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Digital Stories

=Digital Stories are a fun way for students to show you what they have learned. This tool is created with pictures. It is similar to a slide show, but the students can add words, voices, and/or music! This is a way to assess students in a way that they do not have to take a formal test. For example, students can create a photostory to show what they have learned about the solar system. Students love making movies and sometimes do not even realize that they are being assessed. Photostory 3 is easy for students of all ages to use. Students as young as 3rd grade could use it, but also as old as college students. Teachers can also use Photostory 3 to teach students a topic. This is a fun way to learn something new and allows the students to become engaged in a different way. This is also good for students who are kinesthetic and visual learners. = = = = = = = =Digital Stories is a good way to use the UDL approach because it uses many learning styles. It gets the students engaged through a video. It allows the students to learn through something other than the teacher speaking in front of them, and anything different from what they are use to doing always gets them engaged! = = = = = = = = = =As a teacher, you would be using the Maryland Teacher Technology Standard II ( Communication ) and National Education Technology Standard of Communication and Collaboration, Research and Information Fluency, and Technology Operations & Concepts = = = = = = = =Get started using Photostory 3: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx = =media type="custom" key="7755879" = = = = = =An Example: = = = =media type="file" key="Boothe_UDL photo story.wmv" = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =﻿ = = If you have any other questions about Photostory 3, please email me at cbooth2@students.towson.edu =