Project+3

The digital story that I created centers on a second grade Science standard. I chose to show the phases of the moon. I completed this project using PhotoStory3. This application allows you to upload pictures and music to create a digital story. While using this application I was able to add audio for each picture as well as transitions, text, and timing. After using PhotoStory3 I began using OneNote to create a video clip and Movie Maker to help with editing and for the final project.
 * Introduction**

Media literacy is the ability to access, analyze, critically evaluate, and produce communication in a variety of forms (Project, 2012). Media literacy is used daily throughout our lives. To complete this project I had to decide on a target audience. I chose to focus on second grade due to the topic and standard that was taught. Then I used storyboard to plan what slides and narration to use. Next, I added a digital movie as a form of media literacy. When viewing this video I had to look closely at each slide and decided what each was trying to convey. As a whole the message I was trying to get across to my target audience is the phases of the moon.
 * Description**

media type="file" key="7485_jackson_p3movie.mp4" width="300" height="300" I thought this project would be easy to complete. While working on the movie I found that I had to complete several tasks before putting the final pieces together. I found my most challenging part was making the photo stories. I first had to upload each picture. After that, I had to add narration to each picture; the narration took the longest because of outside sounds and I had to erase and begin again. Next, I had to incorporate timing into each slide to go along with the narration. Then, I had to add the music which was the easiest part of all. Finally, I had to upload the slide to MovieMaker and also upload the video clip and piece it together. Looking back at the different steps I would have to say I surprise myself with the finished product. The movie turned out good and I will probably use this next year with my students as an example of how to make a movie. This project was very fun and I learned a lot about using the different types of applications. I will look for more applications to use to make movies to share with my students. Educators have to find different ways to engage students in the classroom. Using media is a great way to accomplish this. Teachers will be able to use different types of media to reach all students at their different levels of learning. I look forward to using all types of media in my classroom to engage and meet each student at their levels of learning.  Center for Media Literacy. (2011). How to teach media literacy. Retrieved from [].
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 * References **

Golombisky, K. & Hagen, R. (2010). //White space is not your enemy: A beginner’s guide to// //communicating visually through graphic, web and multimedia design.// Boston: Elesevier Inc.

Project Look Sharp. (2012, June 1). What is media literacy. Retrieved from [].