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Unit Plan
Other

Online Journalism

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Use this site for analyzing the effectiveness and techniques of several aspects of web news. Pop up windows guide viewers to important questions about what they will view.
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Handout
Other

Dr. Alice Christie's Digital Media Resources for Teachers

For Students 6th - 8th
Using Apple iMovie in the classroom is explored in this site. There are plenty of student examples as well as directions, tips and tricks to help make iMovie projects educational and visually successful. Several good links available for...
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Article
Other

Infotoday: Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When we use multimedia to develop and share student stories we foster self-expression. The added dimension of video provides a method for these students to display their creativity. This article features an educator's insight and tips in...
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Article
Other

News Lab: Elements of Great Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a great site for broadcast journalists; it focuses on the elements that make a story great. You can find tips on writing from some of the top people in the industry.
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Activity
Cynthia J. O'Hora

Mrs. O's House: Habitat Project Digital Science Journal

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
Develop a digital story to illustrate and inform others about different habitats or ecosystems. Resources for building a digital story are provided.
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Professional Doc
Other

Digital Storytelling: A Practical Classroom Management Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the pre-production phase of a digital storytelling project, and includes some practical advice for using digital storytelling in a classroom.
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Website
Other

Left Foot Right Foot: Integrating I Movie [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This PDF document is a PowerPoint Presentation on integrating iMovie into your classroom. The five basic steps of plan, shoot, capture, edit and publish are outlined and examples of how to use iMovie in your classroom are given. Finally,...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Elizabeth Venditto, New Immigrant Storytelling Tools for Challenging Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on "Immigrant Stories" which has enabled wide participation by giving individuals complete control over their stories and defining "immigrant" broadly. It teaches anyone, including students, to make a digital story...
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Article
Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Elizabeth Venditto, "Immigrant Stories: Ways of Preserving and Teaching"

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article focuses teaching student to create digital immigrant stories. Immigrant Stories teaches participants to create digital stories about their personal or family immigration experiences. Digital stories are brief (3-5 minute)...
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Lesson Plan
Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Look at Me!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students will write an autobiography and use pictures of themselves from past and present to illustrate it.
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Lesson Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Educator's Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
Pixar in a Box is designed to help students answer an age old question: "Why do I need to learn this stuff?" Our answer is found in a series of interactive lessons that demonstrate that the very same concepts that students learn in...
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Website
Other

Internet4 Classrooms: Podcasting and Audio

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Recording stories or poems can help students with their speaking and listening skills. Use the following links to different forms of technology to help students record their stories or create a podcast.
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Unit Plan
TES Global

Blendspace: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to eight different online storytelling websites available for free student use followed by an assessment.
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Whiteboard
ClassFlow

Class Flow: Digital Storytelling With Photo Story3

For Students Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart gives the student or teacher an introduction to Microsoft PhotoStory 3, a free program which can make photographs into movies.
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Graphic
Curated OER

Clip Art by Phillip Martin: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th
A clipart illustration by Phillip Martin titled "Digital Storytelling."