Have you ever wondered what kinds of tools you can use to make your lessons more lively and organized? One option can be using storyboards. “Planning for Learning: Why Use a Storyboard” gives a simple but thorough description of storyboarding. What is a storyboard? A storyboard is a plan that maps out ideas for teaching and learning activities. It basically is a rough draft of a future course or assignment. There are simple storyboards which include flowcharts, outlines, or tables and there are more complicated storyboards which are more detailed and include text, graphics, and/or videos usually referred to as multimedia storyboards. Storyboards can display a direction or sequence for a lesson.
The direction and organization that storyboards provide can be beneficial to use in the classroom for a variety of reasons. They can be used to help a teacher “think ahead” and lets the teacher fix any problems that may arise. This way a teacher knows what his/her job will be as well as the job of the students. They create structure, sequence, and direction for lessons. Storyboards allow lessons to go more smoothly causing less stress and demand. They also fit lessons into the course objective. Storyboards are able to give out information in a structured manner.
Teachers can use storyboards for almost everything in the classroom. They can be used to plan for student activities for each lesson, estimate the time spent on each lesson, and explain objectives to be attained from each lesson. Other information to be used on storyboards include course descriptions, requirements, objectives, general resources needed for the class, outlines of course structure and lesson components. Students can also benefit from using storyboards. They help the students to stay organized, keep on task, and on schedule.
The most beneficial aspect of the article were the pictures provided and the references posted at the bottom of the article. Storyboards can be very open and can be creative. They can expand thoughts on projects and assignments. Storyboarding is a great planning tool to get organized and stay on track in the classroom.
“Planning for Learning: Why Use a Storyboard”. 2 Sept. 2007. Teaching and Learning With Technology, The Pennsylvania State University. 2007 http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/research/storyboard.shtml.
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Good Job Team 1!! Your article was full of information and it gave me a lot of ideas for how I can use storyboarding when I become a teacher! The only thing that kind of disappointed me was that you said the pictures and images for this article were so good but I didn't get to see them on your blog! : ( but it's ok because you added the link at the bottom so I could view it! Awesome Job Team 1!
Wow you guys gave a full blown out summary. Your summary had lots of great information! Good job :)
I really enojoyed how conversational you made the post. You were talking to us not just at us. I found your article very interesting and informative. You clearly stated what a storyboard is, how they are used and what they can be used for. You kept it very organized and straight forward. You did a good job stating the benefits of storyboarding and why they are a great tool to utilize in the classroom. It is important that teachers use many different means for teaching and you did a great job explaining storyboarding. Overall great job!!
You guys are correct! It helps direct a sequence on what the teachers role is and what the students role are. I liked that you guys put in the benefits of storyboarding. Its really important that all teachers have effective techniques in their classrooms.
Loved your summary!It gave lots of great tips and great information on creating your own storyboard and showed how it can be used as a helpful tool in the classroom. Great Job !
Your blog was very informative and I liked how it looked very professional. Great Job!!!!
The article was pretty good. I actually was concerned about the layout being a summary instead of bullet points though. I liked how you kept it focused while keeping the feel conversational.
I liked how it showed the different ways teahcer can use storyboards. Our article didnt touch on that so it was good information.
I thought that the summary was organized really well, and very informative. I also liked how it spoke to me as a future teacher, which really helped to hold my attention.
Great blog. The article contained excellent information about how storyboards are beneficial to teachers in the classroom. Storyboards are really a great way to help keep teachers organized and plan ahead.
Great job on your summary!!! its very thorough and had really important information!!!
Great job Group 1. This article was very informative about the whole 'storyboarding' process. It showed how storyboarding is helpful in the classroom and how students can only benefit from it. I think it is important for teachers to try and find these more interactive ways of teaching to engage their students.
i really enjoyed your post. lots of good information. i strongly agree that storyboards allow lessons to go more smoothly causing less stress and demand. great job!
Nice work, guys! You definitely wrote a full out summary of the article, which gave all of us a lot of information that we may not have found in our own articles. It would have been awesome to see some of the pictures you talked about, but all in all...it rocks!
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Your summary and chosen article gave me good information to use for when I am actively teaching. I will benefit from using a storyboard when I want to organize lesson plans or when I need to "think ahead" to future lessons. I can make the storyboards as simple or as detailed as I want and I know that any missing parts will be revealed as I create my storyboard. Thank you for the informative blog.
I really found your summary very informative and helpful. You made a clean cut analysis of the benefits of storyboarding in the classroom. I for one find it importnat that teachers are always fiding new and innovating ways to keep their students interested, and using new technologies really hits the mark!
Good Job guys!
I really liked how your article spoke to me as a future educator and not a student. I learned, on very conversational terms, just how much a storyboard can bring to a lesson plan. I am now very interested in seeing this in action someday! Good Job!
Your ideas for storyboarding were great! This was a great summary, it dove into all the angles of storyboarding.
Good job Team 1.....I really liked the fact that you made this blog right to the point. You took an article, took out the basic and important facts and you applied them to a very "to the point" summary. (which that kind of sounds redundent, but whatever). Also I like how you gave some points and examples of how exactly storyboarding can help teachers. Good Job!
Great job! I like how your article was very imformative and showed the different ways a teacher can use a storyboard.
Team one You guys did a really good job. It was very informative with the summary of your article. Great Job.
This article was great.. I even went back and read the actual article I was so intrigued by your summary!!! I love how it shows what the teachers and student will both do!! Kepp up the great work!!
Wow your teams blog has a lot of great information. I think you really did a great job of explaining how storyboards can be used in so many different ways in teaching.
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