Meeting The Needs of the 21st Century Learners Digital Tools For Digital Kids Visual LiteracyDigital

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Meeting The Needs of the 21st Century Learners
Digital Tools For Digital KidsVisual
Literacy-Digital Stories

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Digital Journey
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Presentation, 2008

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Conference LinksTools For The
Classroomwww.toolsfortheclassroom.comBLOGhttp
//toolsfortheclassroom.blogspot.comWIKIhttp/
/toolsfortheclassroom.wikispaces.com/e-mail
howie_at_frontier.net
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Tools For The Classroom www.toolsfortheclassroom.
com
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Site of The Week
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460,000-Brick Lego Tower Breaks World Record
96.73 feet this Lego tower built in the Rathaus
Platz in Vienna has broken the world record for
the tallest Lego construction in the world. It
built over four days.
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Visual Literacy Test-PowerPoint
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The following projects have the following
criteria associated with each and our goal is to
teach our students how to
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1. Deal with massive amounts of information2.
Become self-directed3. Create global
communications and connections4. Create
life-long learning skills5. Collect and/or
retrieve, organize and manage information6.
Interpret and present information7. Evaluate the
quality, relevance, and usefulness of
information8. Generate accurate information
through the use of existing resources9.
Information and effective communications
skills10. Thinking, problem-solving
interpersonal skills11.Self-directional
skills12. Use digital technology tools 13.
Teach and learn in a 21st century context.14.
Understand Digital Age Literacy15. Understand
Inventive Thinking 16. Produce High Productivity
content
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What is the Global work ethic?

• A LIFELONG LEARNER
• Capacity to deal with massive amounts of
  information
• Global communication skills
• Develop points of views
• Social skills
• Skills of teamwork and collaboration
• Interpret and present information
• Develop a culture of learning to be self directed
• courtesy Alan November

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• 12 Questions to ask yourself on new technologies
• Is it focused on student learning?
• Are there observable results?
• Does it meet the standards?
• Can it show results?
• Does it increase research skills?
• Does it improve communication skills?
• Are students accountable?
• Does it improve student collaboration?
• Does it help students communicate globally?
• Does it help students deal with massive amounts
  of information?
• Does it teach our students to be self-directed
  and understand how to organize more of their own
  learning?
• Is it sustainable?

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Visual Literacy..

• Imagine a hot dog..
• Think about it
• Visualize it in you mind..
• Close your eyes.
• What do you see?

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Is this what you were visualizing???
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Digital Story Telling-what is it?

• Digital Storytelling and Digital stories derive
  their power by weaving images, music, narrative
  and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension
  and vivid color to characters, situations,
  experiences, and insights.
• - Leslie Rule, Digital Storytelling Association

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Digital Storytelling (www.storycenter.org)
7 elements for creating effective stories A
Point of ViewNot just a recitation of facts.
Direct the point of the story to your audience.A
Dramatic QuestionCapture audiences attention at
the beginning and hold it throughout the
story.Emotional ContentAchieved through the
images, effects, music and tone of voice.The
Gift of Your VoiceTone of voice is very powerful
in a story. Make sure to practice your
script.The Power of The SoundtrackMusic/sound
effects can set the right mood of the story, but
can also distractEconomyNot every picture and
sound effect needs to be in the final cut.Pacing
Keep the story moving. Use music tempo, speech
rate, image duration and panning and zooming to
help establish pace.
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Why does this appeal to our emotions?
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University of Houstonhttp//www.coe.uh.edu/digita
l-storytelling/evaluation.htm
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http//www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Why
20tell20stories.htm
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Kamehameha Schools Hawai http//its.ksbe.edu/dst/
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Digital Story Telling can be a

• Power Point with photos and music
• Photo Story with digital photos and music
• Podcast with audio
• Podcast with photos and music
• Video with music or audio
• Slide shows
• Digital books
• Movies
• Mulit-media
• Blog with Video or audio
• Wiki

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My TownDurango Colorado
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My TownDurango Colorado
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NETS for Students 6 Technology Foundation
StandardsThe process of digital storytelling can
be applied to the following standardsa. Basic
Operations and Conceptsb. Social, Ethical and
Human Issuesc. Technology Productivity Toolsd.
Technology Communication ToolsAny teacher that
uses digital storytelling knows that it is a
powerful instructional technique that provides an
exceptional learning experience for students.
Beyond the exceptional products produced by kids,
beyond the complexity and hard work, and beyond
the emotion of the stories, is an experience that
is grounded in fundamental standards and beliefs,
so necessary in todays educational climate.
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Why do it ?

