Notes+from+Oct.+12

Attending: David, Jan, Amy, Judy, Gretchen, Anita, Dotty, Debby, Sue with Guest Presenter, Bonnie Kaplan Thanks Jan, Dotty for snacks.

Bonnie introduced __Playing with Media__ book by Wesley Fryer –recommended for “playing” with digital media 1996 – started e-mailing with student 2001 – Marc Prensky Digital Natives/Digital Immigrants Wesley Fryer added digital bridges 2002 – Hudson Valley Co-director attended National Writing Project Conference in Baltimore, MD on Digital Storytelling –asked if anyone has done digital storytelling – David has 2003 – Center for Digital Storytelling International Conference and Digital Storytelling Bootcamp

Bonnie’s Digital story:

Remembering an Gentle Voice Learning to drive…

Discussion: What did you notice?

Gretchen: story, music and pictures move along Bonnie: That is an advantage of the software that exists (Ken Burns effect). Gretchen: Old films digitized? Bonnie: yes…there is a way to connect digital video camera into the vcr

Jan: pictures didn’t necessarily correspond to what was said and you weren’t tied to being representational at every moment Bonnie: kids are comfortable with the disconnect between lyric and music videos There is an excitement in not being literal in the words having to match pictures. Jan: there’s a developmental thing to this…some younger kids will be more linear. Bonnie: you have a story that you like. You want to bring it to the digital world. You have no pictures. How can you represent it? One of the nice things about the new medium is that the power of the media can slow down the supper 8 speed of the film. There is an excitement about the issues of publishing. You need to let other people respond and the author gets to be in the audience. Amy if the pictures aren’t literal, you can respond in your own way Gretchen: reading a poem also allows response in a personal way. Bonnie, In a poem, you can be playful with images as it relates to poetry.

Bonnie: Digital story has a strong point of view Story structure: conflict that needs resolution Music: repurposing the piece it can be used for educational purposes. Rene Hobbs and other experts said that repurposing is allowed Narrators voice has emotion, emphasis and pacing (a real lesson for kids…they need to be coached to pace and really become a storyteller…how to come out of yourself to tell a story) Concise writing (250 words) Imagery…fewer the better…less is more…2-4 minutes Publishing for community night Editing and revising is easier than with written pieces

Bonnie set us up to write: 26 digital stories for each letter of the alphabet

Free write a list of words that start with your letter A loop is a pathway into writing: choose one word as the title of your story…ex: A is for analyze Loop 2 continue on or start a new A is for story Loop 3 Pull a line and start a new story Loop 4 reflect on the experience as a writer

Jan: Surprising to see what came up and it was frustrating to have to stop…time went by…what were the expectations…I wasn’t sure…was thinking about how it would be with kids…could be frustrating if stuck or not

David: I’m usually someone who wants to stay on task, but it did lead to a new idea which I wouldn’t have gotten to otherwise The fourth piece made it clear that it was an exercise and he lost his frustration

Amy found it useful as someone who has a hard time getting started. Didn’t love what she was writing but found something that she did love

Judy: Took line from first piece and went back to it for the third piece and ended up going back

Bonnie; This exercise gives you more than just a freewrite and supports those who need it and yet leave space for more.

Moving along: 5th loop would be to finish a piece

Bonnie shared alphabet writing from the project that she and Kevin designed.

dogtracks.edublocks.com (Kevin)

The power of the voice in a digital story is compelling

Photo Story 3 is a program on most of the computers (Sue, Trace, Laura and Dorothy know how to use the program). I Movie is on the IPad…cost is $10.00. Storybird is available and basic for younger kids.

8-12 pictures and approx 250 words…but remember that you can break the rules to suit you

October 26: Chapter 3 and 4 Awakening the Heart. Teachers encouraged to try out ideas and to bring student work to the session. Snack Judy and Anita