Great Stories Begin Here: HS Students use Digital Storytelling to Chronicle their College Preparation Journey at Adams State University

I spent a year working on my practicum for the Kellogg Institute through the National Center for Developmental Education.  Read the final report here.

                Four students from Centennial HS in San Luis, Colorado, took a concurrent enrollment course at Adams State University in college readiness using digital storytelling to chronicle their college readiness journey.  These junior and senior HS students worked through college readiness curriculum each week and created a video blog of their experience. Students received college credit for their video projects and had access to cameras/editing technology.  The course was co-taught with film studies faculty and college readiness faculty.  In Spring 2013, students were eligible to take a second course which would develop their editing skills to turn the weekly video blogs into a polished narrative of their college story—what colleges they have been accepted, and what they learned through the film project. Pre- and post-tests of Accuplacer skills for reading, writing and math showed improvement in course placement.