Planning
The final task is based on creating a story and transforming it into a video. The task is ´individual` or ´grupal`.
Students decide whether they are going to create their own story or if they want to work with a classmate and create a collaborative story.
The students have been given two choices.
The first choice is to access ´Youtube` and use the ´Youtube video creator`. To do so, the students need to have a gmail account.
The other choice is to register at ´storybird` and create a ´picture book`or a ´longbook`.
Before they choose one or the other option, I´ve told them about the advantages and disadvantages when deciding to work with one or the other.
Therefore, I´ve told them that while the Youtube option allows you to create a video by adding the photos you wish to, by downloading them from the google browser, the storybird website doesn´t allow anyone to create a video. It allows to create an online story.
However, storytelling offers covers, images and drawings, which are really artistic and original.
Youtube also offers the opportunity to add audio to the videos. Storybird doesn´t.
Procedure
The students are told to access Youtube and then click on the Youtube video creator.
First of all, I have told them to think about a story they would like to design.
Then, the students are told to search and download the images they are going to use.
After, I´ve told them to upload the cover for the story and to write a title for it, under the cover image.
Once that has been done, the students should upload the first image and begin writing the story. Each image should be explained with a short text, which shouldn´t be too long. Students should follow these steps with the following images and slides. Until the story has been finished.
Once the images have been uploaded and the texts related to them, it´s time to add the audio.
Youtube offers some songs, which can be used. It is important to note that Youtube doesn´t allow anyone to upload known pop, rock music - as there is copyright control. So students are told to choose one of the songs Youtube offers.
It is important to make the length of the slides and story to coincide with the length of the song. In that way, the music will end with the last slide.
Once the story has been designed, students are told to click on ´create video`. It will take some minutes. It is then when the students will have created their Youtube video storytelling.
Implementation
- Students create the video
- Students save the video
- Students copy their Youtube video link
- Students send their link to the teachers mail
- Teacher will embed all of the students video links into the official school language blog.
Assessment
In class we will have a collaborative assessment.First of all, a student´s video will be played and the rest of the class will watch it.
Then, each of the videos will be assessed and evaluated.
Some items will be established with the whole class -
1. Originality + creativity
2. Length and quality of the story
3. ICT - Video quality, images selected, audio selected, music finishing with the story
4. Coherence and cohesion
5. Grammar correction and vocabulary used
A kahoot will be designed to evaluate the students works.
Youtube video - Created by Roberto and David (3rd course ESO)
Youtube video - Created by Juan Carlos (3rd course ESO)
Youtube video - Created by Maria Chico (3rd course ESO)
Vídeo - Paula López (3rd course ESO)
Vídeo - Silvia Prats (3rd course ESO)
Assessment - Kahoot survey - To be done
