graffiti galleries 2014: April 2011

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Digital Retelling: Response to Literature

Yesterday I posted a few videos for our Response to Literature genre. We've worked for two weeks to plan, write, edit, and film our digital retelling. Using the FLIP has made digital storytelling a breeze. I record between 4-20 seconds for each page of the student's response. The filming goes by very quickly. Editing is complete in a blink; However, when you film your entire class in 24 hours, you will have more editing than you can keep up with. :) I currently have 202 video clips, averaging around 18-22 for each student remaining. Needless to say, I am posting videos over the next few days so that all parents can locate and watch through the Digital Storytelling label.

I am posting the rubric used for our retelling and a color code sheet for posting our writing in the hallway. Hope you find it useful.

Response Rubric

Writing Color Coding

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Have you ever youtube classic stories: Eric Carle or Bill Martin? Watching and listening to the books read became an inspiration for our retelling.

Students selected a book and cozy spot to read. I gave kiddos a few days to read their books both independently and with a buddy. Partners will play an important role during our writing process and need to know what is happening in the story.

The kids covered the words to their books and used the pictures to inspire their retelling. Each student has a rubric on hand and worked hard to add a little spice to their writing. Once the words were complete, my kids returned the book and begin illustrating based on their own retelling.

Before publishing digitally, partners met again to edit writing and help with their fluency. The kids and I met in our reading room while others were conferencing or polishing their illustrations. I used a FLIP camera (which are no longer being produced, SNIFF) and recorded each page with a second delay before pausing to flip the paper. In a span of 10 minutes, we had a video filmed, edited, and published.

Here's a copy of the paper used...

Journal Paper