Lesson+9+-+Write+Your+Story

** Lesson #: 9 **

** Title of Lesson: ** Write Your Story and Share It, Too!

** Description of Lesson: ** This lesson is a bit more creative. We are writing stories and turning them into Digital Stories. They can be true, or made up, so long as they follow the guidelines!

** Assignment: ** *Write a story *A true story of your own *Make one up that relates to weather (Kippy the Wonder Dog is made up!) *Using Photo Story 3, create your own Digital Story *You will need pictures to go along with your story (get these from the internet) *Music will be optional *Present your Digital Story to the class

Here is mine:

media type="custom" key="9258106" // This is the story of Kippy the Wonder Dog, a dog who survived a tornado, was lost, and made it home all on her own! In this story, we learn about the dangers of tornadoes, as well as where they occur, and what people do for safety in areas where tornadoes occur often.) //

** Homework: ** *Write your story

** Resources/Materials Needed: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">*Internet <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">*Photo Story 3

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Technology Reflection/Changing the Learning Environment: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">I think that this will make things a lot of fun for the kids. They are still going to be thinking about weather, but they are, once again, provided the opportunity to learn in a different way than what they are used to. Creating Digital Stories is also expanding their ability to use technology. They are learning an entirely new skill, which they will be able to use for fun, for other assignments and classes, and for other future designs they may come up with.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">** Evaluation: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px;">I am glad to be integrating some other curricular aspects (such as writing!) into this assignment. As I said above, I think this is a great opportunity because they are going to be learning something that will be useful to them in the future. I also think it will be a lot of fun for them to do! My students will also probably appreciate the fact that they are getting to do something so creative (read: fun) and different, while I will be very happy that they are still learning!