Tell it digitally competition
Welcome to the Tell it digitally competition!
Every school has amazing stories to tell about their people and community.
Why not ask your students to create a great digital story and join our competition?
.jpg) Your students may like to showcase their school by telling us about one or more of the following:
- The school's beginnings
- Earlier generations' times at the school
- A special day, year or decade
- Interview a benefactor and tell their story
- A significant event
- Your school today
They choose the time and subject. The choices for their ‘snapshot’ are endless!
A digital story is made from old photographs or new photographs, or both.
Have interior and exterior photos as the story context. Add narration and music (or sound effects) and the story is ready to share with others! There are other amazing digital possibilities your students will love learning about.
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Search your school library, family albums, Picture Queensland your local Council library or Historical Society for images of your school’s early days and changes over the years. Selected photos need to be copyright free and not of past students or teachers without parental or individual consent. You can go to forms to download the project consent form.
If your school is new, you may wish to take images of the school in its Q150 year as part of its story.
Competition dates
The competition commences on 5 October 2009 and closes at 5.00 pm AEST on Friday 13 November 2009. For more details read terms and conditions.
Conditions of entry
This competition is open to Education Queensland staff and students.
Students from Years 5 to 9 are encouraged to participate. There are two categories for entries: Years 5-7 and Years 8-9.
Software
Please use Microsoft Photo Story 3 for PCs or iMovie for Apple computers.
Output format
Please provide the output format as:
- WMV for Windows
- MOV for Apple computers, via the share menu option
Schools will need Windows Media Player for Photo Story 3 and either Windows Media Player or QuickTime for Apple computers.
Length
Your digital story should run between one and three minutes. Please do not exceed this time as space is limited. Ten to twelve photographs fit comfortably into a two-minute story.
Submit your entry
All entries can be submitted to the 'Tell it digitally' project room in the Learning Place. There are two Podcast lounges, one for 'Years 5-7 entries' and one for 'Years 8-9 entries'. Submit your entry by uploading your digital story to the appropriate Podcast lounge. Go to instructions for more details.
Prizes
The winning digital stories will be featured in The Learning Place, and their creators will have the opportunity to participate in a chat with an expert in the digital storytelling genre.
Assessment
Here are suggestions of assessment criteria from the KLAs of English, SOSE, Technology and The Arts (Media) if you wish to incorporate the ‘Tell it digitally’ competition into your classroom curriculum. Go to assessment for more details.
Please observe Indigenous protocols
In many areas of Indigenous Australia, it is considered offensive to publish photographs or names of Aboriginal people who are deceased. Please avoid the use of such materials.
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