Walk straight ahead in your path to computer science knowledge. After learning about straight-ahead animations, scholars program their own animations. They apply the concepts of functions and parameters in their computer codes.

Animate a lesson on computer science. A fun activity makes scholars create stories in the Scratch block-based coding language. The characters in their stories all come from the TV show The Amazing World of Gumball.

Ahoy there! A fun computer science lesson challenges pupils to write a program that creates an ocean wave. They then develop stories to accompany their projects. All of this takes place within the Scratch coding program.

O gallant computer scientist, take on this quest. An interesting activity challenges techies to program a role-playing game using code blocks. They also write stories to accompany the quest. 

Think of computer science like a game. The first of eight parts in the Google CS Game Design series introduces participants to the club procedures and to the unit. Scholars write a story in Scratch on a gaming situation.

Explore a trailblazing way to talk about innovation. Using the Scratch coding program, young computer scientists create innovations and write stories to accompany them. They include some of the add-ons they mastered throughout the unit.

Your own story might just be the most interesting one of all. Scholars pick one of three story starters to frame their personal narratives and customize them by placing add-ons to their stories. Video tutorials guide users on how to...

Make your own way through a story. The sixth of eight installments in the Google CS First Storytelling unit tasks scholars with creating an interactive story within the Scratch coding program using if/then blocks. Readers choose their...

Are the characters the best part of a story? Young computer scientists create a story using the Scratch coding program. Self-directed tutorials within a larger whole-group lesson shows them how to write a sequence of events and add...

Accept the premise that the resource is good for you. After choosing a starter project, referred to as a premise, scholars pick some add-ons for their stories. Accompanying video tutorials help them put these add-ons into action using...

I'm gonna make it rain. Scholars complete a computer coding activity where they create a setting for a story to complete the third of eight lessons on Storytelling. Using the Scratch coding program, they include rain and lightning to set...

With Aurasma, textbooks come to life, bulletin boards transform into formal presentations, traditional signs fuse into online communication and interactive documents, and pupils come to see the world from an entirely new and invigorated...

Tell a story, demonstrate a process, or teach a topic with all sorts of visual supports with this awesome app. Teachers and pupils alike can quickly put together wonderful presentations and videos with just a few taps, some narration,...

Create digital stories to demonstrate knowledge of grammar, literature and technology. The grammar lesson incorporates sentence writing, grammar, literature, creating storyboards and producing a slide show.

Creative projects and collaborative learning are hallmarks of 21st Century learning skills. Using an iphone, 6th graders create an iMovie which shows a student composed riddle. The riddle needs to be about one of the landforms they have...

Second graders create a digital story. In this animal life cycle lesson, 2nd graders research animals, identify photos, and design a photo story using the pictures. 

Ninth graders explore the power of media in culture and Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence. In this nonviolence and media lesson, 9th graders analyze Gandhi's nonviolent methods for social change and discuss the media's power to create...

Students discover ways to pass on stories to future generations by creating a time capsule.  In this history preservation instructional activity, students utilize a digital camera/camcorder to record their daily lives which is turned...

Young scholars analyze four versions of the Cinderella story. In this fairy tale analysis lesson, students read four versions of Cinderella and work in groups to identify the plot for each. Young scholars illustrate the stories and use...

Sixth graders write a creative story and turn it into a digital storybook. In this digital storytelling lesson, 6th graders write a creative story, illustrate the story, and then use computer technology to turn their story and...

Students write a personal narrative and convert the story into digital format. In this digital storytelling lesson plan, students write a personal narrative, record the story, create images for the story, add animations or transitions,...

Students complete a graphic organizer to analyze cause-and-effect relationships in the plot of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty," by James Thurber. They create a new episode in Mitty's secret life using digital storytelling techniques.