Submitted by ldtchr (not verified) on March 13, 2008 - 17:55.
I work with students with learning disabilities and I am amazed at how much they need to practice using their "voices" and what they can really do when given the opportunity. One small group that I have wanted to enter a contest to be in Carol Marsh's new mystery. I thought the could use Movie Maker to tell their story and they sure did! They ended up telling about having learning disabilities by writing their own lyrics to a song. They even won a Most Original Award out of 56 applicants from around the nation - that is not an opportunity they would likely have received if they had to rely on traditional story-telling formats.
We have used Movie Maker to publish some book talks too - it is wonderful how powerful it is for them to see their product look "like someone else's" -translation: not dependent on their handwriting, spelling and/or editing skills...... it surely evens the playing field for them and supports their self esteem!
Giving students a voice
Submitted by ldtchr (not verified) on March 13, 2008 - 17:55.
I work with students with learning disabilities and I am amazed at how much they need to practice using their "voices" and what they can really do when given the opportunity. One small group that I have wanted to enter a contest to be in Carol Marsh's new mystery. I thought the could use Movie Maker to tell their story and they sure did! They ended up telling about having learning disabilities by writing their own lyrics to a song. They even won a Most Original Award out of 56 applicants from around the nation - that is not an opportunity they would likely have received if they had to rely on traditional story-telling formats.
We have used Movie Maker to publish some book talks too - it is wonderful how powerful it is for them to see their product look "like someone else's" -translation: not dependent on their handwriting, spelling and/or editing skills...... it surely evens the playing field for them and supports their self esteem!