"M" School Leadership Project

Mr. Grobey's leadership class used digital storytelling as the culminating project in their semester-long inventory and exploration of the strengths and weaknesses of their school community. Working in groups, students created documentaries to illustrate the three fundamental tenets of their school – demonstration, performance, and advocacy. Their goal involved demystifying or promoting their school, whether by identifying a weakness and advocating for improvement or by emphasizing existing strengths.

Students worked in teams and wrote persuasive essays that functioned as the voiceover scripts for their videos. After editing and refining their narratives, students used digital still and video cameras to capture supporting material, and they sourced relevant digital imagery to illustrate specific details and perspectives of their school community. Finally, they created titles, worked with transitions, chose music to set the appropriate tone, and experimented with special effects to complete their videos.