Roxxy

Hi and welcome to this edition of "Getting to Know Roxxy!!!"

Roxxy graduated from UVM with a degree in French. She had the opportunity this past March to travel with a group of people from Fletcher Allen to Haiti, where she worked as a translator, and head coordinator for kids/school activities. She worked with kids that had never seen colored paper, markers, glitter. . . or even a world map. She raised more than $2000 to make this trip possible with the big help of the preschool she currently works at. I think this is soooooo cool. What a great way to put her French into practice, especially given the humanitarian nature of the trip.

Currently, Roxxy is a preschool teacher in Charlotte, and works part time in a restaurant.... all teachers do, right? In her freetime, anything outdoors is where she loves being (running, hiking, walking, biking, soccer...)- including taking her yellow labrador puppy of 1 year, Philo, along with her. If she does become an elementary teacher, she really wants to coach soccer to young children as well. Roxy is interested in the elementary post bac here at UVM, and is enrolled in this course to check it out and see if it is what she is looking for. (She is also employed as a UVM spy, and is here to see if Charlie is earning his pay...)

Roxxy likes to go to Yahoo.com, as this is where she can check her email, and for preschool curriculum, she likes to visit perpetualpreschool.com. She hopes to leave this class having better knowledge and understanding of current directions of curriculum as well as computer proficiency she can take with her into her future classroom.

Appreciation: Life in Haiti



//**Tell me a fact and I'll learn. . . Tell me a truth and I'll believe. . . Tell me a story, and I'll remember.**// //**-unknown**//

//(Charlie has tried to make it so everyone can view the video here. It is way too big, even in condensed size, to be transported through the internet at this point. When my techie advisor comes back to work, I'll try to find out how to do this. In the meantime, Rox and Leah, if you want a copy, we'll have to go the VHS route. Just let me know. Ch.)//

=Digital Storytelling: My Experience In HAITI= - with Leah Maurice

My experience in Haiti

TOP TEN reasons for implementing [|digital storytelling]!!!! During the last decade, a wave of digital stories has "surfaced" about teachers and teaching practices to illustrate and promote the use of technology in teaching. Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way of engaging students, teachers, and just about anyone else to have fun, and learn about technology. I love the whole idea of how digital storytelling can have this "magical effect" of capturing audiences of all sizes and ages. You think of movies that you watch over and over; they never seem to bore you. Why? What is it about them that catches the emotion in you? You can get the same affect in digital stories. When teachers use digital storytelling in their own classrooms, they promote many skills onto their students: research, organization, visualization, interpretation, critical and creative thinking, and cooperative and shared learning skills ([|website] of powerpoint from teacher who supports digital storytelling in her classroom). Wonderful article explaining the [|"Power of Storytelling: How Oral Narrative Influences Children's Relationships in the Classrooms."] Site of elementary children and [|their examples] of digital storytelling. ..

In May 2004, the University of Vermont and Vermont Institutes launched a website called VT3 - Vermont Teachers Teaching with Technology. They broke it up into three sections: 1. Vermont Teachers 2. Teachers Everywhere 3. Resources and More. The first section "Vermont Teachers", describes the current teachers that are using technology to improve and enhance their teaching and student achievement. If you want to learn more about the VT3 "Vermont Teachers Teaching with Techonology", [|Professor Lathem] from UVM has put up some fantastic resources for anyone who wants to learn more about digital storytelling for themselves, or in a classroom. Her [|website] is by far, the best for ANY information on digital storytelling. She describes each site specifically, linking you to all your answers on digital storytelling. ([|powerpoint presentation]) If you want to meet or ask questions to some Vermont Teachers using technology in their classrooms, here it is: [|website]. ..

Another local school, Middblebury College, has done a lot with digital storytelling, and they also have a great website of [|Blogging!]. There was one man in particular from Middlebury, [|Ron Epstein], that sounds like he has quite a bit of experience using digital storytelling in his classroom, you can find him blogging on this website often (click on his name).

When you are trying to start making a digital story, it can be difficult. Following the "seven elements" of digital storytelling can really help you make sure you are doing it correctly: The [|SEVEN ELEMENTS] of Digital Storytelling: where this website truely supports digital storytelling as collaborative art. Another method that really helps, is the website Prof. Rathbon gave Leah and I. It is a [|storyboard template]. . .I found another [|site] that had some great tips in how to [|plan your storyboard], which might prevent you from becoming overwhelmed.And for some people who really like a step-by-step process of how to create a digital story from the technological perspective, you can try looking at this site for windows [|Photo 3 program.]

There is even a Digital Story contest held every year in San Francisco, California. The festival aspires to promote and evolve the art of digital storytelling. Want to see the 1st place winner of the contest? Check this website out : [|"My Potato Story"] Taking it even further: VPR is doing their [|"story BUS"] in Burlington, Vermont! This is where you can go in, set up an interview, and tell them your story. Maybe, I will try to go tell them about my HAITI experience!

Getting started on our project, listing websites that I want to remember! HAITI experience = digital storytelling

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key digital storytelling [|website] =

middlebury teacher, grade 5, actively involves student with digital storytelling [|website] = great [|article] on digital storytelling as a COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT STRATEGY examples of digital storytelling [|clips] from classrooms - [|action] in media education! [|project harmony] edutopia's search results for[|digital storytelling]

article from [|Newsweek] on Digital Storytelling in US