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__INTRODUCTION__
====This wikispace page is for project 3 in MEDT 7490. Project 3 focuses on digital storytelling. Digital storytelling is a way to tell a story digitally. Digital storytelling encompasses many things such as pictures, video clips, sound, and text. It is becoming increasing popular. For this project, I used Movie Maker.====

__PROJECT__
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For this project, I chose to tell the story of my life. It includes people that have been a major influence in my life. It tells about some of the important people that have been there for me in my life. Some important events in my life are also featured. I used MovieMaker to create this project. I didn't have a great deal of pictures to choose from because my parents' house burned last year. However, I used what I had left to create this project.

__ARTICLES__
I looked at 4 articles that were related to digital storytelling .There are many great articles about digital storytelling. I reviewed four. As described by Robin (2010), digital storytelling can, “help teachers overcome some of the obstacles to productively using technology in their classrooms”. Digital storytelling could really engage students in the classroom. She suggested showing students some examples of digital stories that were already created. This would be great to capture student interest before beginning a project. Students can use many types of multimedia on a digital story. Most computers in my classroom already have MovieMaker so we could easily try this out in the classroom. “Digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips, and/or music.” ("What is digital," 2014). My students typically use many types of media on a daily basis. They would enjoy incorporating these into a story about themselves. There were four steps mentioned by Trent. The first step said to choose a topic then write a script. The second step was to collect your resources. The next step mentioned was to select your content and write a storyboard. The last step she mentioned was import, record, and finalize (Trent, 2012). were the exact steps that I used when creating my digital story. These steps were all very important in this project. If any of these steps were not done in order it could cause confusion. The ISTE has provided some standards for both teachers and students. Many of these standards can be covered by digital storytelling. Research and information fluency has students, “apply digital tools to gather, evaluate, and use information”(“How digital storytelling,”2009). What was done for this project was exactly that. I collected pictures, evaluated them for relevance to my story, and wrote information to use to help tell the story.

__EXAMPLE__
I plan to use Movie Maker in my classroom later this semester. I have decided to let the students do an All About Me Movie using Movie Maker. In the past I have typically had students create a PowerPoint or Prezi about themselves. This semester, I have decided to try to let students use Movie Maker. Students will use video and pictures that they already have to tell the story of their life. Students will enjoy being able to put their voice on the video. Students also typically enjoy being able to add their own sound or music to projects.

__REFLECTION__
This project was much easier to understand than the others we have completed so far. I used Movie Maker to complete this project. Movie Maker was very simple to use. I did not have any issues with Movie Maker until I tried to save it. Then I had several issues. I ended up totally starting over from scratch because it wouldn't open the file format it saved it in. I spent 2 days working on the project and totally had to start over. This became frustrating. However, adding transitions was very simple. The process of adding sound to my file was also very easy. I enjoyed using Movie Maker for the most part and plan to have my students work with Movie Maker later on this semester for a project.

__ **ABOUT THE AUTHOR** __

Mary King is a 9th grade Digital Technology teacher at C.A. Gray Jr. High school in Moultrie, GA. She is passionate about computers and loves sharing new technology with her students. This is her 4th year teaching. She also teaches Marketing at the Technical college level. She has an AA in Sociology from Waycross College, a BBA in Business Management from Valdosta State University, and a MBA in Marketing from Grand Canyon University. She is currently pursuing an EdS in Instructional Technology from the University of West Georgia. In the rare occasion that she has any spare time, she enjoys spending time with her family. She also enjoys spending time with her boyfriend of two years. After completing her EdS degree she hopes to obtain a position in higher education.

__ **REFERENCES** __ Robin, B. R. (2008). Digital storytelling: A powerful technology tool for the 21st century classroom. //Theory Into Practice //, 47(3), 220-228. Trent, B. (2012, February). //Digital storytelling: promoting literacy through technology//. Retrieved from  (2009). How digital storytelling builds 21st century skills. //Library Technology Reports//, //45//(7), 15-19. //What is digital storytelling //. (2014). Retrieved from []