Digital storytelling is definitely on my checklist of “current and emerging digital tools to locate, analyze, evaluate, and use information,” and this week, I learned how to get this type of instruction started for next school year in all three of the classes that I teach (ESL, AVID, and careers). In addition, I talked to the educational technologist about my ideas, and he is happy to help. Also, I was able to get the other AVID teacher interested in his students collaborating with mine to create digital stories for elementary students. Over the past couple of years, my 8th grade AVID students wrote and illustrated hardcopy books to share with little ones, and this year's group of students was not very excited about the project. Perhaps next year's group will be enthusiastic about digital storytelling.
Finally, this week’s topic of digital storytelling reminded me to pay more attention to copyright laws. I learned from Dr. Arnie Abrams that it is fine to use other’s music, visuals, and video on projects that are posted to Intranet sites or private sites and say, “cease and desist.” Did I understand this correctly? Is the following letter via the link below one that someone could expect to receive if work is not cited?
http://www.utsystem.edu/ogc/INTELLECTUALProperty/contract/cease.htm
References
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology:Digital Storytelling, Part 1 [Motion Picture]. Integrating technology across the content areas. Baltimore: Author.
Laureate Education, Inc. (Producer). (2009). Spotlight on Technology: Digital Storytelling, Part 2 [Motion Picture]. Integrating technology across the content areas. Baltimore: Author.
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Megan,
ReplyDeleteThat is great that you will have the help of another person to help you implement the technology in the classroom. Digital storytelling is something that should really get your students interested in the writing process.
I have also come to realize the importance of copyright laws. I do not know much about the laws, but I would imagine you have the potential to receive a letter similar to the one you shared if the material you are using is not given proper credit.
Hi Megan,
ReplyDeleteTechnology interests and excites students. My daughter and I created a digital scrapbook for her vocabulary project a few weeks ago. Her teacher loved it and my daughter kept telling me it was the coolest thing ever. We need to introduce these ideas to students and give them the time and opportunity to use them.
Megan,
ReplyDeleteI think that it is really important to educate students about copyright. So many of them think it is perfectly fine to copy and past information into their presentations. You have some good ideas - good luck putting them into practice.