This document discusses how digital storytelling can be used to engage students with STEM content. It defines digital storytelling as using digital tools to tell a story and lists some benefits, such as encouraging critical thinking and giving students a voice. It then provides examples of different types of stories and outlines the digital storytelling process. Finally, it demonstrates how three specific digital tools - Animoto, Glogster, and VoiceThread - can be used to create digital stories and provides tutorial resources and example story ideas for each tool.

1. STEMulating Student Engagement withDigital Storytelling Day of Discovery  May 7, 2011 Tracy Carpenter tcarpenter@resstpaul.org Twitter: carptracy

2. Essential Question How can we engage students with STEM-related content through digital storytelling?

3. Session Resources http://iheartedtech.wikispaces.com Check out the LiveBinder

4. STEM

5. STEM “STEM Education attempts to transform the typical teacher- centered classroom by encouraging a curriculum that is driven by problem- solving, discovery, exploratory learning, and require students to actively engage a situation in order to find its solution.” - DRPF Consultants, DRPFconsultants.com

6. STEM Student-centered Cross-curricular Critical thinking across disciplines Opportunities for PBL Exercise the creative process

7. “The 1980’s called. They want their worksheets back.” - unknown #edchat user, Twitter

9. Audio

10. Images

11. Interactive

13. Easy to answer the what and the how.But…. WHY?

14. Why should I use digital storytelling? What are thelearning outcomes?

15. Why Digital Storytelling? encourages critical thinking promotes collaboration builds visual literacy gives students a voice offers students a chance to contribute, not just consume *Writing trumps technology

16. Blooms Digital Image: Andrew Churches, edorigami.wikispaces.com

17. Types of Stories Personal narratives Recount or examine historical events Inform or instruct

19. Storyboard

20. Script

21. Choose digital tools

22. Add images, audio, video

23. Share

24. Embed

25. Project

26. Publishcite sources

27. Make it work for you! Flexible! Fit your classroom Assess student needs Set goals

28. Digital Storytelling with Web 2.0 Tools

29. Why Web 2.0? Ubiquitous Access for all Files not local A+ for collaboration Participatory/Social Flattens classroom Model behavior….Be the learner you want students to be!

30. Challenges of Web 2.0 Connectivity Student usernames and passwords Focus too much on the tool, not the learning

31. Your Responsibility Know the capabilities of Web 2.0 Question…. Why this tool? How will this tool enhance learning? What are the learning outcomes? Don’t be afraid to ask for help!

32. Digital Storytellingwith Web 2.0 tool What you need… computer/ mobile device Internet Connectivity

33. Produces videos You upload content Super easy to share Provides teachers an upgraded account

34. Upload your content *Insert PowerPoint slides by converting them to image files

35. Food Chain: The Deciduous Forest

36. Ideas Create a visual trip through time Publish the designs and diagrams of a car of the future Explain through illustrations a difficult math concept Demonstrate how to protect food from bacteria

37. Asuper fast Animoto tutorial Check out the Wiki for a fabulous (lengthy) tutorial

38. Upload your content Pick your theme

39. Arrange content, add text, spotlight content, reorder

40. Choose your music

41. Customize your video

42. Add title, description

43. Animoto will render your video, then you can view

44. Share, embed, download or export

45. Ancient Engineering:Roman Aqueducts

46. Mix it up! digital art + paper art

47. Engineering the Perfect Superhero

48. Interactive poster Drag and drop interface Upload images, video, audio Offer teacher portal/class management tools Easy to share glogs/easy to keep them private Flash-based

49. Ideas Explore U.S. Ecosystems Examine alternative energy resources Create a virtual zoo exhibit Publish a video diary of plant growth

50. essential question answer essential question students explain how they affect the Chesapeake Bay

51. images link to Google Docs

52. Asuper fast Glogster tutorial Check out the Wiki for a fabulous (lengthy) tutorial

53. name glog upload content tool set

54. Design your glog wall

55. Add text, graphics

56. Add images, video

57. Save, publish, tag glog

58. Share, embed glog

60. VirtualZoo Exhibit ( Blabberize) Giraffe Video

61. Upload (like Animoto) collection of media Easy narration Engage in digital discussions through voice, text and drawings Provides teachers an upgraded account Flash-based

62. Ideas Discuss how electricity is generated Examine why water is essential to life on earth Tell how Reduce–Reuse–Recycle-Recover impacts student’s daily life Narrate and draw new math concepts

63. Crows – What do you think?

64. Asuper fast VoiceThread tutorial Check out the Wiki for a fabulous (lengthy) tutorial

65. Upload your content

66. View, reorder content

67. Comment with voice, text or drawing

68. Share, embed, export

69. Remember! Content first, technology second Keep students at the center of the lesson Ask for help! Make it work for you and your students