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=**Resources:**=

MicroSoft.//Photo Story 3// [Program file]//.// Retrieved from www.microsoft.com

NCH. //Debut Screen Capture//[Program File]. Retrieved from []

MicroSoft. //Windows Movie Maker// [Program File]. Retrieved from []

AnOther.//The Modernist// [photo]. Retrieved 10/05/2012 from []

=**Teachers' resources:**= Topic: Digital stories and movie making to enhance human studies in middle and high school

There are many ways how multimedia can make the teaching-learning process more effective. We focused our research on digital stories and movie making, because in this activity students can be more creative and integrate their artistic skills and academic knowledge. There are several studies and initiatives that prove the usefulness of applying new technologies in this field.

===**Matthews-DeNatale, G. (2008). //Digital Storytelling: Tips and Reasources //. Boston: Simmons College. **===

This handbook for teachers, //Digital Storytelling: Tips and Reasources,// details how the teacher can prepare a task if he/she intends to obtain digital assessments from students. It includes considerations about technical requirements, preparation, topic choice, execution, reflection and valuation. A sample lesson plan and rubric for marking criteria is provided too. In the last chapter Matthews-DeNatale lists resources in various areas e.g. history, language and literature. “Because the [digital] stories provide a record of students’ thinking, teachers can use them in assessing student progress toward learning goals.” (Matthews-DeNatale, 2008, p. 2)

===Brice, A., & Lambert, R. (2009). //Digital Storytelling //. Carlton South, Vic: Curriculum Corporation. === //Digital Storytelling // by Brice and Lambert (2009) gives information and ides how digital storytelling can be used in upper primary. The students can work in groups and create their own digital stories and short films. The book discusses the practical advantages of this method of learning and serves as a guide in the aesthetic values and considerations.

===Howland, J. L., Jonassen, D., & Marra, R. M. (2012). Commumity Building and Collaborating with Technologies. In //Meaningful Learning with Technology // (4th ed., pp. 131-159). Boston: Pearson Education, Inc. === Chapter 6 of the book //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Meaningful Learning with Technology //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">introduces tools that can be used in classrooms to support teamwork. A history high school project is mentioned as an example how wikis can be used as a platform for students’ work. This method gives much freedom to the students, hence mature their ability of decision making and critical thinking.

===<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Dreon, O., Landis, R. M., & Landis, J. (2011). Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation. //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Middle School Journal, 42 //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">(5), 4-9. === <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">The course the article reports about is conducted by R. Kepler and gives opportunity to teachers to learn digital methods. The article details how iMovie or Movie Editor was used to create a 2 minute trailer for a book which the pre-service teachers had to read prior. This technique can be applied in middle schools as a tool for the students’ reflections on their readings. The article summarizes the importance of digital technology in teaching in the following way: “The videos communicate in the current dialect of the middle grades students”. <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Cambria,serif;">(Dreon, Landis, & Landis, 2011)

<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">IRA/NCTE. (2012). Read, Write, Think, Retrieved 26/04/2012, from [|http://www.readwritethink.org]
<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">This website is a collection of links and articles related to teaching English. It helps teachers with lesson plans and ideas. The articles are sorted by grades. It contains many ideas and real life examples about film making and sound tracks. (IRA/NCTE, 2012)

===<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">GoogleApps (Producer). (2011). Using Google Apps for Digital Storytelling Projects [Video file], //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Google Apps for Education Professional Development //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">. Retrieved 26/04/2012, from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXCmk4aib3E === <span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">This video is part of GoogleApps’ series on //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">Google Apps for Education //<span style="font-family: Cambria,serif;">. (GoogleApps, 2011) Vinnie Vrotny is a certified Google instructor and shows how to use Google environment to organize the students’ work in any class. The sample project that he uses to introduce the opportunities for a teacher is a grade XI history project about the Vietnam War. Photo stories and digital narratives are shown that students produced. Google Form makes it possible for the teacher to create the rubric for valuation. Google can provide storage area for schools, thus the students’ works can be collected and displayed together. The video mentions MicroSoft Photostory and iMovie as useful free programs for these projects.