Digital Storytelling TPACK Questions

• What is the content you’ll be using in your lesson?

The content that I will be using in the lesson is from the Utah State Core Curriculum Standard 8, Objective 6 which says that students should "write daily to communicate effectively for a variety of purposes and audiences...[through writing] in different forms and genres." I have decided that the students will produces personal writing through a familial genre in which they create a story about a family vacation they have gone on in the past or hope to go on in the future. We will be using pictures from a self-produced and self-illustrated book that describes an experiences of going to visit a grandmothers house. The book is titled Over the River and Through the Wood. 

• What is the pedagogy you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content?

The pedagogy that I will be using is through selecting a writing project that students in class will work on. Some projects include ABC Storybooks, Circle Stories, Adventure Stories and Family Stories. In this particular lesson students will create a Family Story and focus on that. I think that it is a good fit with the content because in the content it describes doing personal writing. For younger students, around grade 3, they are most familiar with stories about their family and experiences they have personally gone through, so creating a story on their own experiences would be most pertinent for them and rememberable. 

• What is the technology you’ll be using and why is it a good fit with the content and pedagogy?

The technology that I will be using is the pen and paper storytelling template. This is a great and easy way to make ideas come together and flow easily. Having the visuals on one side and the words and explanations on the other make it explicit the scenes that I want to create. I think that this is a good fit with the content and pedagogy because students will use a storyboard to brainstorm their ideas and organize their thoughts as they create a story that reflects on a personal experience they have had traveling with their family. The storyboard will help the students create their stories. I also plan to use IMovie to put images and audio explanations together to present the stories in a fun and interesting way. Many of the students will react excitedly to creating a movie since they have seen so many and can relate to movies. They will feel proud of their work and how amazing it is to be completely involved in the movie-making process.