I am so happy that we were given this assignment! For so long I have been thinking about how to incorporate more technology into my classroom and with this assignment I was finally able to. Even though this technology was incorporated because of a class assignment, I feel like the effect is really lasting! My kids love using Story Jumper and can't wait to use it next... which is awesome because they can't wait to finish their pre-write graphic organizers and sentence strips, so they can move on to the Story Jumper part of the project.
This process has also been motivational for them to make their writing better. I can hear them talking about how they are going to use the scenes, props, and characters as they work. I'm really impressed with my students. They were able to shift from watching me model and create a project to being able to create their own online digital storybook by the end of the week.
It's a good thing I was able to reserve the mobile computer lab, otherwise it would have taken a long time just to get my students trained and familiar with the program. I was glad that I had incorporated some exploration time into each lesson because I had to find out the hard way that the school-site firewalls were interfering with the logging-in process, so I just had my students use the homepage access that doesn't save until I could figure out what was going on. I didn't realize that it was an issue until I kept getting an error message on-site, but not at home. I was able to work it out with our tech support on campus and he helped me throughout the whole week.
After everything was all said and done, I finally got around to showing my principal what my class had done. He was so impressed and excited that I was incorporating writing with technology that he asked if I could present this website/program to the rest of the staff and train anyone who needed help. Of course, I agreed...so now I'm just waiting to see when he would like me to present. I can't wait to try something new! :)
After everything was all said and done, I finally got around to showing my principal what my class had done. He was so impressed and excited that I was incorporating writing with technology that he asked if I could present this website/program to the rest of the staff and train anyone who needed help. Of course, I agreed...so now I'm just waiting to see when he would like me to present. I can't wait to try something new! :)
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