Here is one on using podcasting in the classroom:
Here is another one based on poetry. Here is what the students said about it: "Our group put together a digital narrative of the poem "Nappy-Headed" by Latasha A. Willis. The musical accompaniment is the song "I Am Not My Hair" by India Arie."
These examples were saved in Google as .wmv files. Use the links to access them.
A Teacher's Story You will really like this. It is all about the struggles and joys of teaching.
Shapes focuses on teaching young children about shapes, a geometry lesson for elementary school students. It is interactive and engaging, and asks students to think about shapes that surround them in their everyday world.
Tigers is a photo story about tigers and their life habits, which works well for a science lesson in a study of animals for the elementary school classroom.
Life Cycle of the Painted Butterfly This one, like the one above, works well for a science lesson on animals for the elementary school classroom.
States of Matter is a common unit of study in 3rd and 4th grade classes. Check this video if you do a unit of study on three states of matter or are looking for examples of digital stories for the science area.
13 Colonies is a social studies lesson for the upper-elementary classroom for a unit of study on the early colonies.
A Special Place, can be used in almost any grade level. It shows photographs of places that are special to the storytelling. You can then ask students to write a script for a similar story. Starting this project with the photos will help students to write their scripts.
Holocaust Memories, is for higher-level social studies class; as expected, this one is a serious review of an important event in world history. The photo story would also work well in a unit of study of Elie Wiesel's book, Night.
What ideas about using digital storytelling across the curriculum did you get from viewing these stories?
