Double Entry Journal 10

Quote:

“The seven elements of digital storytelling:

1.      Point of View—what is the perspective of the author?

2.      A Dramatic Question—a question that will be answered by the end of the story.

3.      Emotional Content—serious issues that speak to us in a personal and powerful way.

4.      The Gift of Your Voice—a way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context.

5.      The Power of the Soundtrack—music or other sounds that support the storyline.

6.      Economy—simply put, using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer with too much information.

7.      Pacing—related to Economy, but specifically deals with how slowly or quickly the story progresses. (Robin, 2005)”

Reflection:

This was very helpful to me when trying to create my storyboard from the interview with my grandmother. I didn’t know that there was supposed to be a dramatic question that is answered through the digital story.

Reference:

Robin, B. R. (2005). The educational uses of digital storytelling. Retrieved from http://digitalliteracyintheclassroom.pbworks.com/f/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf

Related Resource:

I found this website, which helped me with more of my questions about Digital Stories. Within this website, it also explained the different elements of a digital story, like the one I quoted above.

Frequently Asked Questions about Digital Stories 

Barrett, H. C. (2011, June 03). Frequently-asked questions about digital storytelling. Retrieved from http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/faq.html 

Week Ten: Historical Interview

Week Nine: Who I'm Interviewing and Why

I'm going to be interviewing my grandmother, Phyllis Christine VanGilder, who was married to a military man during World War II. She raised 6 children of her own and was the oldest of 11 brothers. When her mom died at an early age, she was left to take care of her father, her brothers, and eventually her children. She is a strong woman, and has a huge history to tell.

Double Entry Journal 9

Quote:

“Storytelling is a tool for preserving memory, writing history, learning, entertaining, organizing, and healing in communities of color. It is in the telling of stories that communities build identities, construct meaning, and make connections with others and the world” (Raimist, Doerr-Stevens & Jacobs, 2011).

Reflection:

I love doing digital stories. With this tool and technique in the classroom, one can learn so much about their students and their experiences of life. I enjoyed making my own digital story for an undergraduate course in college. It’s not a boring, traditional assignment. It’s one that students really enjoy doing and sharing with other classmates.

Reference:

Raimist, R., Doerr-Stevens, C., & Jacobs, W. (2011). The pedagogy of digital storytelling in the college classroom. seminar.net, 7(1), Retrieved from http://www.seminar.net/index.php/home/75-current-issue/145-the-pedagogy-ofdigital-storytelling-in-the-college-classroom

Related Resource:

This is my digital story that I did in one of my undergraduate classes:

Where I am From

Week Seven: Lesson Plan Student Example

Help Wanted

Adjective wanted to improve vocabulary. Qualified adjective must have ability to describe nouns. Apply in sentence.

Radio Script: What would life be like if we didn’t have nouns? Well I’ll tell you. We wouldn’t know what anything or who anyone was! The world would be in chaos. That’s for sure! So buy nouns today and name your object. As an added bonus, buy a noun and get a preposition free. Show the relationship between your noun and another word!

Radio Script: Verbs you just can’t “do” without them. We’re part of your life. When your noun needs an action, chances are you’ve used us. Verbs—that’s what we do!

TV Commercial: Two complete thoughts and only one period? Call a conjunction, but don’t wait too long. Join over thousands of school kids who’ve made conjunctions their #1 choice for combining two complete thoughts!

Billboard:

When your noun is tired, call the professional

Pronoun
“We take the place of a noun”

Newspaper advertisement:

Isn’t it time for an interjection?

Wow! Golly! Gosh!

When plain words just aren’t enough.
Take one home TODAY!

Classified newspaper advertisement:

For Giveaway: Adverbs *Describe your verb and other adverbs* Gently, quietly, softly and slowly just to name a few. Call your language teacher.

Double Entry Journal 8

Quote:

“Unfortunately, some see media literacy as option for low-performing, underachieving students whose interest can be piqued by TV and nothing else” (Hobbs, 1996).

Reflection:

I can’t believe that some educators believe that media literacy is just an outlet for low-performing students. There are many other ways to get a student engaged, other than resorting to media literacy. This quote really astounded me. Don’t get me wrong, I do believe that media literacy should be taught within the school; however, it shouldn’t be used as a tool just to engage students in learning. For example, in my class, we are making rollercoasters to show Newton’s three laws of motion and to learn equations.

Reference:

Hobbs, R. (1996). Teaching media literacy. In E. Dennis and E. Pease (Eds.), Children and the media. New Brunswick: Transaction Press (pp. 103-111). Retrieved from http://www.medialit.org/reading-room/teaching-media-literacy-yo-are-you-hip

Related Resource:

The related resource I found dealt with teaching media literacy in a lesson plan centered around the occurrences of 9/11. I thought that this might be a good idea, since September is towards the beginning of the school year, and it would combine history that happened during the student’s lifetime.

Garfunkel, J. (n.d.). Media literacy in a post 9/11 world. Retrieved from http://www.hrusa.org/september/activities/medialiteracya.htm

Week Six: ReadWriteThink Media Literacy Lesson Plans

Lesson:

PersuasiveTechniques in Advertising

Content and CSO’s:

Ninth Grade Reading and Language Arts

RLA.O.9.3.2
formulate and deliver grammatically correct messages, taking into consideration the purpose of the message and the speaker’s and the listener’s culture, knowledge, beliefs, feelings, and life experiences.

RLA.O.9.3.4
use active listening strategies to analyze the message, formulate a response and react to

• determine purpose
• make predictions
• differentiate fact from opinion
• construct meaning of discussion, speech, or media

RLA.O.9.3.5
understand, interpret and evaluate various media communications.

RLA.O.9.3.7
plan, create, organize, and present an age appropriate media product that demonstrates an understanding of format, purpose, and audience.

 

Can integrating media literacy into your classroom activities help prepare your students for taking the WestTest? Use what you learned from this week's reading in your answer.

Integrating media literacy into your classroom activities will help prepare your students for taking the WESTTEST by helping them with their critical thinking skills, including their ability to analyze printed word. A lot of the time, students’ answers’ are wrong because they don’t read the problem correctly. The study from the Double Entry Journal Seven showed an improvement in analysis of reading, visual, and auditory materials due to media literacy instruction within the classroom.