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Laura Hook |
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Gilda Martinez-Alba |
Taking digital stories to the next level to make documentaries
takes a few steps. To make documentaries, more structure is involved,
and the content is as important as the product or the film itself.
Topics should include multiple viewpoints, while making the audience
care about the person or idea in the story. Once a topic is selected, a
storyboard outline should be created to organize the sequence, the
scenes, the props, and so on. Lighting and sound should also be
carefully considered to help make the film look and sound as
professional as possible. Other elements to consider are the camera, the
editing software, and, of course, the audience. An article entitled
“Taking Digital Stories to the Next Level: Making Documentaries” will be
coming out soon in TESOL Journal with many more
details.
Gilda
Martinez-Alba is the Reading
Clinic director at Towson University,
where she teaches graduate reading courses, including ESOL courses, to
teachers becoming reading specialists specializing in ESOL.
Laura Hook is
the ESOL supervisor for the Maryland State Department of Education,
where she provides professional development to teachers and
administrators, and helps coordinate ESOL teachers'
initiatives
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