Storyboard Time!

 So, we have come to the point of storyboarding. When you create a storyboard, you are basically creating an outline for a future story you are wishing to put into production. A storyboard helps you with the very beginning planing stages of telling a truly awesome story. By creating a storyboard you pretty much eliminate a lot of excess time when it comes time to make your production. People use storyboarding in everything from movies, to plays, works of literature, and even the evening news!

I took the time to create a storyboard for our class project which follows my unit plan on "Family History". This is an example of a storyboard I would like each student to create based on their own family history story.  

Using Blogging in the Classroom

Blogging is such a versatile tool that the World Wide Web has to offer its visitors. Many people use blogging in many different ways such as personal life events like the man did in The Tact Of Living. In this blog he documents the major events that happen in his life for anyone who is interested, such as friends and family, to read. He talks about everything from the subject of Free Will to his dog having puppies to obtaining the keys to his very first public school classroom.

Other times people use blogs to keep up with family members by posting anything from pictures to old family recipes. Some people use blogs to broadcast their own opinions over the internet, while others may use blogging as a form of web support for their company or family business.

I have come to learn that you can also use blogs in the classroom as well. As a teacher you can use them as aids for a student project. You can interact with the students while both in the classroom and at home. For example, my class project is "Family History," with this in mind I would more than likely have my students post a family story or a group family photo to the blog, that way it can be viewed by other children in the class.