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Our StoryColleagues and friends for over a decade, Georgia and Jessica believe in student filmmaking, having fun, and being fierce!
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Georgia Terlaje
Many, many, many years ago (34 to be exact) I started my teaching career with Palm Springs Unified School District. I have been a 2nd, 3rd and 5th grade teacher. With the help of Digicom Learning, I started my digital storytelling journey 11 years ago. Because of their help, my students and I created The DSL Engineer Report, a news magazine, that continued for 5 years. At my site, Della S. Lindley, other teachers became involved in the program and digital storytelling and we created our own Elementary Film Festival to highlight student films. It became a great success and wonderful family engagement event. I am currently working as an instructional coach for PSUSD and a teacher consultant for Digicom Learning. I continue to spread the word on the power of digital storytelling.
Jessica Pack |
My book, "Moviemaking in the Classroom: Lifting Student Voices Through Digital Storytelling" is published by ISTE Books (2021). As a middle school teacher for 17 years and a California Teacher of the Year (2014), I have continually worked to redefine what learning looks like in my 6th-grade classroom. I am an advocate for student choice and voice, as demonstrated by the original content my students regularly publish for a global audience. Digital Storytelling has transformed how my students demonstrate their learning, and continues to be a pillar of instruction for both Language Arts and Social Studies. I spent more than a decade as a DIGICOM Learning professional development instructor and teacher-consultant, working to promote and support digital storytelling in southern California classrooms.
My book, "Moviemaking in the Classroom: Lifting Student Voices Through Digital Storytelling" is published by ISTE Books (2021). As a middle school teacher for 17 years and a California Teacher of the Year (2014), I have continually worked to redefine what learning looks like in my 6th-grade classroom. I am an advocate for student choice and voice, as demonstrated by the original content my students regularly publish for a global audience. Digital Storytelling has transformed how my students demonstrate their learning, and continues to be a pillar of instruction for both Language Arts and Social Studies. I spent more than a decade as a DIGICOM Learning professional development instructor and teacher-consultant, working to promote and support digital storytelling in southern California classrooms.