• Introduction of Self
• Legacy
• Biography
• Memoir
• Reflection
• Transition
• Decision Direction
• Change over time
• Collaboration
• Documentary
• Oral Language

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Photo Story Windows - FREE

• PowerPoint on steroids
• EZ transitions
• EZ import of photos
• Can add music easily
• Can create your own music easily
• Can have 2 songs in the story
• Can add voice to each slide
• Can edit photos within the program
• Can change transitions
• Limit of 300 slides
• Can not put 2 photos on one slide BUT .
• But ITS FREEEEEEEE

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Lets make a PhotoStory- 5 FRAME-EZ Steps

• 1. Ask the Essential Question
• 2. Plan resources and organization-music-lyrics
• 3. Set up groups
• 4. Make sure you have a place to store it/server
• 5. Storyboard it- see Google Story Boards
• 6. Write out the narration
• 7. Make decisions on audio-mike-soundtrack
• 8. Gather media-resources-music-photos
• 9. E-mail/ documentation permissions on music
• 10. Insert the photos-arrange
• 11. Set transitions
• 12. Add the music
• 13. Play it
• 14. Publish it

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5 Frames Project

• Tell a Story in 5 Frames has two important parts.
  The first part is creating and telling a story
  through visual means with only a title to help
  guide the interpretation. The second part is the
  response of the group to the visual story. The
  group response can take many forms such as, a
  poetic or prose rendering of the visualization, a
  critique on the structure of the story, comments
  on the photograph, or other constructive forms of
  response. Telling and enjoying stories should
  create entertainment for the group as well as
  offer insight into the universal elements that
  help create a story for an international
  audience. The more people who respond, as either
  storytellers or respondents, the greater the
  reward for all.
• Sample of projects here 5 Frame
  Sample--Windows Media File

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Photo Story 1st project 5 Frames Title
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SoftwarePixamo-Photo storage site
http//www.pixamo.com/sys/login
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Pixamo http//www.pixamo.com/sys/login
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Sonic DVD Maker for Photo Story make the
community connection

• http//www.estore.sonic.com/enu/photostory/default
  .asp
• Sonic makes a Software application that allows
  you to convert the Photo Story to a DVD (19.95)
• Building Learning CommunitiesParent connection
  to the school

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5th Grade Produced Project..Student created
created and composed music, script, story,
drawings
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Colorado Book Awards
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How NOT To Make A Movie
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How NOT To Make A Movie
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FreePlay Music -

• welcome to freeplay music FREEPLAY MUSIC REACHES
  OVER 8,000,000 PAGE VIEWS TO OUR WEBSITE!! We're
  adding new music constantly, so check out our new
  releases.

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Sample of FreePlay Music 30 second Clip
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VoiceThread http//voicethread.com/home
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Sample of Voice Threadhttp//voicethread.com/q
.b45226.i236813
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Students sample 4th grade Literacy-Poetry
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Witty Whirl Pool.
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Memories On The WEB
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Memories On the Web
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We need to teach our students to be
self-directed and understand how to organize more
and more of their own learning -Alan November
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Digital Book Publishing

• Pass around sample-samples up front
• Sites
• Create A Book
• http//www.lintorpublishing.com/index2.htm
• Shutterfly
• http//www.shutterfly.com/shop/product_c18000
• Picaboo
• http//www.picaboo.com/promo/pb.html?cmpbadgcp
  NAmdwebgclidCP6f04S03owCFQlQWAodSTzD7g
• iLife i Photo Books
• http//www.apple.com/ilife/iphoto/features/books.h
  tml
• Kodak Photo Books
• http//www.kodakgallery.com/PhotoBookOverview.jsp?
  flashdetected

