Chapter 4, Wizard of Oz | Free Audio Story The scarecrow tells Dorothy how it felt to see and hear for the first time. The scarecrow may not be much good at scaring crows, but he believes that he could be as good a man as any, and a better man than some, if only he had some brains. Night is falling as the two friends continue along The Yellow Brick Road. Read by Natasha. See Wiz OZ Activities Character Models and Following The Yellow Brick Road Journey Map The Road Through the Forest After a few hours the road began to be rough, and the walking grew so difficult that the Scarecrow often stumbled over the yellow bricks, which were here very uneven. The farms were not nearly so well cared for here as they were farther back. At noon they sat down by the roadside, near a little brook, and Dorothy opened her basket and got out some bread. Dorothy saw at once that this was true, so she only nodded and went on eating her bread. “That is because you have no brains” answered the girl. The Scarecrow sighed. “`Never mind,'” said the farmer.
Audio Stories, Storytelling, Audio Fiction : The Moonlit Road.com Virginia devil folktale about a young man forced to spend the night in a terrifying house, with a terrifying family. But are they really as evil as the townfolk say? Written by Kyle Moore. NEW: Serena Mott, a radio major at Nova Scotia Community College, has created an audio version of this story: You wanna know about that place up there? Let me tell you; you should see her at night. That’s the ol’ Jessup place, that is. See, the Jessups aren’t welcome most places ’round here. They got a reputation. Most the time, folks just carry on like they don’t exist. And ain’t no one seen a Jessup attend a church here ever, and that has folks waggin’ their tongues about worshippin’ the devil or practicin’ witchcraft. Me? You weren’t there that night. Lord this was, what? Back then, my daddy owned this here garage, and I was makin’ a little cash workin’ for him. Well, it was late summer, and the mayor gone and cracked the block of his Mercedes. It was comin’ down hard that night. I looked up. Billy.
Storytelling Festival Audio Archive - Center for Children's Books Storytelling Audio Audio files of past Center for Children's Books storytelling festivals are available. We hope you enjoy listening. The files are in MP3 format with the exception of the 2003 recordings which are RAM and will require Real Player. Storytelling Festival 2013 Video highlights from the 2013 festival are coming soon. Click this link for complete audio for the entire festival. Storytelling Festival 2012 Video highlights from the 2012 festival are available below. 2011 Storytelling Festival We are pleased to share audio and one digital story from our 2011 Storytelling Festival. Top Storytelling Festival, April 17, 2010 Storytelling Festival, April 18, 2009 Storytelling Festival, April 12, 2008 Storytelling Festival, April 21, 2007 Storytelling Festival, April 8, 2006 Recorded during the Encore Festival April 24, 2006 Storytelling Festival, April 9, 2005
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8 Steps To Great Digital Storytelling | Samantha Morra First appeared on Edudemic. (Updated 3/14/2014) Stories bring us together, encourage us to understand and empathize, and help us to communicate. WHY Digital Storytelling? Digital stories push students to become creators of content, rather than just consumers. Movies, created over a century ago, represent the beginning of digital storytelling. 8 Steps to Great Digital Stories Great digital stories: Are personalBegin with the story/scriptAre conciseUse readily-available source materialsInclude universal story elementsInvolve collaboration at a variety of levels In order to achieve this level of greatness, students need to work through a Digital Storytelling Process. 1. All stories begin with an idea, and digital stories are no different. I once had 5th graders write their proposal on National Parks as a paragraph. Resources 2. At this stage, organization is very important. 3. When you are trying to write, there is nothing worse than a blank sheet of paper. 4. 5. 6. Rubrics 7. 8. Like this:
Digital Storytelling Evaluation Rubrics for Teachers Are you integrating digital storytelling in your course with your students ? Are you looking for a carefully crafted rubric to help you guide your digital storytelling activities ? Well you don't have to go far, the answers are right below these couple of lines. This is probably the first time I am publishing a rubric on evaluating digital storytelling. I have previously featured several rubrics that are particularly technology focused and all are geared towards helping teachers better integrate technology into their teaching. Today and thanks to KSBE, Educational Technology and Mobile Learning is introducing you to excellent digital storytelling rubrics. 1- Digital Storytelling Evaluation Rubric ( below is just a snapshot of part of this rubric ) Download it Here 2- Digital Storytelling Course Download it HERE 3- Digital Storytelling Rubric Download it Here