Breanna Bales

TE864
4/25/2018

Final Digital Storytelling Project

“Talking Book Talk”

CONTENT AREA: Reading

GRADE LEVEL: 3

PROJECT EXAMPLE:
● https://youtu.be/sHpwxjHEEtU
● https://youtu.be/qIuIWRNv5Qk

PROJECT DESCRIPTION:

The students will choose their favorite book, or a book that they have read recently. The

students will use Chatterpix to create a “talking book” that will summarize the story they chose

to let the audience know what the book is about.

CONTENT OBJECTIVES: The student will…

1. Retell a story by summarizing

2. Show reading comprehension through writing and using technology

3. Use appropriate grammar, language, and vocabulary learned to describe ideas

NEBRASKA LANGUAGE ARTS STANDARDS:

Grade 3 Reading

LA 3.1 Reading: Students will learn and apply reading skills and strategies to comprehend text.

LA 3.1.3 Word Analysis: Students will use knowledge of phonetic and structural analysis to read

and write grade-level text.

LA 3.1.4 Fluency: Students will read a variety of grade-level print/digital texts fluently with

accuracy, appropriate pace, phrasing, and expression to support comprehension

LA 3.1.6 Comprehension: Students will construct meaning by applying prior knowledge, using

text information, and monitoring comprehension while reading increasingly complex grade-level

literary and informational text.

LA 3.1.6a Identify author’s purpose(s) (e.g., explain, entertain, inform, persuade) to support text

comprehension.

LA 3.1.6b Identify and describe elements of literary text (e.g., characters, setting, plot, point of

view).

LA 3.1.6d Summarize a literary text and/or media, using key details to identify the theme.

LA 3.1.6e Determine main ideas and supporting details from informational text and/or media.

STORY PLANNING PROCESS:

● Students will choose a story that they like and will summarize it into a paragraph. LA

3.1.6b

● The students can choose any book that they have read and enjoyed recently. LA 3.1.4

● Students will write in complete sentences identifying what the story is about and how

they will tell it in Google doc. LA 3.1.3

● Students will use the iPad camera to take a photo of the book or a book character that

they are summarizing.

● The students will use their voice to read their story summary using voice over technology

Chatterpix. LA 3.1.6d
MEDIA PRODUCTION PROCESS

Description: This lesson was created in order to allow students to persuade other students to

check out a book that they enjoyed from the library. The students will choose a story that they

enjoy and will summarize it in 30 seconds or less in the Chatterpix app. The final product will be

the main character telling the audience what the book is about.

Phase I: Planning and Development

1. Students will choose a picture book that they enjoy from the library.

2. They will reread the story and fill out the story map provided that includes main character,

supporting character, setting, problem, solution. The story map will help students put their

thoughts together so they can start typing out what they are going to say in a Google doc.

“When creating digital stories in a classroom setting, students go through the writing process of

composing a story by traditional methods: using pencil and paper or the word-processing

functions on the computer. The composition later becomes the digitized voice-over narration”

(Sylvester & Greenidge, 2009, p. 287).

Phase II: Pre-production

3. The students will begin writing down their narrative in their own words. Throughout this

process the teacher will give feedback. The teacher should also show students examples of

what they are looking for so they know how to form their narrative writing choices. “As an

instructional tool, teachers have the option of showing previously-created digital stories to their

students to introduce content and capture student’s attention when presenting new ideas”

(Robic, 2008, p. 222).

4. In the preproduction stage, students need to gather and edit the media they will be using

within their project (Ohler, 2013, p. 191). For this project, the students will be using their iPad to
take a photo of a main character in their book. The photo will be taken through the app. The

photo will be a clear picture of one of the main characters.

Phase III: Production

5. Using the photo they took from the book, the app will prompt the students to draw a line

where the mouth goes on the photo. Then students will practice reading and recording their

stories into the Chatterpix app. This may take many tries as the students have to figure out how

to summarize their story into 30 seconds. The teacher will give feedback.

