Monday, October 23, 2006

Digital Storytelling Classroom Management

Yesterday I spent about two hours just going through some of the links everyone had suggested for digital storytelling. A lot of the links were repeats but some of them were for sites I never visited. One particular site, (I can't remember who suggested it) had several hyperlinks within it. I sifted through them to find a great article about the classroom management aspect of digital storytelling. It is one thing to say you are going to tackle such a huge project, and it is another thing to manage it successfully so that everyone is doing something --- not just the brains of each group. I thought I'd post the link below for everyone else to check out.

Management for Digital Storytelling Article from Mechelle M. De Craene
http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/printer_804.php

What I really liked about this article is that she reiterates that the pre-production phase of this project is the cornerstone to the digital storytelling process. Students have to be organized in their thoughts, storyboarding, and their story itself. I also liked that she suggested giving each student their own role and perhaps assign the role based on the type of learner they happen to be such as a recorder, director, etc.

Anastasia Rioux

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