Digital Storytelling and Best Practice in Technology Integration: Fitting the Pieces Together

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Digital Storytelling and Best Practice in
Technology Integration Fitting the Pieces
Together
Sandy Lathem University of Vermont VermontFest
2004 November 4, 2004
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Tell me a fact and Ill learn Tell me a truth and
Ill believe Tell me a story and Ill remember
Digital Storytelling Overview and
Webography Pottruck Technology Center Simmons
College
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StorytellingEach of us has a story to tell

• Storytelling is as old as humankind
• Through storytelling, we ..
• share our stories
• reflect upon and explore our beliefs
• recognize our similarities and differences

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Digital Storytelling

• Digital storytelling combines personal narrative
  with digital technologies and telecommunications.
• Digital images, pictures, and sounds enrich our
  stories and make them come alive.

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Storytelling for Professional Development

• VT3 --
• Vermont Teachers Teaching with Technology
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/vt3

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Vermont Institutes and UVM

• Sponsored by Vermont Institutes in partnership
  with The University of Vermont.
• Outgrowth of UVMs PT3 (preparing tomorrows
  teachers to use technology) Technology FEAT
  grant. (http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/exhibits)
• Launched in May, 2004 and is an evolving project
  which tells the stories of Vermont educators, PK
  - 20.

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Meet Donna Sullivan

• Donna Sullivan Macdonald
• Orchard School,
• South Burlington School District
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/vt3/dsullivan/dsullivan.htm

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Meet Brent Truchon

• Brent Truchon
• Edmunds Middle School
• Burlington School District
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/vt3/btruchon/btruchon.htm

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Meet Greg Lewis

• Greg Lewis
• South Burlington High School
• South Burlington School District
• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/vt3/glewis/glewis.htm

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UVM/PT3 Case Studies Technology in Higher
Education

• http//www.uvm.edu/pt3/casestudies/uvm/casestudy.h
  tml

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Teachers Everywhere

• Provides online digital stories of teachers from
  
• Apple Learning Interchange
• enGauge
• George Lucas Educational Foundation

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VT 3 - Resources

• List of links using digital storytelling or video
  case studies for educational technology
  professional development.
• Links to Vermont resources concerning educational
  technology.

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What Is Your Story?

• Lets begin with you .
• When did you decide to become a teacher?
• What is good teaching?
• What is best practice?
• When did you begin to integrate technology into
  your practice?
• What effect does technology have on your
  students learning?
• How can you tell?
• What are your top ten resources for learning?

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Whats Next for VT3?

• Create strategies for collecting stories about
  Vermont teachers who use technology.
• Title IID Grant Recipient Projects
• Vermont Technology Teacher Leaders Projects
• Graduate Level Coursework in Digital Video
• Include an interactive, online Vermont
  community where individuals and/or school
  districts can interact with each other about best
  practices in technology integration.
• Use VT3 as a statewide resource for professional
  development programs offered by Vermont
  Institutes and the University of Vermont

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Interested in Creating a Digital Story about a
VT3 Teacher?

• Please contact --
• Sandy Lathem
• College of Education and Social Services
• University of Vermont
• 426A Waterman Building
• 802-656-0481
• slathem_at_uvm.edu