Story+Telling

Story Telling
Danielle and Betty Hello! [|www.scrapblog.com/] It is for short storytelling – greeting messages with cards and scrapbook Writing greeting messages in foreign language with nice layout/pictures and share online with friends and familySmall books - stories Is it a safe website for students to create a profile? Practice writing in the target language. Add creativity and fun to improve writing skills Writing proficiency Engage students to be creative Link visual to writing Present neat work Compare / share output with peers Use the writing samples in an electronic portfolio – show improvement It is an easy, step by step wizard scrapbook creator. Would the files be too large to upload and save for assessment? Would students submit their own writing?
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This is a free downloadable program that enables students to program short flash animations. This is a tool that students can use to create their own short animated stories. They will be able to make figures move around the screen in different ways, talk, interact then publish their content to the web. media type="custom" key="5372887" Steps are easy, I would play around with it first. Students can tell their own stories and learn content. I plan to use this to teach transformations in geometry. Students must be able to identify various types of transformations, such as glides, reflections and rotations. This program will enable students to learn the content while creating their own fun animations. Geometry SOL competencies can be covered. Students get FUN, hands-on experience with the tool and are able to connect math concepts to a real-world context. They will see the value of learning this geometrical concept. Setup time, varying learning curves for students, time in the computer labs. Etc. Will it be worth the set-up time, and will students still meet content objectives?
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Posted by IreneRondon and MariselPerezCastellanos Makes films. A complete dialog/dramatization on the discussed topic. Improve language skills, solidify topic understanding, team work... Engaging, Fun, as well as instructional. Will I be able to use it tomorrow?
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 * What does this tool do?**
 * Who is this tool for?** For both teachers and students.
 * What will be created?** A short film illustrating a topic.
 * Are the steps clearly laid out?** Takes time to figure out each feature.
 * What should I know before I begin?**
 * Have to create an account.
 * Have a complete script and an idea of your message (body language of characters).
 * What do I need to gather before I begin?** Same as above.
 * What will my students accomplish using this tool?**
 * How will this Online tool help you? Your students?**
 * Which curriculum links or SOL competencies could this Online Tool encourage?**
 * Writing
 * Grammar
 * Drama
 * Reading
 * Vocabulary
 * Language Arts
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 * Noisy
 * Students may like it so much that may play around with it.
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