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OBJECTIVE: EFFECTIVE LIBRARY MEDIA SPECIALIST & TEACHER COLLABORATIONTool: Animoto

Ms. Freda D. Brown, School Library Media Specialist

Mrs. Crystal Brown, English Teacher, NBTC

Kenwood Academy High School

Ultimately, collaboration works best when all parties understand their roles, set clear expectations for the project, the students, and one another.

It is a learned process. The collaboration gets easier and easier the more you do it; the experiences are richer for your students. Thus, reflecting after each session is critical; allows for growth and builds communication, trust, and learning for the students.

•Successful CollaborationWhat Works

Communication Can be formal and informal; yet should be progressive and consistent (emails, texts, brief sit down discussions)

Mutual Trustand understanding of roles, skills sets of each adult.

Planning********Discuss and establish objectives, resources needed, roles, student needs, prior knowledge, assessment tools (rubric)

Reflection Honest and necessary.

What advice would you give to teachers who are not currently collaborating with their school librarian?

“You need to have enough time (at least 30

minutes) to sit down, lay out the materials,

talk about the project, and really figure out

the goals and outcomes of the collaboration.

Otherwise the results can be discouraging

for both the teacher and the librarian, which

can dampen enthusiasm for future efforts. “

— Elizabeth Hamming, Lynden High School

“If your school librarian is presently not

collaborating with you, then please

take the initiative to invite him/her to

your next grade-level planning

session.”

“…working

alongside

with your

school

librarian is

wonderful

for your

students

because

they get the

advantage

of the old

saying "two

heads are

better than

one" and it

shares the

load both in

teaching

and

planning”.

•The Project: Digital Storytelling using Animoto

Digital Storytelling: Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.

Objective: To Demonstrate understanding of plot themes through the Play, A Doll’s House by Henrik Ibsen

http://kahslibrary.wikispaces.com/Animoto+Projects

Instructional Roles:•Classroom Teacher-Content of Play•School Library Media Specialist-Animoto Accounts setup and instruction with students •Jointly: Assist with troubleshooting, saving files, developed rubric and project criteria

•Creating an Animoto Accountwww.animoto.com

Apply for an Educator Account:-50 student sub accounts attached to your email address

-Must be a Gmail (Google mail account). I’d suggest a new Gmail acct for the Animoto setup

Confirmation Number is important: -Save it! -Create a Master password list!

Create a Log for each username and password you setup

-Use when assigning accounts to students for projects

Determine how to distribute the 50 student accounts to your students-You can assign more than one student to each account; remind students to only edit/alter their content and warn them that they may see more than one video when they log in.

Step One

Step Two

Step Five:

Step Three:

Step Four:

Create Student Accounts

-Each account builds off of the original Gmail account you used

•Animoto Application

CREATING ANIMOTO VIDEOS IS SIMPLE!

Once You Log In…

• Learning Standards Addressed: English/Language Arts2.B.5a Analyze and express an interpretation of a literary work2.B.4b Analyze form, content, purpose and major themes of American literature and literature of other countries in their historical perspectives.1.C.5d Summarize and make generalizations from content and relate them to the purpose of the material.5.C.5a Using contemporary technology, create a research presentation or prepare a documentary related to academic, technical or occupational topics and present the findings in oral or multimedia formats.

• Learning Standards Addressed: Library Media1.1.8 Demonstrate mastery of technology tools for accessing information and pursuing inquiry.1.2.3 Demonstrate creativity by using multiple resources and formats.2.1.6 Use the writing process, media and visual literacy, and technology skills to create products that express new understandings.

•Animoto & Standards Animoto also addresses Common Core Standards!

• Embed the links to the videos onto a school or classroom webpage

• Create a Wikipage or Google Class page if you don’t have a webpage.

• Students can present their videos to the class

using an

• Internet Connection, LCD Projector, and projector screen directly from the Animoto website.

• Videos can be shared with parents and administrators via email, along with the assignment and rubric.

• Videos can also be shared via Animoto’s mobile App!

•SHOWCASE YOUR VIDEOSSome Suggestions

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•References

http://www.learningcommons.org/educators/library/best_practices/collaborate.php