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** Instructional Uses of the Digital Camera **

 **Technology Standards Addressed:** **Standard 2.0 – Digital Citizenship****:** Demonstrate an understanding of the history of technology and its impact on society, and practice ethical, legal, and responsible use of technology to assure safety A. Technology and Society c) Identify how technology tools have been and are used to meet people’s needs **Standard 3.0 – Technology for Learning and Collaboration****:** Use a variety of technologies for learning and collaboration  **A. Learning**  1. Use and understand how technology enhances learning  b) Describe ways selected technology tools are being used to support learning **B. Collaboration** 1. Use and understand how technology encourages collaboration a) Explain how selected technology tools are being used to enhance collaboration c) Articulate the advantages of collaboration supported by technology tools **Standard 4.0 – Technology for Communication and Expression****:** Use technology to communicate information and express ideas using various media formats. **A. Communication** 1. Use and explain how technology is used for communication b) Use technology tools identified by the teacher to communicate with various audiences  c) Present information, with assistance, to various audiences including school and community **B. Expression** 1. Use and understand how technology can be used to express ideas a) Use multimedia tools to express original ideas with print, drawings, digital images, existing video, sounds, and/or personal recordings

**Story Telling Project--Teacher** **Description:** For the first part, I ran a Write-A-Book workshop on book binding with students and parents on November 18, 2009. Parents thought it was a good idea to take pictures of the process since the written directions from the County were hard for them to visualize. In fact, the parents and the students helped to take the pictures. My goal is to post the directions to our school website.  **Reflection:**Uploading the pictures was easy. Office Picture Manager did not work correctly on my computer, so I used Adobe Photo Suite to edit my pictures. The hardest part for me was the audio since my voice quality is poor to start with so I had a student do it for me. I learned that if you do not leave enough room for the file, it shows up as a little wav file and opens as a new window.

 **How to Bind A Write-A-Book**  media type="file" key="WAB Binding with notes music narration.wmv" width="300" height="300"

 **Story Telling Project-- Student**  **Description:** Some of the first graders had been working on writing his/her Write-A-Book since September. The binding process took place in December for the primary students. We thought it would be a great experience to take Write-A-Book one step further and turn it into a movie to promote fluency and story telling. The book was written by a first grader and the movie was produced by first graders. Fifth graders took the pictures and edited them.

 **Reflection:** Some of the students had experience taking pictures and none had experience editing. Adobe was easy to show them how to use. The students commented on how PhotoStory made them feel like a "rock star." Instuctionally, seeing the student's Write-A-Book as a movie was exciting and very motivating--taking the writing process one step further. It was easy for this particular group of first graders to do. They worked together as a team. Having the pages scripted out in front made the activity easy for them. I was able to put the wav file on the server so the other students could see the movie. The students enjoyed the activity and the other first graders enjoyed seeing the final product.

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 * PINKIE THE GYMNASTIC STAR**