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Create-A-Book http//www.lintorpublishing.com
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My HeroWhen I was Young
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My HeroWhen I was Young
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Lets look at a sample of a Completed PhotoStory
The example demonstratesLegacy - Digital
stories can provide us with an opportunity to
leave a legacy of our family stories Memoir-
Memoirs are autobiographical in nature, but are
much more personal and reflective. Change over
time- learner can recognize when growth and
change has occurred
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Address all 4 of the 21st Century Skills -
Digital-Age Literacy - Inventive Thinking -
Effective Communication - High Productivity

• Let Them Be Little

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Let Them Be Little Billy Dean
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Digital Story telling Rubriccredit to Kevin
Hodgson Helen C. BarrettThe REFLECT Initiative
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We need to teach our students global
communication, starting with Kindergarten...Al
an November..
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http//www.epals.com/
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SKYPE WEB Cameras - 19.95 - 89.95 49.99
camera SkypeIVC-WebCast Can be H323
compatible with plug-in software
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SKYPE-Screen shot
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I.V.C. Interactive Video Conferencing

• Use the Internet to communicate with audio and
  Video
• Take a field trip around the block or around the
  U.S.
• Visit and communicate globally
• Share and communicate student projects
• Get started for 198
• Camera 49.00PolyCom IVX 149.00 H.323
  Standard IVC

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Check out a IVC
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Equipment
PolycomVSX 7000 Camera
Speaker
Mike
Remote Control
Tandberg Videoconferencing Systems
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What is your Story?

• Telling My Story Make a Bio-Cube

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My Life/Your Life A Look at Your
Parents Past http//www.readwritethink.org/less
ons/lesson_view.asp?id947
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• Overview In this lesson, students explore what
  their parents lives were like when they were in
  middle school. They examine the interview process
  and identify effective interviewing techniques.
  They then conduct interviews with their parents
  and write imaginary diary entries describing
  events that may have occurred in their parents
  lives when they were in middle school. As a final
  project, students create a Day in the Life skit
  that captures the differences and similarities
  between their own lives and their parents school
  experiences. Preparation for the skit also
  involves using Web resources to add a historical
  context to the dramatic scene.

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Why This Is Helpful

• Successful students can understand what theyve
  read
• they can also boil it down to the essential
  information.
• The Bio-Cube tool helps children condense what
  they want to say about themselves.
• The cube activity also offers a chance for
  self-discovery, allowing children to see how
  complex they are.

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Web Links

• Rubric
• http//www.uen.org/Rubric/rubric.cgi?rubric_id129
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• Main Web Site
• http//readwritethink.org/materials/bio_cube/
• Bio-Cube Planning Sheet
• http//www.wracs.org/SV/Patton/bio-cube_planning.p
  df
• Read-Write-Think
• http//www.readwritethink.org/

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Podcasting
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http//web.me.com/jamestownelementary/Favorite/Wel
come.html
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http//web.me.com/jamestownelementary/Favorite/Wea
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Teacher Tube
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Our final story..Quiet Commercial

• Why is it so effective?
• What does it say?
• How is the message communicated?
• What would you change?

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Quiet Commercial- Video Digital Story
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• from the book The Backdoor to Enlightenment
• Eight Steps to Living Your Dreams and Changing
  Your World

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Will you be the 10th person?

• For every nine people who denounce innovation,
  only one will encourage it.
• For every nine people who do things the way they
  have always been done, only one will ever wonder
  if there is a better way.
• For every nine people who stand in line in front
  of a locked building, only one will ever come
  around and check the back door.
• Our progress as a species rests squarely on the
  shoulders of that tenth person. The nine are
  satisfied with things they are told are valuable.
  
• Person 10 determines for himself what has value.

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Contact Information

• Dr. Howie DiBlasi
• Emerging Technologies Evangelist
• Digital Journey
• howie_at_frontier.net
• www.toolsfortheclassroom.com
• 970-749-0760

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If you want change be the change
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Have we changed in the last 20-30-40 years?

• Starbucks
• McDonalds
• Your bank On-line banking-bill paying
• Malls
• Sports stadiums
• Cameras
• Pay phones
• Travel agents
• On-line shopping
• Cars-motorcycles
• Schools classrooms
• Churches

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Power to be your bestThink Different
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Power to be your best.Think Different
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Find the man ( here is looking at ya)
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Dick and Richard Hoyt
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Shutterflyhttp//www.shutterfly.com/shop/product
_c18000Sample Books Memory Story
Classic