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"The 2015 Best Websites for Teaching & Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover. "
Beth Dichter's insight:
The American Association of School Librarians shares their top websites for 2015 in this post. The websites are in six areas: * Media Sharing * Digital Storytelling * Manage & Organize * Social Networking & Communication * Content Resources * Curriculum Collaboration As always you will find great new tools and they provide a brief explanation as well as a suggestion of grade levels. A few that you may want to check out are listed below. * Tackk allows you to create web pages quickly, and is free! * My Storybook allows students to create online books and would be great to use with younger students. * FlipQuiz allows you create game-style quizzes This is just a few of their recommendations. Take some time to check out this new list, and find one or two new tools to use with your learners this year! 
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The following five helpful mantras provide refreshing ideas for creating eLearning courses that go beyond a conventional approach.
Beth Dichter's insight:
Once again SHIFT Learning has published an article that focuses on eLearning, but is applicable to face2face learning. The five mantras that are discussed work in either location. What are they? (All are quoted below): * Think visually. * We don't remember data, we remember stories. * Design smarter, not harder. * Visual clutter is the evidence of a failed search for clarity. * Leave your learners feeling inspired. Additional detail is provided in the post and an additional resource is shared in three of the five areas listed above.
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"Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. Long before paper and books were common and affordable, information passed from generation to generation through this oral tradition of storytelling. Consider Digital Storytelling as the 21st Century version of the age-old art of storytelling with a twist: digital tools now make it possible for anyone to create a story and share it with the world."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post not only provides eight steps to help you create digital stories, it provides resources for every step along the way. After a brief look at why digital stories the post provides six ideas of what makes a great digital story. They "are personal, begin with a story/script, are concise, use readily available source materials, include universal story elements and involve collaboration at multiple levels." It continues by providing a detailed look at each step which include ideas of ways to work with students in each step plus there links to many resources throughout the post. Digital storytelling is a great tool to use with the Common Core standards, and this post will provide you with great ideas and resources!
silvermanmc's curator insight,
May 30, 2013 7:12 PM
Storys are a key part of any instructional design, and in other areas of professional development as well. 
Charmaine Thaner's curator insight,
June 10, 2013 7:20 PM
My son who happens to have Down syndrome LOVES being a public speaker at education conferences. I think the digital storytelling would be a great addition to his talks about inclusive education! 
Susan Wegmann's curator insight,
June 25, 2013 9:03 AM
Classic help for the process of digital storytelling
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This post from Shelly Terrell focuses on tools and apps to help learners create storybooks.She states "Stories give learners a context for knowledge gained and a way to visualize concepts and ideas. Educators can use storytelling to teach any subject and engage students. In addition, teaching our learners to be great storytellers helps give them confidence because they are allowed to be creative and share a part of themselves." Seventeen web tools are discussed as well as seven apps. She also provides links to a recent webinar that provides lesson ideas as well as additional tools that help with storytelling. Storytelling is an art, and they help our learners understnad the world in new and different ways. If you would like your learners to be creating stories using technology this post is worth checking out!
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"The role of librarians in modern schools is more crucial than ever. In an age of dynamic information and media streams, librarians are uniquely positioned to guide students in research and storytelling tools."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This post provide a look at the many literacies that we are responsible for teaching, and although it i geared towards librarians the concepts apply to teachers across the disciplines. Today we no longer define literacy as reading and writing. The types of literacy continue to grow and include (but are not limited to) visual, information, technological, scientific, critical, mathematical...the list goes on. If you are looking for a short list of benefits of using technology tools, a look at how storytelling and research help students learn, or more information in the area of the new literacies in general check out this post.
Rashmi Moghe's comment,
June 16, 2013 11:21 PM
Hall, Mercer and Russac, Patricia A.(2013). Librarians, technology and the new literacies. The ASIDE blog _Innovation Design In_underneath everything is information. Retrieved from http://theasideblog.blogspot.com/2013/01/librarians-technology-and-new-literacies.html
Librarians are poised to be on the front lines in delivering instruction and resources to help in understanding various literacies. They often know whole school curriculum and have the capacity to enrich daily lessons and educational units. When librarians shape information in well-conceived, visual ways, students can become motivated, self-directed learners who create their own content and publish their own work.
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The American Association of School Librarians has just released their "Top 25" Websites that "foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover." For each category they have provided a link to 21st century learning standards. The six categories are: * Media Sharing * Digital Storytelling
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Storytelling is a powerful way of making learning stick. Moving from canned instruction to a narrative engages learners and helps them connect what’s being taught to their own mental models... Transmedia uses different types of media to tell a story so it also sometimes goes by the name “cross-platform storytelling.” Transmedia audiences immerse themselves in narratives that exist in parallel media universes and can dip into different expressions of a story, exploring this character’s perspective, or that setting’s context and history.
