Andrea and Desi's Bulletin Board - National Anthem Day

Desi and I were given the topic, National Anthem Day.  We decided to make the bulletin board look like the American flag and put the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner on the red and white stripes and put our classmates' names on the stars.  Unfortunately, the finished product did not come out as well as I had planned.  We probably should have measured the bulletin board so that the stripes could be evenly distributed.  As you can see, once we got to the bottom of the board, we ran out of space as well as time.  However, I still think this was a good idea and it was a lot of fun to put together!

Digital Story - Day 2 Closing

Michele and I made a lot of progress today.  We finished writing down all of the facts that we want to include in the digital story.  I also pitched my new idea to Michele which she was very enthusiastic about.  Initially, I thought of using a conversation between an ignorant person and an expert on Poe.  Now, however, it has developed into a comical sketch in which Michele and me will be able to do some acting.  We are both very eager to get started on this.  Hopefully, we will have the script finished by the end of the weekend so that we can act it out and put everything together in time that the project is due.  I think a lot of people will enjoy this presentation and I can already tell that Michele and me will have a lot of fun putting it together.

Digital Story - Day 2 Pre-blog

During the last session, Michele and I wrote down a few facts about Edgar Allan Poe's life because our digital story is going to be on his biography.  I have not done anything else since the last class but today I hope that we can finish up the script.  I just came up with an idea, however, that I think might be pretty fun.  I still need to discuss this with Michele, but I am thinking about using a dialogue in which one of us asks questions about Poe's life and the other answers it.  This way, we can get both of our voices into it and give it more of a personal touch rather than having a straightfoward lecture on Poe.

Digital Story - End of Day 1

Today, Michele and I were able to put together some of the storyboard.  We wrote down facts about Edgar Allan Poe's life and we are now about halfway in.  We still need to complete the facts, organize them, and present them in a way that is more appropriate and "English majorly."  I think that we plan on using the Photo Smart program primarily and will keep pictures on a flash drive so that we do not need to bring in our own computers.  We are going to use the pictures to follow along with the story and our use of music will set the tone and mood of the piece. 

Digital Story - Day 1

I think that today my partner and I will be learning the basics of how to put together a digital story.  I am really excited to play around with different pictures, music, and sounds.  Today, I would really just like to get comfortable with the program we will be working with.  I would like to see all of the options available to me and I would like to start brainstorming with my partner.  We have decided to make our digital story about the life of Edgar Allan Poe.  He had a very tortured life which is reflected in his works.  So far, we only have a basic idea of what we will be doing.  I have not put anything in the digital storytelling workbook yet and I have not read or bought the digital storytelling textbook yet.  However, I can catch up very fast and I am not at all worried about not meeting the deadline.  I am a bit of a procrastinator, but I always pull through in the end.  After seeing some examples of digital stories, I am very excited to get started on making one. 

Partners for Lesson Presentation


I will be co-teaching a lesson with Michelle Gentile.  Since we are both English majors and we both enjoy the works of Edgar Allan Poe, we have decided that one of his works will be the topic of the lesson (most likely a poem).