Another "thing" I love about this course! Digital storytelling is awesome and so easy. Given the ability to provide all of my students with technology, they could have used this to create a slide show of the novels that they just finished writing. The were to write a sequel to the novel, Ghost Canoe, that we just finished. Some of my students gathered classmates together and created the "movie" that followed their sequel. They could have created the story in frames with photos and put them in the correct sequence focusing on the elements of narrative they had to work with throughout their experience with our novel. Each picture or group of pictures could have depicted each of the following elements:
Exposition ~ the development of the protagonist through physical and inner character traits
~ the development of the setting's time and location in detail
Trigger Event ~ the scene that represents the beginning of the rising action . . . where the
protagonist's journey begins . . . the conflict is set in motion.
Rising Action ~ all of the events that keep the plot moving along toward solving the
problem or attaining the goal
Climax ~ the point where the conflict reaches its highest point and the protagonist cannot
take any more; this is the turning point of the plot
Falling Action ~ the events leading the reader to the resolution or the end of the book. The
events show how all conflict was handled or situations dealt with.
This would have been an awesome way to illustrate the elements of narrative and incorporate a specific feature of the mystery genre, that of which this novel had to be. I found some great, or as the boys referred to it, "beast", eerie music that builds suspense and keeps you on edge.
Another way to integrate this would be with the 8th grade memory books. The students are required to create a biography of their life up to through 8th grade including pictures. Parents add letters to this book as well. With Photo Story, the students could import their pictures via scanner or from e-mail attachments and set their life to music that they identify with. From the projects I have done with my students, I have found that music opens them up and they will write about the connection of music lyrics and melody to their feelings and life situation. This would be awesome to use with the memory book in a digital format. Moreover, they can save it forever and share it with anyone who has access to technology. To do that in the format they are in now, the students would have to FedEx their binder to family members or friends one household at a time. :)
To view my first version of my Photo Story, you can go to my Weebly site - laurakriegl.weebly.com and click on the "more" page link.
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