day in the Life" of your students! I can imagine that this story will pique the interests of your incoming kinder students :) Your current students must feel so proud to be setting an example for future students. A neat spin on this idea for the older kiddos might be "Everything You Need to Know for [insert grade]: Tips and Tricks!" I can guarantee you that my third graders would eat this up as an end-of-the-year project...now the wheels are spinning!
ReplyDeleteNice work with the video, Cassandra. I think if it is used for the incoming students, it will help quell any of their fears of the upcoming year. Good job!
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