Final+Reflective+Summary+2012

__Reflective Summary St Joseph’s Paeroa__ Literacy – Writing from visual cues and using imagination to create a story for publication online.
 * Context:**
 * Whole school initiative.
 * Create for a wider audience for their writing.
 * Thinking about the age appropriate language and material when publishing writing.
 * **Appropriate comments and conversations online**

ICT Facilitator initiative from request to assist with development student engagement and motivation for writing and to improve their computer drafting/editing and publishing.
 * Background:**

Yr 3–8 students were introduced to [|Storybird] – a story creator using real artists’ paintings. They were walked through the process prior to beginning their own story; Yr 0-8 students were introduced to [|Little Bird Tales] – book creators where students can create their own images through a built in PAINT programme or choose photos from their own galleries.
 * Process:**
 * Worked in pairs of their choice – so they could work with their combined interests.
 * Choosing by theme or style of art from the collection.
 * Using their imagination to create a storyline for their proposed book.
 * Careful selection of individual paintings that best represented their intended storyline.
 * In writing their story they were expected to follow the conventions of good writing.
 * Language and length of sentences were dependent upon the audience level that they had chosen.
 * They were able to rearrange the pages (limited to six pages on initial book) to best sequence their storyline.
 * Final drafting and editing was required prior to publishing.
 * They had the option of private or public settings in the publication process.
 * For the Yr 0-2 students the programme was modelled with the students assisting in creating a class big book using photographs taken by a junior student of a recent visitor to their classroom – Perky the Pukeko **–** [|**Matthew’s Pukeko**]
 * Students recorded their storyline on the inbuilt voice recorder with attention to volume, pace, clarity, intonation etc
 * Yr 3-8 students created and recorded their own stories/tales using their own art work or digital images/photos.
 * Stories were published on class account.
 * Students shared their published stories/books within their own classrooms.
 * Students were shown where comments could be written by others to encourage greater participation and engage with a global audience.


 * Reflections:**
 * Students were extremely motivated and excited about writing and publishing their stories online.
 * This was a great opportunity to reinforce the importance of Cybersafety and not using their names, but working through the class account, safe non-deplume and password.
 * Students have shared their online books with their parents at home and several parents have created their own accounts for students to work on at home.
 * Student voice -


 * Next Steps:**
 * Rather than giving free choice, books could be based around the current writing genre or school event/topic etc.
 * Longer books
 * Deeper storylines
 * More senior students to buddy with junior students and assist with story writing
 * Integrating this new skill/programme into task board activities during literacy
 * Wider sharing with parents/whanau at Open Days and Parent Interviews
 * Sharing at Cluster ICT sharing celebration day