Shirley Boyd, an Instructional Technology Consultant for Killeen ISD in Texas, emailed me the URL this week for their district’s 2005 digital storytelling film festival.
The K-2 category winning film, “The Lion and the Mouse,” is great. It actually could be published as an enhanced podcast too, since they primarily use still images of stick puppets for the animation.
The grade 9-12 film, “What Makes a Good Teacher?” suggests some basic themes that should be no-brainers for everyone, but don’t seem to be in our current culture of high stakes testing. This movie reminded me of the “Teacher Impact Stories” podcast I published last Saturday. Their identified qualities include:
- organization
- a friend
- a good listener
- caring
- empathetic
patience
Congrats to the students and teachers of Killeen for putting on what was clearly a big success! 
On this day..
- Talking K12Online11 on Classroom 2.0 Saturday November 12th - 2011
- English learners in the digital age: natives, immigrants or outsiders #collab21 - 2010
- I'm a teacher, and I have the best job in the WORLD #EdCampKC - 2010
- Why blog when you can Glog? - 2010
- Unlocking the Past: Techniques for Conducting Meaningful Interviews - 2009
- Fast Forward: Oral History in the 21st Century by Donald Ritchie - 2009
- Video Tributes to Oklahoma Veterans - 2009
- Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy Education - 2008
- Podcast204: How Can I Create a Podcast? Let Me Count the Ways! by Lance Ford - 2007
- XO Laptop Give One Get One - 2007
