FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 8, 2005

Students use technology to produce digital stories
Tomorrow, 20 students in Grades 4, 5 and 6 in the Prince Edward school group will participate in a Digital Story-Telling Enrichment Workshop at Massassaga-Rednersville Public School.

The day’s activities will teach highly-motivated students how to enhance their personal story writing through the use of information and communications technology using sound, images, video clips and voice-over narration. The students will use Windows Movie Maker software to meet language curriculum expectations in a fun and educational manner.

“This day will provide students, as storytellers, an opportunity to create a living artefact of their personal story through a unique and exciting mode,” says Suzanne Cholasta, Gifted Enrichment System Resource Support.

Students from the other seven school groups in the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board will also be involved in workshops to promote digital storytelling in the classroom. These workshops that integrate language and technology are planned from now to the end of the school year.

The Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board has 54 schools serving 18,700 students, employing 1,140 teachers and 770 support staff. The Board covers a wide geographical area of 7,221 square kilometres bordered by Maynooth to the north, Deseronto to the east, Prince Edward County to the south, and Quinte West to the west.

For information, contact:
• Suzanne Cholasta, Gifted Enrichment System Resource Support (613) 966-1170, or 1 800 267-4350 ext 2536