GENERAL FRAME AND MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE COURSE

The organization of the course will be as follows : 

• ALL THE TASKS ARE COMPULSORY
• PLEASE, RESPECT THE DEADLINES 

Outline for the participants:

• THEORY FRAME . In this section you will find articles, writings, web pages to read (optionally) about STORYTELLING  and a list of additional sources you may be interested in checking. 

1. General frame and objectives 
2.  DST : Educational Uses. 
3. ICT TALK.  Vision of DST according to Bloom's Taxonomy. The page includes list of tools.
4. Aula Planeta.  What DST is. Types of DS to teach and learn. How to create a DS in 8 steps. (page in Spanish) 
5. Edutopia. Why Storytelling in the classroom matters  (very good content) 
6. Edutopia. Empowering Students Through Multimedia Storytelling
7. DS : Promoting Literacy Through Technology
8. DST : Tips and Resources

These are some of the hundreds resources you can find about DST. Any suggestions to increase the list will be welcome! 

• DIFFERENT MODULES in which you will work the different contents of the course. 

The participants will be required to create  a digital support or a VLE (virtual learning environment) in which all the contents of the course, tasks, resources, tools, videos and all the materials we use and create throughout, can be posted and kept for further use in the future. YOU HAVE TO CREATE THE DIGITAL SUPPORT WITH THE AIM OF BEING USED IN YOUR CLASS. DESIGN IT FOR CLASS USE WITH YOUR STUDENTS.  

Easy tools are recommended:

BLOGGER
WIX  
SIMPLESITE
 

Each blog domain or web page domain  will be posted in the PADLET that has been created for this purpose with the objective of sharing your work and your progress with the rest of the participants. 

 In case you have never created a blog, instructions will be provided. 

TOOLS TO BE USED THROUGHOUT THE COURSE :  we are going to use these web tools in our course with the aim of providing very interesting and effective ways to work with  YOUR STUDENTS  in YOUR CLASSES. 

• COURSE BLOG
• COURSE PADLET
• SOCRATIVE  (demo video included) 
• KAHOOT  (to be used as student) (demo video included)
• KAHOOT  (to be used by the teacher to create a kahoot for the students) (demo video included) 
• • EXAMPLES OF RUBRICS TO ASSESS STUDENTS' EXERCISES :
  • evaluation methods

  • Digital and traditional storytelling

    Part IV - Assessing digital stories, new media narrative

  • edtechteacher (lots of resources for assessment including rubric generators)
  • 21st century teaching (includes lots of links to rubrics)
  • DST : Tips and Resources 
  REMEMBER :  KAHOOT and SOCRATIVE are very engaging and motivating tools also used for assessment
   

           

SO, THE FIRST STEP IS ...  CREATE A BLOG. You can use any blog creator or if you have one already GREAT! . If you don't, I recommend you an easy one such as :

• www.blogger.com  (linked to a gmail account)