This lesson plan introduces students to digital storytelling by having them create a "Who Am I" story at the beginning of the school year. Students will fill out a questionnaire, provide photos, and narrate their digital story with help from the teacher. The goal is for students to get to know each other through sharing their personalized digital stories.

1. Lesson Plan Title: Digital Storytelling: Who Am I?
Concept / Topic To Teach:
To allow students to get to know one another better at the beginning of the school year.
Standards Addressed:
General Goal(s):
• To help students get to know one another better during the first week of school.
• To introduce students to Digital Storytelling
Specific Objectives:
Required Materials:
• Who Am I student questionnaire,
• photographs brought in by students,
• microphone,
• Photo Story
Anticipatory Set (Lead-In):
• I will share my personal Who Am I story with students
Step-By-Step Procedures:
1. I will show my own Who Am I digital story with my students, and discuss
how they will create their own
2. Students will fill out the Who Am I questionnaire with their parents, and find
a picture that represents their answer to each question. Pictures can be cut out
of magazines, printed from the Internet, or borrowed from family photos.
3. Once students have turned in their photos, I will take a picture of each of their
photos and upload them into Photo Story.
4. Students will come to the computer individually to narrate their photos using
the answers to their questionnaire, with help of myself or another adult.
5. Finished Who Am I stories will be shared with the class
Plan For Independent Practice:
Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):

2. Assessment Based On Objectives:
Adaptations (For Students With Learning Disabilities):
• Students who need extra support will receive it from their family and from me in
both writing and speaking
Extensions (For Gifted Students):
Possible Connections To Other Subjects: