We were inspired by the blog post Using Instagram in an Educational Context, which cites Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences. In this post, we’ve linked great examples from Instagram and its own blog to …… Continue reading
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Finding Images to Share, Re-use and Mix
by Olibac
by ramseymohsen
There are many places on the web where you can find images that have been licensed in such a way that you can use, share and/or modify them without requesting permission. Most of these images are made available under Creative Commons licenses.…
Digital Storytelling as a Morning Meeting Activity
Responsive Classrooms always are looking for morning meeting activities that are fun and energize students for the day. If the students can warm up and use their brains, too, it’s even better! Recently, I learned about Pechaflickr from Alan Levine‘s #ETMOOC session: Web Storytelling: 50 Ways, 5-Card Flickr & Pecha Flickr.…
Sharing Your Voice & Digital Storytelling
Bella & Jules
I’ve been teaching digital storytelling to middle schoolers for the past nine years, and the tools have been getting easier and easier to use. I began by using Pinnacle Studio on a standalone desktop computer–not connected to our SLOW school network. I liked it, but always ran into issues with rendering…crashing, taking FOREVER, formatting, etc. Eventually, we bought Flip cameras and were able to also purchase Adobe Premiere Elements and a new, much faster computer. What a difference…! The only problem is that we only had one editing computer in the school and of course each of the groups of students needed the one computer at the same time. This was always frustrating because I only had the students three times a week for 30 minutes each day. I was excited to learn about new online editing options through #etmooc Topic 2 Digital Storytelling. Unfortunately, I was distracted by #edcampstl and #metc13 and haven’t been able to explore some of the activities I was really looking forward to. Continue reading
Five Card Story
Five Card Story: Willpower
a #etmooc story created by mssanderson_ITS

flickr photo by ncaramanico

flickr photo by Henriksent

flickr photo by cogdogblog

flickr photo by mrsdkrebs

flickr photo by cogdogblog
Mmmmmmm… yum.
Can’t I just have one? Or twenty?
I’ll need to wear out my sneakers to work that off.…
Six Word Stories: A Few Ideas
I was introduced to the idea of the Six Word Story during the digital storytelling topic in #ETMOOC. For those who do not know, there is a legend that Ernest Hemingway once composed a six word story in order to win a bet.…
Can storytelling and content courses play nice?
ThingLink: How to Transform an Image into a Full-Blown Lesson
Go beyond enhancing an idea or a lesson—transform your students’ learning with a tool called ThingLink. ThingLink engages your students and drives curiosity and discovery—and it’s free. It’s an image platform that converts an image into an interactive experience by letting you connect music, video, text, images, shops, and more from around the web.…
Introduction.
Greetings… better late than never…Al Smith Teacher-librarian Kelowna Secondary School, Kelowna BC. Canada.
had fun actually but work got in the way.
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