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Are you ready for a Digital Storytelling kBurst?

Digital Storytelling engages learners in the writing process, integrates technology, and ignites creativity. Sequencing, patterns, cause and effect, plot, character development, and so much more can be explored with digital storytelling.

Storyboard

Digital Media Selection

Collaboration

Creativity

Sharing

Creativity can be encouraged and even taught. By allowing students to tell “their” story you help to build a community.

To get started Google Digital Storytelling.

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Quality Matters is a rubric designed by Maryland Online that is utilized for a peer review process of online courses. This podcast is an introduction to section one of that rubric.

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Are you ready for a Quality Matters kBurst?

First things first. When developing an online course it is critical that students be advised of the course expectations, and technical requirements. The navigation should be simple and the instructions clear.

course tour

welcome message

navigation

clear expectations

online conduct

netiquette

student introductions

To create a congenial learning environment it’s a good practice to introduce yourself to your students. Include items like your philosophy of teaching, your experience teaching online and your hobbies and interests.

To get started review Quality Matters standards section one “Course Overview and Information”. After reading the section, consider what you could do to enhance your own online course.

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Are you ready for a Technology Integration kburst?

Utilization of technology can enhance engagement, motivation and understanding of curricular objectives.  All too often technology is placed in classrooms and educators are expected to know what to do with little to no training in its integration. 

• blogging
• podcasting
• wikis
• digital storytelling
• screencasting
• digital media editing

Technology shouldn’t collect dust or be something extra that students have to learn and teachers have to teach.  If you want to engage, inspire and motivate students to learn, then allow them to utilize the technology tools of today.  Let’s help prepare children for their future.

To get started create your own blog, podcast or wiki.

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