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Early Learning: Lesson Plans – This site contains links to a variety of digital lesson plans, including several which are focused on developing or strengthening writing skills in the early years. This non-profit site focuses on supporting education through technology and the home site includes many resources for teachers and parents. (Source: Digital Wish)
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Taking Photos of Curious George: Exploring Character Through Images – In this lesson, identified as K-2, students create a digital class book in which they imagine what Curious George would do if he visited their school. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
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Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans – This site provides a simple outline of lessons in a unit on digital storytelling. A list of storytelling resources and digital art resources, as well as downloadable storyboard forms are included on the page. (Source: Rutherford Elementary School)
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Share Experiences, Individual Impressions: Buddies Create PowerPoint Stories – In this recurring lesson developed for K-2, students record field trips and/or other events, then work with older buddies to choose photos and write accompanying text in PowerPoint to describe their experiences. (Source: Read Write Think, International Reading Association, NCTE)
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A Second Grade Teacher’s Blog – Digital Storytelling - In this entry, a second grade teacher describes in detail how she implemented a lesson on digital storytelling with her students. (Source: A Second Grade Teacher's Blog)
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A Long Journey to Freedom – Standard w.2.6 is one of the focus standards in this 6-week unit where students read informational text and read fictionalized accounts of the African-American journey to freedom. (Source: Common Core Curriculum Maps)