Kaycee Hallett High School English 11-12 LESSON PLAN: Digital Storytelling Lesson Objective: 1.

Introduce students to different online sites that will allow them to create digital childrens stories. Standards: W. 11-12.6: Students will be learning to use the internet to produce and publish their original stories.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce, publish, and update individual or shared writing products in response to ongoing feedback, including new arguments or information.

Time 1- 45 (some 1-55) minute class period Materials/Prep Smart Board Access to the internet 3 different websites that will allow for digital storytelling www.storybird.com it supplies a variety of illustrations, students supply the text http://www.creazaeducation.com/frontpage students can create their own comics/graphic novels http://www.kerpoof.com/ students can create a childrens book in a book format http://www.epubbud.com/ it will allow for the publishing of stories as an e-book See if you can set up the students accounts ahead of time

Beginning of Lesson Before the class begins have the Smart Board setup with the four different websites open to examples of the work that you created. Have a few pictures set aside in a specifically named folder to use when going over ePub Bud. 5 minutes max. 1. Introduce the topic of the lesson that you will be showing them: digital storytelling 40 minutes max. 2.Go through the different examples that you created and the different features of the storytelling creation sites that you had set up before the beginning of class: 1. www.kerpoof.com (Kerpoof) a. login/registration

b. c. d. e.

f.

example characters, backgrounds, props, etc sizing and adjustments saving and sharing i. electronically through email ii. saved to the site Tips i. need to be logged into an account to save ii. dont press done as that will delete it iii. sometimes it wont print and it freezes

2. www.storybird.com (Storybird) a. login/registration b. example c. illustration search i. by topic ii. by illustrator 1. it is important to go through pics and see if there is enough for the story d. show picture selection and story placement e. show how to add text f. sharing and saving i. email ii. link iii. embed iv. saved to account 3. www.creazaeducation.com/frontpage (Cartoonist-Creaza) a. login/registration b. example c. show background, characters, props d. show how to pick different moods, size, placement e. saving and sharing i. saved to site ii. embedded iii. email iv. one page (up to 6 panels) printed free 4. www.epubbud.com (ePub Bud) a. login/registration b. how to upload pictures or connect media i. mention www.creativecommons.org as a place for finding images that wont sue you down the road for copyright c. how to create the story

d. show that by clicking source other media creation can be embedded into ebook e. preview options Differentiation: If there is time left over after showing them the examples and features of the site allow them to pick one of the sites and come up and create a story. OR: If there is more time have a few backup sites loaded and go over the features of these sites as well. www.zooburst.com (3D picture book maker) http://www.artisancam.org.uk/flashapps/picturebookmaker/picturebookmaker.php?PHPSESSID =9225166a1ad1eced34b763379f64cdc9 (simple picture book maker has limited drawings) Possible Pitfalls/Solutions: 1. Wandering attention spans. Try to keep the lesson moving along and show them different things so that youre not sticking on the same page or the same topic too long. Plan B: Take less time on the examples and add more time to the creation features actually going through and creating a small story on each site with them. ALA/AASL Standards for Initial Preparation of School Librarians: Standard 3.3 Information Technology Showing different forms of media and tools to students that they can then take and use for their own studies or personally. Standard 1.1 Knowledge of learners and learning Teaching the class how to use the tools that they need to know in a way that will keep them attentive and focused. Standard 1.2 Effective and knowledgeable teacher Using technology to promote digital-age learning experiences and assessments with classroom teachers Standard 1.3 Instructional Partner Lesson was done as a collaborative partner with another teacher Standard 1.4 Integration of twenty-first century skills and learning standards Used a variety of 21st Century digital storytelling tools in collaboration with another teacher to pass the skills onto her students Standard 5.2 Professional Ethics

Worked with the students to educate them on the importance of not plagiarizing pictures and presented them with a resource that will allow them to find pictures they can use freely without copyright issues arising. Creative Commons