Thing 5: Digital Storytelling and Presentation Tools

I skimmed through many of the tools mentioned this week, but the ones I spent time on are VoiceThread, Photopeach, Zooburst and Storybird, as well as the information about Creative Commons. I really like the idea of having the students create booktrailers using VoiceThread. I may do this with my library book club students next year. (There is no club this year). I absolutely love Zooburst and wish I was working with elementary students to utilize this tool in my library. There is a way to view the stories on a regular PC if you print out the 3D "tool" and hold it up in front of the webcam. I made a little slide show of my Maine vacation pictures using Photopeach. It was fun to choose the pictures and music. I would love to do this for all my family get-together photos! Here is the link for it: http://photopeach.com/album/131a7y1 Presently, I have 2 Freshman English classes that are coming to the library to use Windows Movie Maker to design a book trailer. The students have finished reading and studying Fahrenheit 451. They have chosen a book that they have read in the past that left an impression on them. They are to create a book trailer about that book to convince the other students in the class why this book should not be banned/burned. They are using images and music through Creative Commons. I can't wait to see their final projects.