Curriculum Night Project (20% percent project)


I would like to share a Digital Storytelling project that was implemented by my 8th grade students.  We the teachers are required to meet with parents two nights of the year.  We share information about our curriculum and expectation of our class.  I decided to do a digital story using my students to provide the information about my Initiative/Advisory Class.  The students share information and expectation about the Initiative/Advisory. Also, they included information on the two units covered in Health called Nutrition and Life Skills.  The students had to work together and were required to include music, texts, images, pictures, and creativity.  The students did an amazing job and the parents enjoyed the Digital Video.  They even included a Nutritional Musical Rap.  The energy of the students was very visible in the video.  They all had a lot of fun and that is what Digital Storytelling brings to the class.  This project was my 20 percent time requirement.  I am hoping Dr. Penny will share our 20 percent projects before this class is over, so we can get some ideas from each other.