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"Quite simply, digital storytelling is the act of using computer-based tools (desktops, laptops, tablets, cameras. and even smartphones) to tell a story. Used in the classroom, it is a lens that teachers and students can use to master the craft of storytelling and argumentative analysis. Digital storytelling might incorporate anything from storyboarding to script writing, revision, production and further editing."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Digital storytelling is a great way to introduce students to many skills. Students can learn how to create story boards, edit and revise their writing, select a digital tool and create a product. This post from Edudemic provides a guide that you may find useful if this is new to you. After introducing digital storytelling the post provides ten lesson ideas as well as additional resources. There are a few suggestions I would add to this list. One, the tool xtranormal, which is referenced in the second lesson idea, is currently not available. However, the good news is that another company has purchased the company and it will return. For younger children a good tool to help create a digital story is Little Bird Tales. The website Storybird is also a great tool to check out and they provide amazing images that students may use to create their story. This site may be used with younger students as well as students in high school. 
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Mitch Resnik, the creator of the super-simple Scratch programming language and head of the Lifelong Kindergarten group at the MIT Media Lab, gave a TEDx talk about the value of coding and computer literacy in early education.
Beth Dichter's insight:
If you have not checked out Scratch, a free programming language from the MIT Media Lab, take the time to listen to this talk by the creator, and then check out the program at the Scratch site, http://scratch.mit.edu/. You may download the program, join an educator's community, check out projects, watch tutorials and much more. One question that is being discussed more and more is if we should teach students programming. We are also told we need to have our students be creators of materials. Scratch may be a program that will help us meet both these goals.
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It is easy to stumble on clues about how the mind works. Many people notice, for instance, that a good way to learn about a topic is to teach it to someone else. When a person teaches a concept to others, he or she is likely to remember that material for the long term. Long-term retention is much less likely for those in the role of a traditional learner who is listening to a teacher talk. Fortunately, recent advances in brain science mean that we no longer must stumble on insights such as this by trial and error.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
Check out this infographic from Mia MacMeekin that looks at verbs that help us meet the six levels of Bloom's taxonomy. This would be a great infographic to print out and put up in your classroom!
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