Course+Syllabus

=Digital Storytelling in K-5 Education to Increase Literacy Skills=

__Course Number __: 7104 __Title __: Digital Storytelling in K-5 Education to Increase Literacy Skills __Credit __: 2 PLU’s (Professional Learning Units)
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__Contact Information: __ __Instructor __: Heather Rogers __E-mail__- Heather.rogers@waldenu.edu __Work Phone__- 770-543-9382 __Cell Phone__- 770- 998-3434 __S____kype Name__: Heather.rogers98 __Office Hours__- Monday – Friday 7am EST – 5 pm EST- Other times and days can be by appointment.

__Course Description __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">: <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Digital storytelling in education allows students to utilize valuable 21st century skills that will allow the enhancement of literacy and writing proficiency in the K-5 educational setting. This two week course will expose teachers to the purpose and benefits of incorporating digital storytelling across all content areas. It will also give teachers the opportunity to closely explore and collaboratively develop a digital story based on the five steps involved in creating digital stories, as outlined by The University of Houston, Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling (2011). This will allow teachers to gain knowledge of the digital storytelling process and how developing a digital story will allow students to gain a deeper understanding of the content at hand. The link and impact digital storytelling has on student engagement and achievement in the classroom will also be discussed.

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Course Objectives: __
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 1: Demonstrate an understanding of the impact of digital stories in the K-5 classroom and across the curriculum.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 1: Understand how digital storytelling can be incorporated to increase student’s achievement in literacy and writing.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 2: Collaboratively plan, design and create a digital story following the University of Houston’s five steps in creating a digital story.

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Assignment Information: __
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 1Discussion (10 pts)- __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">After watching selected videos and reading the articles for this week’s discussion, post a discussion response that lists the top **__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">five __** educational benefits of digital storytelling. Support your choices with the week 1 resources. Discussions will be posted in the class blog.


 * __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 1 Assignment (21 pts)- __<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">After reading and viewing assigned materials on examples of how digital stories can be used in the classroom develop a mind map that displays all content areas (Math, SS, Science, ELA, and Reading) as well as three ways that digital storytelling can be implemented into each of the subject areas. The variety of topics for each content area should parallel the current curriculum in which you teach. See the example below.


 * __<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 2 Discussion (10 pts)- __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> After viewing this week’s videos and reading the selected resources, share any concerns about implementing digital storytelling into your classroom. Post what grade you currently teach along with your concerns. Discussions will be posted in the class blog.

**//<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Final project should be uploaded to the group wiki by day 7 of week 2. //**
 * __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Week 2 Assignment (20pts) __<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">- <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Project overview- You will be placed into collaborative groups based on the grade you currently teach; you will work collaboratively to create a short digital story using an iPad and the program iMovie. Together you will create a wiki to upload information and be able to edit existing information. You will then choose a topic and create a storyboard in which you use to create a 2-3 minute digital story. Your digital story will include pictures, music, dialogue, and transitions. The purpose of this assignment is to ensure you comprehend the steps that are needed to create a digital story with your students. The assignment will be due on day 7 of week 2. Upload your final product to your group wiki on day 7. You are to then visit other group’s wikis and comment on their final product. Day 1: Each assigned group will be required to create a wiki that will house all information collectively to create a digital story. //<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Please post a link to your group’s wiki to the Assignment Week 2 course page. // //**<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">The creation of the wiki will be due on day 1 of week 2. **// Day 2, 3 and 4: Collaborate with your group members and determine a topic for your digital story that is related to the current grade level your group teaches. //**<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Post the topic and the Georgia Performance learning standard in which it relates to your topic to your group’s wiki by day 2. **// Collaboratively create a storyboard that will outline the sequence of your digital story. You may create your own storyboard or use the storyboard template below. Keep in mind that approximately 10-15 frames will be equivalent to a 2-3 minute digital story.
 * //<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Upload the storyboard to your group wiki by day 4. //**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Day 5-7: Begin the creation of the digital story in iMovie. Be sure to use references and rubric in the course to ensure all components of the digital story are met.
 * 1) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Select your images and save them to your iPad in a file. This will allow for easy access when creating your digital story in iMovie. Also, if there are any songs (that are not in the iMovie library) upload them to iTunes.
 * 2) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Create a new project in iMovie and title it appropriately. (See links above for tutorials)
 * 3) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Upload images to your project in iMovie and ensure they are in an appropriate order that coincide with your storyboard.
 * 4) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Add any dialogue and adjust the length of each image based on the length of your dialogue.
 * 5) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Add transitions between frames.
 * 6) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Add music. Make sure to adjust volume so the recorded dialogue is audible.
 * 7) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Edit your digital story as needed.
 * 8) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Export your iMovie to [|www.youtube.com] . You will have to create an account.

__**COURSE RUBRICS**__







__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Grading scale: __ <span style="font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">A- 100-90% <span style="font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">B- 89-80% <span style="font-family: 'century gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">C- 79-70% <span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">F- 70% and below

====<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Students are expected to participate in each online session. To meet the outcomes of the course, each student must pass the discussions and assignments with a C or higher. If this does not occur, no PLU’s will be given. ====

====<span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif';">Students will treat the instructor and peers with the appropriate degree of respect in online discussions. Communication, either in person or through technology, that is abusive, threatening, or harassing will not be tolerated. If these behaviors occur, you will not be given credit for the course. Also, be mindful of cultural differences that we may face in the learning environment. ====

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Instructor Role and Commitments: __

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">As the instructor, I will participate in each discussion by asking questions and making comments. I will not respond to all posts, but I do read them all. I will be here to assist you with questions on assignments (see contact information) and provide support throughout the two week span of this course. E-mail is the best way to contact me, and please allow 24-48 hours for a response.

__<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">Academic Honesty Policy: __

<span style="font-family: 'Century Gothic','sans-serif'; font-size: 16px;">As a student, it is expected that you will neither give nor receive unauthorized aid on the work done in these courses. Violation of this expectation will result in a denial of credit for the course. All work published should be cited correctly in all work completed.