Storyboard +TPACK=GREAT

Our digital story presents the poem written by Shel Silverstein entitled "Messy Room." Not only does this project emphasize literacy in the classroom, it also incorporates technology, and visuals that will hold the students' attention.

This is how TPACK is specifically used in our digital story project...
CONTENT: Students will not only gain experience with a different genre of literature (poetry), they will also learn the importance of personal hygiene and keeping our living areas clean. Students could identify how the messy room is a safety hazard as part of 1st grade Content Standard 1 Objective 1.

PEDAGOGY: Students will be actively engaged in the presentation because of the visual nature of this project and their connection to people they know in the pictures (namely, their teachers).

TECHNOLOGY: Students will hear a poem via a computer program and can follow along with their own typed copy. The poem and pictures are presented using PhotoStory (the pictures were taken using a digital camera). After the students view their teachers' video they get to make their own digital story in small groups.

We are working on putting our digital story together but here is a sneak preview...