Digital Storytelling

This week in class I have learnt about digital storytelling. This is where you can create your own videos using your own pictures. You can use programs like photo story or animoto. I made a video on animoto about people in my life that I couldn't live without. You can pick the background you want, the music to go with your video, fonts, colors, etc. It is a really neat tool that could be easily used in the classroom. Even students at young ages could do it! It's easy and fun to do. I think it could be a great way to learn a little something about your students. They could be used in the first week of school to get to know one another. They can put pictures from their summer vacation, their favorite activities to do, etc. This is a great tool to use so that students can get to know you and you can get to know your students. 

Below I have shared the link to my video I have made using animoto.
The People I Love

This week we also had a presenter come to class. John Finch came and talked to my class about Literacy with ICT (LwICT). LwICT is not a curriculum, rather, it is a continuum that teachers use to assess their students on how they are developing their literacy across all curricular areas with the support of ICT. The two big ideas are cognitive and affective domains. I thought this was an interesting presentation and I'm glad Mr. Finch was able to come.