Major dramatic questions in digital stories about the history of an invention

Speaking out loud through writing … about an invention!

REMEMBER! Major Dramatic Questions can be stated or simply implied!

Here are some examples of explicitly stated Major Dramatic Questions in digital stories about inventions! Study them and think of a Major Dramatic Question for your own story ...

  • How did the invention of the printing press revolutionize the dissemination of knowledge and impact literacy rates?
  • What were the key challenges faced by inventors like Thomas Edison in developing the light bulb, and how did they overcome them?
  • How did the invention of the steam engine transform transportation and industrial production during the Industrial Revolution?
  • What societal impacts did the invention of the internet have on communication, commerce, and information sharing?
  • What motivated Alexander Graham Bell to invent the telephone, and how did it change human interaction and communication?
  • How did the development of the assembly line by Henry Ford revolutionize manufacturing processes and shape modern industry?
  • What were the scientific and technological breakthroughs that led to the invention of the airplane, and how did it change the world?
  • What cultural and societal impacts did the invention of the television have on entertainment, news dissemination, and communication?
  • How did the invention of the transistor pave the way for the digital revolution and the rise of modern electronics?
  • What challenges did inventors face in creating the first practical versions of the computer, and how did these machines evolve over time to become ubiquitous in modern society?

Shared documents for the outline of your digital stories

Click on your group's link and create the outline of your stories!

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Blue group

Orange group

Digital stories about inventions

Here is a collection of digital stories presenting inventions of the modern world! What do you think of them? Do they meet the criteria in the rubric for our digital storytelling projects?

Traffic signals The windshield wiper The bicycle
The Internet The computer The bicycle 2

Digital stories about innovators

Do you want to get an idea of what your presentation can be like? Here are two digital stories about great innovators of the past, the Wright brothers and the Montgolfiers brothers!

Watch and reflect on the rubrics for digital storytelling that we use in evaluating our digital stories.

http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/789

http://photodentro.edu.gr/v/item/video/8522/788

 

Project “Great innovators and inventions of modern times”

Here is a set of websites you can browse in order to decide on and to find information about the invention or the innovator in your digital stories. You can also use the list of the Greatest Engineering Achievements of the National Academy of Science!

I have already typed the key expression "famous inventions" to save you some time but do not hesitate to try useing other keywords, as well!

https://www.ducksters.com/biography/scientists/scientists_and_inventors.php

https://www.kiddle.co/s.php?q=famous+inventions#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=famous%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzwikisearch.php?q=important%20inventions&aff=&subid=&oq=important%20inventions&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=important%20inventions&gsc.page=1

https://simple.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?search=important+inventions&title=Special%3ASearch&ns0=1

https://search.kidzsearch.com/kzsearch.php?q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&aff=1409465098&subid=safe-search&oq=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&v=#gsc.tab=0&gsc.q=inventions%20that%20changed%20the%20world&gsc.page=1

https://www.enchantedlearning.com/inventors/

Greatest engineering achievements of the 20th century

Explore the website and present in class your conclusions about: a. its structure, b. the content.

http://www.greatachievements.org/

The Innovator

Who is the Innovator? What drives innovation in this video?

 

Investigating innovation

Watch this video about innovation and discuss in your group what innovation involves.

Then, make a collaborative concept map in your notebooks, including a definition and the processes which innovation involves, as well as anything else you find interesting.

 

Innovation is Great … Britain

Watch the video and work in your group to complete the activities in your worksheet!

Here are links to online dictionaries and encyclopedias for Activity 2:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/

https://www.kiddle.co/

Wiki for Kids | Safe Search

 

 

 

Inventions word search

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