Yesterday, Sylvia Martinez, Sue Harris, and I had the chance to present to teachers from around the region. I was the primary speaker, but I decided to invite Sylvia and Sue to share their specific experiences from a San Antonio ISD perspective. After I spoke, what a delight for the audience to hear the specific ideas expressed by Sylvia and Sue. Sue shared her experiences with the Under the Sea Digital Storytelling Camp held simultaneously at 3 campuses in San Antonio ISD. Syvlia shared how digital storytelling technologies are applicable to a wide range of content areas and simple enough for grade 2 and up students to use.

Of course, the focus was on sharing on digital storytelling in general and what SAISD teachers and students are doing in particular.

You can see the presentation below...I customized a presentation I normally use to introduce folks to digital storytelling. You can download all the materials (handouts) from both of these sites:

• MGuhlin's Digital Storytelling wiki (off-site link)
• Instructional Technology's Digital Storytelling

Are you interested in the teaching of writing? You're invited to the San Antonio Writing Project's Visitors Day taking place on Friday, July 6 from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM in the Main Building (MB) 0.208 at the UTSA (1604 location). According to the flyer:

Come and visit with our new San Antonio area Teacher Consultants, as teacher demonstrations and pieces of writing are shared! Visitor parking will be available on the top floor of the Parking Garage located on the 1604 side of campus...view the flyer and map.

Some of the images in the presentation below didn't come across. Let me know if you'd like a copy of the PPT.