Digital Storytelling

 

    I dreamed throughout my life of becoming an author of children's stories. On this task, I took my first steps. I wrote my first story in English - and I will complete the second part of the same story in Arabic if Dr. Elizabeth Langran allows me to do that - I cannot hide my affection, and I cannot express it. It was an enriching experience. I created my story using the application Adobe Spark. It was easy to use, so I was able to rerecord, add pictures, and change the layout of the pages many times. I chose the music background from the Freeplay website. I chose it to be classical and positive to fit my story.

    My story reflects the real events that happened to me and my daughter. I designed it to suit second graders and based on the learning standard of expanding vocabulary using prefixes and suffixes. I will use the Kindness story in my classroom and explain the words and the importance of using them. I will divide the students into pairs. I will distribute them a graphic organizer. They will work collaboratively to categorize words containing prefixes and suffixes in the graphic organizer and specify prefixes and suffixes. I wrote the Kindness story thoughtfully, starting from the title to the question at the end. In addition, kindness is the title of my story. It represents my standard and provides an educational message for children. I chose to end my story with a question to encourage children to be kind because they can make a better world and a future if they grow up correctly. What is interesting in the kindness story is the story will end, but the children will start telling their stories. They will think about what they have done and what they will continue to do.