Pourquoi+Tales

=Our students created many of their own Pourquoi Tales through an extensive process that took about six weeks in total.=
 * They began by hearing many folktales, several by Rudyard Kipling, in order to hear the format that these tales follow.

~ Grade 4 Pourquoi Tales by Mrs. Ramm's friend Renee Toppi ~ Interesting tales from a third grade class
 * They also explored many sites including:
 * As a class, we brainstormed many ideas...[[file:Pourquoi Tales.doc]]


 * When it was time to write our own tales, we used this graphic organizer to begin
 * After writing our stories, we began to explore various platforms for Digital Storytelling:
 * See our amazing work below each student's name.

Check out some pictures that our very own Larry took of the event.

 * iPads || Mac Laptops ||
 * Toontastic Tutorial

Here's some other helpful Toontastic information

Little Bird Tales Tutorial   SAM Animation/MyCreate   Educreations   Explain Everything == || Zooburst Tutorial

Zooburst <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Go Animate Tutorial <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Go Animate <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Storyjumper Tutorial <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #008080; display: block; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 150%; text-align: center;">Storyjumper ||

<span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">Check out our Pourquoi Tales and <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">Digital Storytelling Experiences <span style="color: #800080; display: block; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; font-size: 220%; text-align: center;">using applications such as... SAM Animation  Toontastic  Go Animate  Educreations  Zooburst <span style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; border-collapse: separate; line-height: 19px;">==
 * Lionel

How the Lion Got His Sharp Teeth Zooburst How the Lion Got His Sharp Teeth Go Animate ||
 * Bobby

How the Seal Got Its Tail Go Animate ||
 * Zachary

How the Crested Gecko Hangs By Its Tail Go Animate How the Crested Gecko Hangs By Its Tail Toontastic ||
 * Trista

How the Monkey Got His Fur Toontastic How the Monkey Got His Fur Go Animate media type="file" key="How the Monkey Got His Fur.mov" width="300" height="300"

How the Monkey Got His Fur SAM Animation/MyCreate ||
 * Brandon

How the Buffalo Got His Horns Go Animate || Why Horses Are so Fast Go Animate Why Horses Are so Fast Educreations Why Horses Are so Fast Storyjumper ||
 * Kylie
 * Raff

media type="custom" key="22684482"Toontastic Why the Wolf is so Mean Go Animate Why Wolves are so Mean Zooburst

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 * Arianna

How the Sloth Got Its Fingernails Toontastic How the Sloth Got Its Fingernails Go Animate ||
 * Anthony

media type="file" key="How the Elephant Got Its Long Trunk.mov" width="300" height="300" <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How the Elephant Got Its Long Trunk <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;"> SAM Animation/MyCreate <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 150%;">How the Elephant Got Its Long Trunk Go Animate ||
 * Oliver



How the Cobra Got His Crown Go Animate media type="file" key="How the Cobra Got His Crown.mov" width="300" height="300" How the Cobra Got His Crown SAM Animation/MyCreate || How the Shark Got His Sharp Teeth Go Animate How the Shark Got His Sharp Teeth Toontastic || How the Zebra Got Its StripesGo Animate How the Zebra Got Its Stripes Toontastic
 * Kiley
 * Victoria

media type="file" key="How the Zebra Got Its Stripes.mov" width="300" height="300" How the Zebra Got Its Stripes SAM Animation/MyCreate

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 * Vanessa

How Penguins Waddle Toontastic Why Penguins Waddle Educreations Why Penguins Waddle GoAnimate ||
 * Olaitan

How the Baboon Got Her Red BottomGo Animate How the Baboon Got Her Red Bottom Educreations media type="file" key="How the Baboon Got Her Red Bottom.mov" width="300" height="300" How the Baboon Got Her Red Bottom SAM Animation/MyCreate

media type="custom" key="22684516"Toontastic || How the Porcupine Got Its Quills Zooburst How the Porcupine Got Its Quills Go Animate media type="file" key="How the Porcupine Got Its Quills.mov" width="300" height="300" How the Porcupine Got Its Quills SAM Animation/MyCreate
 * Marguerite

|| How the Wildcat Got Its Tail Zooburst ||
 * Noella
 * Isabella



Why the Giraffe Looks the Way it Does Go Animate ||
 * Larry

How the Frog Got His Long Back Legs Go Animate || <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Mrs. Ramm's students share Digital Storytelling at the Blended Learning Conference <span style="background-color: #c0c0c0; color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 180%;">Saturday, April 27,2013 =(Scroll to the bottom of the page to see pictures of the event.)=