Digital Family Stories

Tell the students that they will be taking part in a project to collect family stories. The stories can be uploaded to the classroom web site and/or burned to a DVD to be taken home. Explain and provide a writing/research rubric for students to follow. The topics can be as broad as you want or can be narrowed down to a specific event, such as "the day Mt. St. Helens blew".

Student:
Decides who they will interview.
Write up to ten possible questions to ask.
Makes an appointment with the adult family member.
Checks out a Flip Video Camera from the teacher.
Introduces self and interviewee.
Conducts interview and captures on Flip video.
Download and edit into a movie. Upload to SchoolTube.com
Share in class, share on line with others, add to blog.