Collaborative Storytelling

First, you will be paired with another person from your class.

Next, you will visit this website: Check out this Cool Website from NPR about their ‘Three-Minute Fiction’ Series

Classroom Discussion:

• What is fiction?

• What do you think fiction tries to accomplish?

• Why do people read fiction?

• Can you tell a good story in 3 minutes?

You are going to write a 3 Minute Fiction Story in a Google Document - THE CATCH! You cannot talk to each other while writing this story. You must use chat/discussion feature in docs or set up a Twiddla meeting.

Writing Prompts:

• Finders Keepers
• A work of fiction inspired by a photograph
• A work that revolves around a US President
• More? Discuss.

Kodu!

Kodu Review Guide

Paralympics Starts Today!

Check out the following websites......

Sochi Olympics Website
Paralympic Official Website
Pralympic YouTube Video
History of the Paralympics

Options for Mini Projects:

• Create a 'How to' for a sport - This can be a video or photo explanation
• Create a Spreadsheet for Medal Counts
• Profile on an athlete at the games

Finished with Podcast?

Check out these coding sites

• http://code.org/
• http://www.tynker.com/
• http://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code
• http://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming
• http://codepen.io/
• https://www.khanacademy.org/cs

What to say in your interview?

Click on this link for directions

Beginning the Interviews

Agenda:

• Finish Hero Ideas
• Review StoryCorps Ideas
• Group Pairings
• Ice Breaker - Hero Discussion
• Writing a Biography for the Interview

Biography Example

StoryCorps Podcasting

Today, we are going to learn more about each other.  We are going to take the information we learn and create a podcast.  A podcast is a radio show that is broadcast on the Internet.  We will be modeling our project from a popular podcast on NPR called StoryCorps.

Agenda:

• Podcast Introduction -

1. What is a Podcast?
2. Why do they exist?
3. Have you heard a podcast before?

• Listen to StoryCorps Interviews

StoryCorps NPR Website

• Answer Questions about Interviews (Google Docs)
• Watch StoryCorps Animations
• Discuss Questions as Class
• Introduce StoryCorps Project – Conduct an Interview
• Team up with Partner – Assigned
• Ice Breaker - Find a Photo
• Brainstorm Questions for StoryCorps

1. StoryCorps Great Questions
2. Conversation Starters
3. 101 Conversations
4. 100 for Families

• Begin Writing Questions for StoryCorps (Google Document) – Must include conversation starters – 3 minutes of talking

Links:

• StoryCorps Archive

Project Rubric