This document provides an overview of various technology integration tools that could be used for science instruction, including digital storytelling software and web 2.0 tools. It discusses tools like Comic Life for creating graphic novels, Adobe Premiere Elements for video editing, and MindView for mind mapping. Google Docs is presented as a file sharing tool. The power of digital storytelling for developing creativity and depth of thought is explored. Various resources for digital storytelling projects, images, video and sound are provided.

1. By: Laura CusickWCS Instructional Technology FacilitatorJune 15th, 20111Technology Integration Tools: Science

2. DisclaimerJune 16, 20112Dear Science Department,I am NOT an expert…In any way, shape, or form!Signed, Laura Cusick

3. The PlanJune 16, 20113What can I use on my new computer?The Power of Digital StorytellingWhat Web 2.0 tools could I try with students?More resources than you can imagine

4. New Software ToolsJune 16, 20114What can I use on my new computer?

5. Comic LifeJune 16, 20115Comic/Graphic Novel CreatorCan upload and file type including photos & original scanned art

6. Adobe Premiere ElementsJune 16, 20116Video Editing SoftwareEasily create movies with images, video, narration & music

7. MindView 4June 16, 20117Graphic Organizer (Mind Mapping) SoftwareUse to brainstorm topics or projects and then click to generate outlines, presentations or websites

8. Google DocsJune 16, 20118File-sharing Web ApplicationAllows for multiple users to view, edit and comment on a single document, while recording changes made by each user.

9. Creativity + Depth of Thought = Authentic VoiceJune 16, 20119The Power of Digital Storytelling

10. June 16, 201110Narrative imagining – story – is the fundamental instrument of thought … rational capacities depend on it. It is our chief means of looking into the future, of predicting, of planning, and of explaining … most of our experience, our knowledge and our thinking is organized as stories.-Mark Turner, The Literary Mind (quoted in A Whole New Mind, by Daniel Pink)

11. June 16, 201111When data is ubiquitously accessible, factsare increasingly less important than theability to place these facts in context andto deliver them with emotional impact.-Daniel Pink, A Whole New Mind

12. The Process is Critical for SuccessJune 16, 201112Depth of thought & personal connections

13. Forces an analysis of some type

14. Rubric focused on 7 desired outcomes

15. Scaffold for Skill-Building

16. Measure Authenticity & Skill

17. Careful Planning & Storyboarding Tools

18. Video Editing Program

19. Royalty-free Images, Video & SoundSimple Project: The RiddleDigital Storytelling in Science13June 16, 2011

20. 14The Riddle Planning SheetJune 16, 2011

21. Meaningful Evaluation: RubistarJune 16, 201115

22. How to Scaffold SkillsJune 16, 201116from a sequence of imagesfrom a sequence of images with specified personafrom a muted video clipfrom a muted video clip and/or sequence of images with background soundwith student-generated images, sound and set narrativewith student-generated images, video, sound and student-created narrative

23. Amazing ResourceJune 16, 201117Digital Storytelling Heaven!Philosophy, Current Resources, Links to Experts, Tutorials, etc… Basically a treasure trove of informationhttp://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/

24. The Web is an Infinite ResourceJune 16, 201118What Web 2.0 tools could I try with students?