Ta-Da! The Final Version of Our Digital Story!

Below is Meghan and my Digital Story! We created a digital story about the Plant Life Cycle. Meghan and I worked together by using Google Docs. Sitting at home, miles apart, we were both able to add to the template, very cool! We used PhotoStory 3 to create the video and worked through many images, text, and music choices before coming to this final version. We are proud of what we accomplished, especially since we did not know how to create a digital story 2 months ago!

Within the classroom, I plan to use the digital story to introduce students to the Plant Unit. Knowing we wanted to use the video in this way, Meghan and I knew vocabulary would be an important part of our digital story. We also wanted to introduce students to the learning experiences they would take part in, what they would learn and be able to do by the end of the unit. At the end of the unit, we wanted to use the digital story again to review what students learned. I am very excited to use this digital story to "hook" my students as we begin a new science unit! This a video I will be able to use year after year with my students! Enjoy!



Here is the link to see the video in YouTube.

CT Core Science Framework:

• The life cycles of flowering plants include seed germination, growth, flowering, pollination and seed dispersal.

NETS for Teachers #1, 2, 3, 4

• 2.2 - Plants change their forms as part of their life cycles.

Barnes Nature Center Field Trip

My class traveled to the Barnes Nature Center in Bristol, CT last week. We had a great time exploring and examining soil samples from different areas of the forest and living animals from the pond.

Enjoy the digital story!

Meghan said she couldn't view it, so I added the YouTube link here...

Digital Story Draft

Click here to see the digital story Meghan and I created together. We are still playing with music options. (Because we created it on her computer, she sent the video to me and I did not have the embed code to upload it directly.)

Any suggestions?

Digital Story Telling Project

  

Meghan and I are working together to create a Digital Story showcasing a second grade Plant Unit using PhotoStory. Each year students learn the stages of growing a plant from a seed, plant parts, pollination and seed dispersal. Our digital story will introduce students to what they will know and be able to do, such as recording plant observations using a seed growth journal and examining a real bee while learning about pollination.

Any suggestions buzzing in your mind to support our project would bee appreciated! ;)

Photo Story from Google Doc

Testing...

The size is off but here is it...

Digital Story Practice

Experimenting with PhotoStory I created a Digit Story showcasing "My Life as a Beach Bum".

(Dedicated to my mom, who taught me how to have fun in the sun!)

Click to enjoy on YouTube!