Podcasting and digital storytelling presents a way to highlight student writing using their own voice to add power to their writing. They can be used in any content area...to highlight a personal narrative, to add visualization to an argument or historical moment, to add power through the voice to any piece of writing, to allow students to practice fluency in reading.
In making a podcast or a digital story the first thing to think about is how you want to improve student writing in using this medium, either through using the power of the author's voice or using pictures along with the voice. Once this is figured out, think about the process to carry students through...the writing, the choosing of which pieces of the writing students will include or not include in the piece, how you and your students will access the technology to do the podcast or digital story (IMovie, Photostory, etc...). Also don't forget to take copyright protections into consideration.
Please see the links below to view Molly's podcasts and digital stories as well as some other great examples.
Molly's Students Sharing Shuffle:
http://weblogs.ccsd.k12.co.us/cth/mrobbins/
1001 Words:
http://xpress.sfsu.edu/1001words/2007s/#
Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling:
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/examples.htm
Writing 2.0
How can technology change how writing is taught in your classroom?
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Thanks for the info and the presentation! I'm going to try my hand at podcasting in a few weeks. I'm excited to use some of the examples that you posted here.
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