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Student Showcase Spring 2008, Term 1 :Student Showcase Spring 2008, Term 1
Welcome! :Welcome! This is the first class of ESL Digital Storytelling at MiraCosta College. Class members:
Kiyoko Ando
Sachiko Bynes
Takae Contreras
Myrna Gutierrez
Milena Landwerlen
Elena Lavrova Eduardo Mariano
Jose Meza
Hooshang Nayak
Vitaly Pirozmenko
Satomi Ward
Chikako West With special thanks to instructor Ruth Gay and instructional aide Adriana Machuca for assisting the students!
What we did … :What we did … Discovered the definition of “digital story”
Explored and critiqued online digital stories
Examined
oral story vs. written story vs. digital story (oral narrative with accompanying audio and images)
And … :And … Discussed and practiced
(through mini writing/presentation
and tech assignments)
How to use concrete words to make stories vivid and descriptive
How to find synonyms
How to recognize and use figures of speech (metaphors, similes, personification) to convey an idea
And … :And … How music and sound effects can augment a story
How using one’s voice can enhance a story (rhythm, pacing, stress, intonation, volume, silence)
How a picture can tell a story
How to use images and colors to symbolize abstract ideas, feelings, moods
All the while … :All the while … Practiced language skills
Listening
Conversation
Pronunciation
Reading
Writing
Grammar
Last: Our own digital stories :Last: Our own digital stories The process:
Chose topic
Wrote script
Practiced read-alouds;
gave and received feedback
Edited/revised script
Created storyboard
More on the process… :More on the process… Recorded voices in Audacity
Edited and mixed soundtrack (voice with sound effects, music)
More on the process… :More on the process… Chose and edited images
More on the process … :More on the process … Made “movie” on Movie Maker
Added effects, transitions, titles, credits
Synchronized images with soundtrack And …
Finished Movies! :Finished Movies! Let’s watch!