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Description:
Bring student stories to life using a digital medium! Add a highly motivational digital story project to ordinary curriculum, and watch even the most tuned out students turn on to learning. Based upon the principles taught in Bernajean Porter’s Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories, learn to craft and share your own digital story. Use basic story creation tools in this Mac-based class including iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes. Through the process of creating your own personally empowering story, experience the transformation that can take place in any student.

Pre-requisites:
Basic computer and internet skills

Skill Level:
All Levels

Type of course:
In Person

Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course, participants will:

• Identify and develop an appropriate digital story using Bernajean Porter’s Seven Step Process in Digital Storytelling and digital media.
• Understand the importance of incorporating multimedia within their classroom writing projects.
• Demonstrate basic skills in the iLife suite products including: iPhoto, iMovie, and iTunes.

Things to bring:
Participants are encouraged to bring story ideas and digital resources to build their stories.

Online Materials:
Class Resources Page
UEN Lesson Plan tool with class materials attached.

Credit:
1 USOE credit
1 Semester hour SUU credit

Points:
14 licensure points

Assignment:
Design a digital story using the skills developed in class. Develop a plan for incorporating in your curriculum either the story you created or a similar project where students create their own stories.

Submit the finished digital story (or sample student product). Include a one page reflective paper discussing how you implemented the digital storytelling process in your classroom and the impact it had. The reflective paper must include a summary of the project idea, the relevant state core curriculum standard and a brief discussion of the project’s implementation – what aspects succeeded, and what areas might be improved. Please use a word processor and conventional formatting for your paper.

This class meets the following NETS for teachers:
I. B II. A, II. B, II. C, II. D, II. E, III. A, III. B, III. C, III. D, IV. A, IV. B, V. B, VI. A, VI. B