Digital Story Telling
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Digital Storytelling
Presented by:
Elaine Fitzgerald – [email protected]
Kimberly Zeringue- [email protected]
Definition
Digital Storytelling takes the ancient art of
oral storytelling and engages a palette of
technical tools to weave personal tales
using images, graphics, music and sound
mixed together with the author's own
story voice.
Digitales
http://www.digitales.us/about/index.php
Agenda
Digital Storytelling
Software and Equipment
Definition
Examples
Steps to Storytelling
Using cameras, scanners, microphones and software
Resources
Types of Personal Stories
Someone Important
Character
Memorial
Life Event
Adventure
Accomplishment
A Place
Draw Map
What I Do
Recovery
Love
Discovery
Let’s Explore Some Examples
Photobus
Scott County Digital Storytelling Center
PBS Ken Burns Civil War
Eye of the Storm
Why Digital Storytelling?
Well-suited
for student exploration
Accessible to all ages and abilities
Combines imagination with the power of
listening and speaking to create artistic
images
Why Digital Storytelling?
As
a learning tool, encourages students
to explore their unique expressiveness
Heightens ability to communicate
thoughts and feelings in an articulate,
lucid manner
Supports reading, writing, and oral
expression instructional goals
How Digital Storytelling Helps Writing?
Narrows the focus
Word Choice
Text structure
Audience
Voice
In the piece
In the digital story
Emotional appeal
The message
How we write is a search for meaning
Revision is critical
Organization
7 Elements of a Digital Story
Point of View/Purpose
Dramatic Question
Emotional Content
The Gift of Voice
The Power Of Soundtrack
Economy
Pacing
Online Resources for Digital Storytelling
Pictures/Videos
Public Domain
American Memory
NASA/Hubble Telescope
Library of Congress Learning Page
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration Photo Library
Wikipedia (many of the photos and
graphics at Wikipedia are in the public
domain)
PD Photo
Educational Fair Use
FreeFoto.com
Online Resources for Digital Storytelling
Image Search
Ditto.com (not all public domain)
Sound
Educational Fair Use
FreePlay Music
American Rhetoric (famous speeches)
Free Kids Music.com
Soundzabound
Video Kits
Kitzu
SchoolHouse Video Kits
Copyright
Students and educators must follow
copyright laws when creating digital
stories.
The
"fair use" standards of the U.S. copyright
laws allow the use of copyrighted material for
certain educational purposes.
Cite your sources to give credit to the creators
of material
For more information
http://www.umuc.edu/library/copy.html
Possible Software
Photo Story
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/usi
ng/digitalphotography/photostory/default.
mspx
Windows Movie Maker
Possible Equipment
Digital Camera
Digital Video
Scanner
Microphone
Headphones
Getting Started
Define the purpose of the project.
Align projects goals and objectives with local
curriculum and tech standards.
Create a storyboard mapping out the flow of
content.
Collect
and store media (images, music, etc.) in a
centralized location.
Development
Compose
and edit ideas and dialogs in a word
processor.
Edit media to better adapt to the storyboard.
Import media into the multimedia tool.
Arrange the media to follow the storyboard.
Transfer digital content by copying and
pasting headings and narrations.
Record necessary narrations.
Sample Process
Fayette County Schools Digital Story
Samples
Prewriting
Draft
Dividing
Storyboard
Storyboard
with Pictures
Revised – Final Narration for Story
Customization
Customize
slides with transitions and special
effects.
Wrap-up project by making final revisions.
Culmination
Students
demonstrate each digital story
Teacher evaluate each digital story through
the use of rubrics and/or checklists.
Publish digital stories via the LAN, WAN
and/or Web.
Assessment
Self-
Appraisal
Examples
Rubrics
Checklists
Sites
RubiStar
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
Project-Based Checklists
www.4teachers.org/projectbased/
Assessment and Rubrics
Teachnology: http://www.teachnology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
Kathy Schrock’s
http://school.discovery.com/schrockguide/assess.html
Technology is always
secondary to the storytelling
Tell me a fact and I’ll
learn
Tell me a truth and I’ll
believe
Tell me a story and I’ll
remember it forever