MassCUE/M.A.S.S. Tech Conference 2014-Confidence to Create

In this workshop, we will begin by reviewing project-based learning and digital storytelling concepts. Next, we will get hands-on with an exercise to learn how to help students find their passions and create projects related to their passions. To better understand the value of passion, we will look at some stories of entrepreneurs who followed their heart to create successful companies. We will identify how projects can align to specific subjects and grades and how 21st Century Skills, Bloom's Taxonomy and Common Core Standards align to digital storytelling activities. Finally, we will get hands-on to create a digital storytelling activity. Learning Goals: • Understand PBL and Digital Storytelling • At a high level, understand how to help students find their passions, create projects aligned with their passions and form teams • Create a digital story • At a high level, understand how to map the curriculum goals of a course to a project • At a high level, understand how to map digital storytelling activities to a project • At a high level, understand how to map Common Core Standards to a course