Local History
I'd like to do a local history project.... connecting my middle school students with elderly folks in the community. Has anyone tried this and/or any suggestions? I'd like to do digital storytelling. Help?1?
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Tammy Keefer replied to Signe's discussion 'Local History' in the group Connecting Content and Technology
Contact your local VFW. They have a program for doing this with local veterans. You could use their program or use it to model a more general program. I think the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) Assn. may also have such a program.
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- At 8:44pm on December 31, 2009,
Sheila Fredericks said… - No, Photo Story 3 is PC software. There should be a comparable program for Mac. I'll see what I can find tomorrow.
- At 6:26am on December 30, 2009,
Bob Zenhausern said… - Visit assisted living and nursing homes and ask for stories. This might be an activity both the staff and guests might enjoy.
- At 8:42pm on December 29, 2009,
Sheila Fredericks said…
- ps--This sounds like a great project!
- At 8:41pm on December 29, 2009,
Sheila Fredericks said…
- My first thought on this is to take a "Ken Burns" approach to this, similar to what he did in World War II. Ideas--record the elderly folks; take pictures of them; find pictures of the community at the time in history (digitize them)--find them in the library, maybe online, or scan pictures that the elderly have. Find music from that time period (preferably music not copy protected). Then use Photo Story 3 to put it all together. Photo Story 3 is a free program from Microsoft.
If I think of anything else,I'll pass it on.---Sheila
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