Gena,+Real+Life,+Round+2

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2. Choose project roles: time keeper, camera people, director, storyboard sketch artists, storyboard pitcher, editors, cast 3. Choose a theme/story and begin sketching storyboard frames to construct a storyboard of the project 4. Edmodo student sign-up and first reflection postings || Language Arts/Technology integration, digital citizenship, technology tools for communication || 1. Where we are so far: I had to backtrack and model the difference between a stream of disconnected camera images (carpet, shoes, kids making faces) and taking focused video images that support the theme we chose as a group so we could have an initial finished product as a point of reference before we go to small group projects. We finished the initial product, 24 frames/template, in 5 class sessions. http://goo.gl/OqNPF We had to backtrack and focus on group agreements first, we have held brainstorming/reflection sessions over Edmodo, we are still working on storyboarding, and we have completed 5 frames on camera during class time. Still work in progress. Total 5 class sessions, plus 2 lunch periods. http://goo.gl/sVZn1 2. What took a different turn, but good one: Group Agreements: http://goo.gl/yTu3N 3rd-5th/Group Storyboard http://goo.gl/TgNH6 http://goo.gl/I7lFn http://goo.gl/FkKzg ||
 * **Title**: ||< Digital Storytelling-Real Life Round 2 ||
 * **Subject**: ||< Language Arts Integration ||
 * **Grade**: ||< 3rd-5th/Group ||
 * **Time Frame**: ||< After School Program - First Semester: 1 hr per week ||
 * **Summary:** ||< Foundations needed: Collaborative Group Agreements; project roles; storyboarding; Edmodo Sign-up ||
 * **Tasks**: ||< 1. Share individual sketches of agreements we want to consider; discussion about core agreements; post on Edmodo DST group page
 * Objectives ||< What TEKS or other objectives does this activity/lesson project meet?
 * Assessment: ||< How will you assess the students learning?
 * Group agreements: discussion to choose our 3 to 5 top agreements and observation of group honoring our agreements
 * Storyboarding: create individual storyboard-frames, peer-editing frames to create a cohesive project-storyboard
 * iMovie video taping: follow the storyboard plan and take camera shots according to the directions on each frame
 * Edmodo: review posted reflections about progress of group work, and participation in discussions about the project ||
 * Resources: ||< What resources will be needed?
 * Equipment: iPads with iMovie and DropBox apps; MacBooks
 * YouTube videos: Pixar's Toy Story Storyboards and Pitching; Miniscule animation (story telling focus)
 * Websites: Edomodo account, Roller Mache (camera shots, storyboarding), Budde:e ||
 * **Teacher**
 * Reflections:** || Please share what went well, what was challenging and what you might tweak or modify for your next round....
 * I kept thinking...it's taking us TOO long to get to 'my' original plan of creating a Digital Story about what the kids want to be when they grow up, but actually, what they are experiencing right now through the process developing their video project is more real world because they are learning how to be a productive part of a team that is using technology tools for visual communication.
 * The amount of time it's taking to complete the project is directly related to how 'teacher-directed' the project is. And that's alright. I have to adjust according to the needs of the group:
 * 1stgr/Group Teacher-directed
 * 3rd-5th/Group Student-directed
 * About my 1st gr/Group: at one point, I had to step in to stop one kiddo from video taping another in spite of the second student's repeated requests to stop and wait until later. We had a circle time discussion and we all agreed that personal space and the word 'no' need to be respected, and how this is part of good digital citizenship. During the discussion, several students brought up bullying so we touched on cyberbullying and posting videos without permission. I'm going to introduce them to Budde:e.
 * Good outcome with my 1st gr/Group is that this behavior hasn't been repeated, and the group is more integrated and focused.
 * About my 3rd-5th/Group: I've traded my agenda for theirs because of the difference between just completing a project and experiencing the process needed to acquire the tools to operate more independently next time, AND, mentor the next incoming group.
 * Good outcomes with my 3rd-5th/Group: we are honoring our agreements and gradually learning to trade, blend and accept each others' ideas to enhance what we are aiming for in our project. Several kids are playing with the idea of becoming technology mentors for our school! Also, we realized as a group that we needed additional time to communicate, so we added an Edmodo Lunch time for brainstorming/reflecting, and a Budde:e Lunch time to go through the digital citizenship modules in that program. Today, we had another working lunch and one student started on Budde:e with the help of another who has completed all the modules, while a third student practiced pitching our storyboard, and a fourth one experimented with 'ghostly' special effects on Photo Booth to produce a video segment to match her storyboard frame. This keeps evolving! ||
 * **Examples**: ||< Links to teacher or student work examples.

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