Created by Jessica Pack, Teacher, James Workman Middle School, Palm Springs Unified School District

1. Digital Storytelling:
Connecting Standards to Movie-Making
Sunday, March 20, 2011

2. “...if we are going to reach
our students in a way that
is relevant to their world
and their future, then we
must teach them from...a
new environment.”
-David Warlick
Sunday, March 20, 2011

3. Why Make Movies?
Sunday, March 20, 2011

4. Making Movies
and Following
Pacing Guides
•Long-term projects
•Create a schedule that works.
•Build in technology skills development
•Use the movie as an assessment.
•Structure student leadership roles
•Emphasize student preparedness
Sunday, March 20, 2011

5. A Word About
Achievement
Levels
•All students can produce
movies.
•Movies increase engagement.
•Maintain high expectations,
but alter the amount of
scaffolding you provide.
•Help students begin with the
end in mind.
Sunday, March 20, 2011

6. Making Movies
and
Using Language
Objectives
•Address multiple language skills
•Embed multiple standards
•Make language skills a movie
focus for language learners
Sunday, March 20, 2011

7. “Word Man”
Click here to access video
Sunday, March 20, 2011

8. Language Objective:
•Identify setting and explain how
setting can affect plot using complete
sentences and academic vocabulary.
Skills Addressed:
•Identifying setting (set design, script)
•Analysis of setting (script)
•Writing (script)
•Listening (group planning)
•Speaking (performance)
Sunday, March 20, 2011

9. Standards Addressed:
•R.3.2 - Analyze the effects of the qualities
of the character on the plot and resolution
of the conflict.
•R.3.3 - Analyze the effect of setting on
the plot and resolution of conflict.
•W.1.6 - Revise writing to improve the
organization and consistency of ideas
within and between paragraphs.
•WOC1.1 - Use simple, compound, and
compound-complex sentences...
•LaS1.6 - Support opinions with detailed
evidence and with visual or media displays
that use appropriate technology.
Sunday, March 20, 2011

10. Technology
Skills
Development
•Film Angles
•Storyboard/Script Writing
•Recording Basics in iMovie
•Editing Process
(Transitions, Video Effects)
•Sound (Music, Effects)
Sunday, March 20, 2011

11. Organized Chaos:
Moving Through the Filming Process
Sunday, March 20, 2011

12. “Filming is the best
because if you make a
mistake, you can fix it - not
like in real life, when you
can’t.”
-Lionel, age 12
Director of “Be Active”
Sunday, March 20, 2011

13. Authentic
Audience
•Get higher quality work when
students know work will be
disseminated
•Dissemination and reflection
are key. Work will only be
legitimized if students are
given an authentic audience.
•Websites, Film Festivals,
Peer Viewings
•Major benefit for you:
Instructional use further
down the line.
Sunday, March 20, 2011

14. Websites:
http://www.packwoman.com
http://digicomfilmfestival.com
Sunday, March 20, 2011