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"Quite simply, digital storytelling is the act of using computer-based tools (desktops, laptops, tablets, cameras. and even smartphones) to tell a story. Used in the classroom, it is a lens that teachers and students can use to master the craft of storytelling and argumentative analysis. Digital storytelling might incorporate anything from storyboarding to script writing, revision, production and further editing."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Digital storytelling is a great way to introduce students to many skills. Students can learn how to create story boards, edit and revise their writing, select a digital tool and create a product. This post from Edudemic provides a guide that you may find useful if this is new to you. After introducing digital storytelling the post provides ten lesson ideas as well as additional resources. There are a few suggestions I would add to this list. One, the tool xtranormal, which is referenced in the second lesson idea, is currently not available. However, the good news is that another company has purchased the company and it will return. For younger children a good tool to help create a digital story is Little Bird Tales. The website Storybird is also a great tool to check out and they provide amazing images that students may use to create their story. This site may be used with younger students as well as students in high school.
Carola Brunnbauer's curator insight,
November 10, 2014 2:38 AM
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The American Association of School Librarians has just released "The 2013 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning foster the qualities of innovation, creativity, active participation, and collaboration. They are free, Web-based sites that are user friendly and encourage a community of learners to explore and discover."
Beth Dichter's insight:
This newly released list from the AASL is split into six categories: * Media Sharing * Digital Storytelling * Manage and Organize * Social Networking and Communication * Content Resources * Curriculum Collaboration Each category is also aligned to standards for the 21st century learner (geared to librarians but you will find similar standards within Common Core). Each resource is described and includes suggested grade levels as well as a tip. A few of the resources are listed below. You may also access the lists from 2009 - 2012. * QuadBlogging * Youngzine * LitPick * MyHistro * Easel.ly
Claudia Robinson's curator insight,
July 7, 2013 12:43 PM
Great sites that make tech engaging for students...sharing, collaborating, and sites to help with organization, plus much more.
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If you’ve got a story to tell, there’s never been a better time to find ways in which to enrich your work with digital storytelling.
Beth Dichter's insight:
After starting with a brief history of storytelling this post provides great resources as it explores digital storytelling in primary and secondary education, for higher education, for business and creative professionals, and storytelling for a new generation. In the section for primary and secondary education you will find links to great resources at the University of Houston which has a site dedicated to "educational uses of digital storytelling" as well as a site from the National Writing Project that provides many resources. A number of resources are also available in the section on higher education as well as as the section for business and creative professionals, which also suggests several Web 2.0 tools you might use to tell your story.
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"Sketch Star from Miniclip is a fun and free tool for creating animated comics. On Sketch Star students can create draw animations from scratch or use pre-made shapes and characters. Students build their animations frame by frame."
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you are looking for a free tool to create animations you should check out SketchStar. In this review by Richard Byrne shares his insight into the program as well as some suggestions about how you might use it in the classroom. Be aware that students will need an email address to register at the site.
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There are so many new buzzwords in education that it becomes hard to know what just what people are talking about...and to the rescue come an EdTech Cheat Sheet that will help you 'understand new trends in educational technology.'
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You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream. C.S.Lewis There are whispers in corridors. Wanderings and wonderings. There are twists and bends. The unexpected, the predicted,... A look at how digital story telling provides students a space to tell their story, what has value to them, stories that will help begin conversations that may lead to new areas of discover and reflection. Rich with resources and ideas this post has many valuable ideas.
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Digital Storytelling takes a plot, event or idea and enriches it with engaging media and interaction.
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The American Association of School Librarians shares their top websites for 2015 in this post. The websites are in six areas:
* Media Sharing
* Digital Storytelling
* Manage & Organize
* Social Networking & Communication
* Content Resources
* Curriculum Collaboration
As always you will find great new tools and they provide a brief explanation as well as a suggestion of grade levels. A few that you may want to check out are listed below.
* Tackk allows you to create web pages quickly, and is free!
* My Storybook allows students to create online books and would be great to use with younger students.
* FlipQuiz allows you create game-style quizzes
This is just a few of their recommendations. Take some time to check out this new list, and find one or two new tools to use with your learners this year!
The American Association of School Librarians shares their top websites for 2015 in this post. The websites are in six areas:
* Media Sharing
* Digital Storytelling
* Manage & Organize
* Social Networking & Communication
* Content Resources
* Curriculum Collaboration
As always you will find great new tools and they provide a brief explanation as well as a suggestion of grade levels. A few that you may want to check out are listed below.
* Tackk allows you to create web pages quickly, and is free!
* My Storybook allows students to create online books and would be great to use with younger students.
* FlipQuiz allows you create game-style quizzes
This is just a few of their recommendations. Take some time to check out this new list, and find one or two new tools to use with your learners this year!