Transcript digital-story-telling-2

Digital Story Telling
Mark Quinn
Overview of Discussion
• We will look at these four technologies as
a basis to using in the classroom and
reasons why to choose them:
– Blogging
– Photography
– Audio Production (Podcast)
– Video Production (Vidcast)
Blogging
• Blogging is the core starting point of digital story
telling.
– Consider the following blogging platforms:
• http://wordpress.com/
– Allows self hosting on your own server as well as company
hosting
– Can be very customized, even to the point of serving as a
website with little coding knowledge.
• www.blogger.com
– Owned by Goggle and requires an account.
• Posterous
– New service that allows social media flexibility
Blogging: An Overview
• Blogging by Common Craft:
– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXj
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Classroom Use
• A blog gives a web publishing location that
can serve as a linking point to all other
content. They are very flexible in how they
can be used.
• Blogs are primarily text driven, quickly
searchable. Comments can be left to
allow students or greater school
community to critique or share additional
views.
Photography
• The old adage “A picture is worth a 1000
words”. Do you believe it?
• Combine a photograph with a well written
story on your blogs to communicate even
more.
• Consider assigning a photo essay about a
topic as a way to brainstorm writing ideas
as a differentiation in a lesson.
Is an Image Worth 1000 Words or
just the right one at the right time?
General Rules to Photography
• Learn to See The Light
– Shoot with the light off to a side. This adds depth to
an image.
• Perspective
– Focus on the subject of your image.
– Make it different than everyone else sees it
• Get close, then get closer.
– Faces, Eyes, Details all make good images
• Presentation
– Add a frame for a polished look
Editing
• The industry leader in photo editing is
Photoshop. The price, complexity, and
computer requirements prohibit many from
editing their photos.
• Cloud computing is changing that:
– http://fotoflexer.com/
• Loads in browser and works around many firewall
issues.
Podcasting
• Learning to work with audio can open a
whole new dimension to your classroom
– Interviews
– Students tell their own story
– Share your story with any size audience.
– Give the writing process a tangible example
• Common Craft Summary Video
– http://www.commoncraft.com/video/podcastin
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Steps to Podcast
1. Plan
Writing Process - Storyboarding
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Original Content.
Get to The Point.
Consistency.
Articulate Words.
Optimize Podcasts.
Listener Expectations.
Archive.
Online Audio Editors
• The link below lists an article with a good
summary of 7 online audio editors:
• http://www.effware.com/content/top-7-freeonline-audio-editing-tools
• If you are looking for more complex
editing, consider Audacity. Requires a
download, but is free.
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Podcasting: Getting Started
• This discussion is captured from an article
on my podcasting blog:
• http://markquinn.net/blog5/2010/08/05/the10-steps-to-making-a-podcast/
Video
• “A photo captures a moment in time, video
captures time itself.”
• Video is king of digital story telling took kit.
Camtasia
• Quick and Easy video production from
movie clips, and images.
• http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html?g
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