Digital Story with iMovie

Celebrate the Earth with Me

This week we have been creating digital stories in the classroom. We completed a short worksheet about digital stories, such as their purpose, what they can be about, and typical length. We learned what a story board is and looked at examples of both digital stories and story boards.

I think digital stories can be used a lot in the classroom. You take a topic and create a story about it and include music that goes along with it. Since kids today are so attached to the television and computers, learning about a topic in the form of a digital story is right up their alley.

Before you begin a story board, it is vital you complete a story board first. A story board is an outline of what your digital story will look like. You write down which picture you are going to use and a the accompanying caption. This lets you see an outline of the digital story and to envision what it will look like.

I decided to use a poem about the earth for my digital story called, "Celebrate the Earth with Me." It was one of the ideas listed in our TPTE booklet, and I thought since I will be teaching 1st grade next year that it would be a fun way to teach students about poems and the earth. This topic coincides with my inquiry based activity, which was Science (the water cycle) and my IWB, which was Geography and learning about the earth. I like how all of my projects this semester have been consistent with a theme. This digital story shows students the beauty of the earth and how we need to respect and appreciate it. In my classroom, I could use this digital story as an introduction to a lesson about recycling.

I haven't finished my digital story yet--I'm still working on the music and transitions, but I have all of my pictures embedded into it. Hopefully I will like the finished product!