Comments on: Reporting to Parents – Photo Story 3 Style!

By: Rachel Boyd

Rachel Boyd — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 19:03:07 +0000

What a neat and powerful idea. Great to read and see the process you went through also. It is something I have been thinking about doing, but never seem to be able to find the time to implement. Perhaps seeing the finished products will be motivating enough!
Awesome to put the time and effort in and get such a great result. I hope your parents appreciate and treasure the results!

By: teachingsagittarian

teachingsagittarian — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 07:43:53 +0000

Thanks Lisa and Jamin!

The digital stories took two weeks from start to finish. We used our literacy time to write our scripts and take the photos.

Recording was done in pairs and when someone was ready to record, their partner called out “quiet please, recording” then “thank you” when silence was no longer required. Everyone in the class did whatever they were doing, silently! (It was incredible how supportive they were of one another!!).

We’re looking at uploading our completed photostory to our class wiki http://www.room18tis.wikispaces.com – just waiting for parental permission.

By: jlietze

jlietze — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 09:39:04 +0000

Hi Chrissy

I to have to say “Wow”. I would love to see what one of the final products looked like.

This is a great idea. I am currently reviewing how I report to Parents and what needs to be included in that process. I am interested in trying your idea.

How long did it take to put these together?

I reckon it would be a great movie to add to an eportfolio (maybe a wiki or something) that the child took with them through school.

Way to go Chrissy!

By: Lisa Parisi

Lisa Parisi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 00:48:32 +0000

What a super idea! I can’t wait to put this in action next year. Thanks.

By: teachingsagittarian

teachingsagittarian — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 09:09:40 +0000

Thanks Kirstin & Marnie!

Only my class created Photo Story presentations this time but I know that some teachers were very interested to see how it went. Hopefully we will have more using digital stories in the 3-way conferences.

Marnie, I’m sure that you can adapt this idea for 6 year olds – how awesome! Your parents will be blown away!

Let me know if I can help in any way!

By: Marnie

Marnie — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 03:47:24 +0000

Fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing it. I wonder how I could adapt that for 6 year olds… it sounds so good having the children reflecting on what they learnt and basically designing their own parent interview. Well done Chrissy!

By: Kirstin

Kirstin — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 01:53:24 +0000

Wow Chrissy, this sounds fantastic! I wish my son was in your class (he’s Y7). I’m a total Photostory convert – I love it and many of the children in my class are choosing to use it instead of Powerpoint.
We don’t do 3 way conferences at my school (I wish we did), but I can already see how I could adapt this idea to suit. Did your whole school create Photostory presentations or just your class?
Thanks for sharing.