Schedule

**1st Week of Storytelling: Our first week of Digital Storytelling:**  
 * distributed the Digital Storytelling folders and reviewed the Digital Storytelling process
 * Using notecards, club members selected a prompt from the Ideas for Stories list and wrote their responses making sure not to write more than the front and back. We did this two or three times and then read them to each other. At the end of our group clubs, students took an PhotoBooth picture of themselves choosing a different effect (comic strip, charcoal, etc)
 * Wednesday: We read over the Take 6 elements of a Digital Story, making sure to underline important words to help remember these points when writing our scipts.
 * We then watch digital stories from an elementary school in Kentucky, using a Take 6 evaluation sheet to if these stories contained the 6 elements of a Digital Story.
 * 2nd Week of Storytelling:** 
 * Introduction to our new gvdigital wiki! Students practiced navigating on the wiki and began writing their scripts.
 * Wednesday, we looked at the Discussion pages and began adding constructive comments to others' stories. Comments MUST be limited to the improvement of the story and supporting each other's writing. Suggested prompts include:
 * 1) Have you thought about ....
 * 2) I'm curious about ...
 * 3) Tell me more about ...


 * 3rd Week of Storytelling:**
 * Finalizing our scripts and checking to see if our stories include these Take 6 elements:
 * 1) Living in Your Story
 * 2) Unfolding Lessons Learning
 * 3) Developing Creative Tension
 * 4) Economizing the Story Told
 * 5) Showing Not Telling
 * 6) Developing Craftsmanship


 * We watched the Fair(y) Use Tale and looked at copyright laws: [| Click Here] to watch this entertaining yet informative video


 * 4th Week of Storytelling:**
 * Ryan Conarro provided vocal coaching to our storytellers to help prepare them for the recording of their scripts. He focused on these key elements of voice:
 * 1) Expression
 * 2) Articulation
 * 3) Projection
 * 4) Vocal Variation
 * 5) Pacing
 * 6) Dramatic Pause


 * 5th Week of Storytelling:** Practiced, Recorded and downloaded scripts to iTunes


 * 6th Week of Storytelling:** Introduced Garageband for soundtrack composition
 * We could have dedicated an entire club just to Garageband! The students love this component of the digital storytelling club and have a hard time committing to a composition for their story.
 * After creating their soundtracks, students read their scripts allowed while their soundtrack was playing. Club members provided feedback. Did the music match the mood of the story? Did it enhance or detract from the message?


 * 7th Week of Storytelling:** Creating an iMovie
 * Alysia McLean from the Juneau Douglas City Museum gave us her "Balloon Tutorial", which included all of the files necessary to create an iMovie. We used her tutorial as a way to set the stage for those students ready to start their own iMovies. Once the students added her photos, narration and soundtrack to an iMovie file, they practiced adding transitions and creating their own titles.
 * Alysia's files included:
 * 1) Narration downloaded to iTunes
 * 2) Five Balloon images from iPhoto
 * 3) Balloon soundtrack composed on Garageband and the shared to iTunes


 * 8th & 9th Weeks of Storytelling:** iMovie Production and Editing
 * Students worked at their own pace to compete their digital stories.


 * 10th Week of Storytelling:** Glacier Valley's Academy Awards
 * After asking at least two students to watch their digital story and provide feedback, club members saved their final projects as QuickTime movies in preparation for our Academy Awards. This ceremony was held on the last day of club and celebrated the hard work of storytellers. Each student introduced his or her film before viewing. Immediately following each film, club members provided compliments and constructive feedback.
 * A parent/student permission form was distributed to those students interested in publishing their digital story on the web.