Phase IV: Post-Production

6. Before finalizing their project students should show their video to a few peers and the

instructor in order to gain feedback and insight before submitting. “Having an in-class showing

can be a good way for students to get input before their final mix” (Ohler, 2013, p. 195).

7.Students will then finalize their project by exporting the video and saving it to the iPad’s

camera roll. After saving the final project to the camera roll of the iPad, students will need to

email their final copy to the teacher.

Phase V: Performance

8. After completion of the project, the school librarian will create a slideshow video to show to

K-5 students during library class. “An untold story in an incomplete story” (Ohler, 2013, p. 197). I

believe by sharing student’s stories with the school, it will encourage and excite students to read

the books that were presented.

MATERIALS/ TECHNOLOGY

● Pencil and paper for brainstorming

● Computer lab computers for typing story on Google doc and using the internet for

researching (if needed)

 ● iPads

● Chatterpix app downloaded to iPads

The students will use the class set of iPads to create this project. The iPad is versatile in the

sense that it will be used as a microphone and can take photos if needed for the project. The

students will use the computer lab in the library to type their summary practicing their typing

skills. Chatterpix is a free app.

COPYRIGHT

The teacher will remind students that they need to summarize the story using their own words.

The teacher will lead a conversation on why it’s important that the students don’t copy

something that’s written on internet.

The students will be expected to use the provided iPad to take a picture of the book that they

are talking about. Students must make sure to give credit to the author and illustrator as well.

The students will not be searching the net for imagines to use.

ASSESSMENT:

Students will be assessed on

● Information: Did the student demonstrate knowledge of the book?

● Presentation: Did the student speak clearly with appropriate pace?

● Technology: Was the student able to complete Chatterpix project with little to no help

from the teacher.

● Use of time: Did the student stay on task and work effectively?

● Copyright: did the student give the title of book along with the author?

The attached rubric will discuss each element that the students are assessed on in more detail.
References
Ohler, J. (2013). Digital storytelling in the classroom: New media pathways to literacy, learning
and creativity. 2nd Ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.

Robin, B. (2008). Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool for the 21st Century
Classroom. Theory Into Practice, 47(3), 220-228. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org.unk.idm.oclc.org/stable/40071546

Sylvester, R., & Greenidge, W. (2009). Digital Storytelling: Extending the Potential for Struggling
Writers. The Reading Teacher, 63(4), 284-295. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org.unk.idm.oclc.org/stable/30249378
 Rubric for Talking Book Talk project

Name: _______________
Category 3 2 1

Use of Class The student was The student was The student
time fully engaged usually engaged distracted others
and focused and focused and was not
during class during class time engaged or
time. He or she and would focused during
did not bother refocus when class. He or she
any other given a had multiple
students and did reminder. The reminders to use
not need student did not the time wisely.
reminders to bother any other
keep on task. students during
class time.

Content The student The student The student did

Knowledge demonstrated demonstrated not demonstrate
great knowledge knowledge of knowledge of
of the book he or the book. The the book. The
she choose. The student content given
student did a explained the was made up or
great job book, but not true.
explaining the missed the main
main idea of the idea of the story
story and and/or didn’t
persuading the persuade the
audience to read audience to read
the story. the story.

Presentation The student The student The student

presented the presented the rushed through
project and project clearly presenting the
spoke clearly but lacked one project and
with appropriate of the following: didn’t speak
pace and tone. appropriate pace clearly. Was
or tone of voice. hard to
understand.

Chatterpix The student was The student did The student did
able to follow the not meet one of not meet 2 or
prompts through the following more of the
the Chatterpix needs: The following needs:
app. The student student was The student was
used a photo unable to follow unable to follow
with good quality the prompts the prompts
and placed the through the through the
 Chatterpix Chatterpix app, Chatterpix app,
mouth in the the photo quality the photo quality
correct spot. was not up to was not up to
standards and/or standards and/or
the mouth was the mouth was
not placed in the not placed in the
correct spot. correct spot.

Copyright The student The student The student did

included the included the title not include the
author and title of the story, but author or title of
of the story. not the author. the story.