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Authentic Assessment Activity:
===I will develop a digital story using as my theme "Civil Rights Movement" to provide a lead into a study on the Civil Rights Act. I will use this to guide the participants during the workshop in completing their digital story.=== I will demonstrate to participants the value-added to a lesson when a digital story is added to a lecture, demonstration, or used as a simulation. I will describe the benefits and techniques necessary for designing a digital story.

Presentation:
PowerPoint - Brief overview of What is Digital Storytelling, Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling, and storyboard Show a digital story which I created from start to finish using either MovieMaker or another software which I found

Graphic Organizers:
MyWebspiration Mind Map to show the progression for building a visual story

Pre-Training:
Use a Word Cloud to focus the participants attention to terms and definitions regarding digital stories

Plan for Workshop:
1. I will open the workshop by giving a short overview of what is digital storytelling and what are the seven elements (point of view, dramatic question, voice, pacing, soundtrack, economy, andemotional content) that are essential to creating a digital story. Next, I will show 3 minute video clip of a digital story in order to provide a mental representation of what is a digital story. To help the participants structure information as they build their knowledge of digital storytelling, I will provide them with a list of steps and materials which will be used to develop a story topic, write the story, find images to use in their story or they can take digital pictures, how to create a storyboard to structure their ideas to images, pictures, and voice prior to using computer software to develop their digital story. At the end of the workshop, the participants will showcase their groups digital story to the group for positive feedback.

2. Through sensory modality, I will develop a Powerpoint to build a mental image of what is a digital story and storyboard. In addition, the use of sensory modality will provide the participants an opportunity to see the seven elements essential to creating a digital story being used as a stimulant, prior to teaching a lesson. In addition, the illustrations found on the Powerpoint will provide images that participants can quickly recall while they are working to complete their project.

3. The participants will most likely be given a chain or tree diagram with step by step process of what to do next in completing the project. In addition, each participant will be given a storyboard model to use in developing their digital story.

4. I anticipate that the participants will have the necessary computer skills to allow them to access the tutorials for creating the digital story. At this point, I can not think of any pre-training that needs to take place.

5. Equipment needed: Laptops, Video-editing software, Microsoft Word and PowerPointDigital Camera, Microphone, scanner, SMARTBOARD or LCD Projector

6. Google, Flickr, Adobe Premier Elements (possibly), MovieMaker, iMovie for Mac users, Microsoft Photostory 3, Audacity O/S, iPod, FreePlay Music, Soundzabound.com, FreeKidsMusic.com, American Rhetoric (famous speeches), Paint Shop Pro, Adobe Photo, VLC Media Player, Windows Media Player, QuickTime Player, Adobe Flash Player

7. Participants will work in groups of three according to subject currently teaching.