wwGraffiti in Cessnock

On Friday I finally went to see Anne-Maree at the Cessnock Links2Learning outpost, CDLC.
I drove in to Cessnock in the Hunter Valley, and easily found the turn off to the CDLC. It was marked by the burned out house that used to contain classrooms ownded by CDLC. Anne-Maree had told me kids had burned the building down - such a pity...

What was left of the CDLC was cool - a classroom and some offices, with a large yard overlooked by a huge mural created by the kids. The Police Citizens Youth Club adjoins out the back.
Anne-Maree showed me a Powerpoint presentation she had created for a big day at the centre. It featured images of the kids on various trips and projects throughout the year, with a music soundtrack.

It was at this point I was struck by the fact that Anne-Maree was already doing digital stories in Powerpoint. But then this project is about the kids doing the digital stories.

I asked Anne-Marie what might be the difference between using Powerpoint in this way (which she already knew how to do) and using MS Photostory.

We decided that the advantage of using MS Photostory was that is was free (if you have a registered copy of Windows).

We made a quick digital story of the day they made the mural, to a rock backing track. Cool!