Digital+Camera+(student+created)



February 6, 2009

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Description: In this second digital story, students highlight a project they were given entitled, "The Nine Month Baby Project". During this project, students chronicled the development of a fetus for nine months, or one school year. The project culimates with the students "delivering" their babies on the day of their AP Exam. Examining karyotypes, analyzing Punnett Squares, completing a letter to a teacher, were all components of the project. The above project summarizes the student's experience during the course of the school year. Attached below, you will find a copy of the project, in addition to the grading rubric used.

Reflection: I loved doing this Nine Month Baby Project and contemplated a variety of ways to archive the work of my students. Photostory 3 provided an excellent forum for me to do this. The students found the project exciting during the research and work stage as well as the recording stage. The students gained an appreciation for the amount of planning time a teacher puts in for a quality product as they had to record and re-record their voices many times, not to mention modifying image placement, transitions and so on. To create a quality project, I would suggest that both the student and teacher be very well organized. Write out all scripts prior to recording, as this makes the project run so much smoother. When you don't, it can become time consuming and tedious. In short, when well planned, digital storytelling makes an excellent technology tool for any class.

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