Digital Storytelling using Mobiles

A social studies teacher was inspired by Tony Vincent's blog on project based learning and encouraged her students to show their learning on the Executive Branch using personal mobiles if they had access to them. I put together a few examples to share with the students.  Here is a quick recap of my experience working with three digital storytelling applications.

Storyrobe:  
Things I liked:

• easy to use
• can include photos and voice recordings
• recordings can extend over multiple images by pausing/moving to next image
• reasonably priced at 99 cents
• can be shared with others via e-mail or YouTube (click to view the example I shared with students.)

Things I did not like:

• images need to be rotated landscape
• recordings are limited to three minutes

StoryKit:
Positives:

• easy to use
• can include photos, text, simplistic drawings and recordings
• free
• can be shared with others via StoryKit server

Negatives:

• recordings are on each individual page 

SonicPics:
Good:

• fairly easy to use
• can include photos and recording can extend over multiple images by pausing/moving to next image

Needs Work:

• cost is high at $2.99

Student Blogs

Students in the eighth grade Techno Savvy classes created blogs that address global issues.  Students worked hard on their projects and are excited to share their learning.

What can you do?

1. Visit a few of the blogs:

http://arecellphonestocoolforschooloasd.blogspot.com/

http://anewwayofschooloasd.blogspot.com/

http://cloninganothereweoasd.blogspot.com/

http://deathorriseofthedeathpenaltyoasd.blogspot.com/

http://anewlearningstyleoasd.blogspot.com/

http://animalsliveordieoasd.blogspot.com/

2. Respond to the poll.

3. If you have a Gmail account you can add a comment. If you choose to leave a comment, please (a) read the information, (b) use the links to learn more about the topic, (c) look for the critical question, and (d) post your comment to the critical question. Please be sure to comment on the blog content, not the blog itself.

Thank you for supporting the work of these students.