What’s your story?

Well it is week 8 and we are heading towards the end of the project……. most groups are on schedule to complete their digital story on time. We have hit a number of problems on the way! The school network is causing a few problems for the size of the files we are working with. This tends to be a BIG problem! The groups are working extremely well together, some groups more productive the some, however all are working hard to achieve their goals.

Today all students are here (yesterday there were a few who were away). They are working on preparing what they need. There are puppets being made, pictures being drawn, clay ‘people’ being made and lego being organised. Once again groups are also coming inside at lunch time to continue their work. They are also beinging to focus on the programs they are going to use to produce the final product.

The students have all completed writing their scripts and narratives. This week they are completing their storyboards and beginning to make their ‘actors’!

They have volunteered their time to come in at lunch times this week to continue working on their projects. They are extremely keen to complete these in the set time.

We are into Week 4 of our projects!

It is very exciting;

• This blog page is up and running which is going to allow the students to keep a group ‘diary’ of their progression – including achievements and things that are ‘hard’.
• The students have been keeping a ‘video’ diary using their Flip Mino’s.
• All groups have nearly completed writing their stories. This has consisted of planning, writing and a great deal of editing. The students learnt all the steps they must take before they can progress further. They have learnt the importance of planning and how this makes their life easier!
• The students have voluntarily given up their own lunch times to ensure they have their stories written so they can begin to produce their digital story.
• The students are presently planning the production of their digital stories – including running boards and creating backdrops.

Please click on the individual group names to view how they are progressing.

Welcome to the Bellaire P.S. extension education group for Term 4 blog page. We are very excited to be beginning our projects and look forward to telling you all more about it!