After watching several informative videos and reading blogs on digital storytelling in the classroom, I am planning to use them in my Pre-K class.The goal is to have students demonstrate their work through this technology tool. In a few weeks I will be ready to read The Dot to my class. After the read aloud, reacting to the text and brainstorming students will create a picture that shows how they will make their mark. I plan to take a picture of each piece of work and have each student narrate their sentence. A Little Bird digital tool seems simple, creative and a perfect way for my Pre-K students to explore their individual creativity. One particular class book made me definitely want to try this. Check it out.
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This site also has templates to help correlate with the common core state standards. In addition, it meets the technology standards as presented in the NETS. For this particular project I am interested in the first two standards 1. Creativity and Innovation 2. Communication and Collaboration. I can also see other areas of technology being used through this site.
The example you found of the Little Bird Tale is great. Be sure to share it in class. You can also embed it in your post. There is an embed code right on the Little Bird Tale the students created. Try to see if you can embed it.
ReplyDeleteThanks Judy!
ReplyDeleteI have been struggling with ideas about how I can implement a digital story with my preschoolers. Not so much how I would use it, but the how to create one. I appreciated Little Bird Tales link you provided. I currently used Storybird, but I wanted to implement my own voice. Little Bird Tales seems very user friendly and maybe I will experiment with it for my literacy project.
ReplyDeleteThanks Rachel!