To Begin: One students log into the Interactive System called VideoBook. She logs
in from her home, working remotely.

The Assignemt: Students have been reading The Outsiders. Their homework assignment is to write a narrative, and pretend they are one of the charaters from the book. They are to
consider being one of the characters and what their life is like. They will use their narrative and pair it with images, video, audio and even the storyboards they created to develop a movie. Their movie is to be published for the class and teacher to view.

The Set up: We follow student #3, Jill, as she sets up her screen to work on her english homework. She begins by checking her homework assignments, and setting up her supplies.

Allison calls up the widgets she needs within the VideoBook system:
- the gallery - with import features
- the controller pallete
- the notation / caption tool
- the book text
- the video chat tool

The Steps: Jill works with her classmates Silvia, Stephanie and Allison to complete the assignment. She is on video chat and can talk aout her ideas, trade gallery files, or even publish her work for her entire class to comment on.

Jill begins by developing her copy, writing out her ideas with the text tool. She gathers images from her gallery and from the internet. She begins compose her narrative. She can record her own voice through the audio recorder, giving a personal quality to her story.

She quickly frames her narrative in the timeline. Once her story is ready she can in movement and align audio, video and images together.Once Jill’s narrative is ready, she
can preview the work, and if she is satisfied she can publish the work for the class. If not, she can continue working, and only share with her teacher and group members.

Once Jill’s narrative is ready, she can preview the work, and if she is satisfied she can publish the work for the class. If not, she can continue working, and only share with her teacher and group members.

The students caption the scene, pulling text from the book’s text, and their own narrative comments to enhance the scene from their point of view.

Publish and Log Off: Once they are finished they hit publish and their work is sent to the class database, allowing their teacher to view it or their classmates.