Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling The Power of Text, Audio, Images, and Voice

Presented by Patrick Woessner

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What is Digital Storytelling?  Digital

Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share knowledge, wisdom, and values. Stories have taken many different forms. Stories have been adapted to each successive medium that has emerged, from the circle of the campfire to the silver screen, and now the computer screen. – The Digital Storytelling Association

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An Introduction to Storytelling

In this example, the narrator (Daniel Meadows) provides a personal account about growing up during the period before the advent of personal computers, and how entertainment and important historical events were depicted in the media and helped forge a view of the modern world.

Relevance to TeachingLearning  In

[Roger] Schank’s 1992 book, Tell Me a Story, he suggests that the cyclical process of developing increasingly complex levels of stories that we apply to increasingly sophisticated ways to specific situations is one way to map the human cognitive development process. Stories are the large and small instruments of meaning, of explanation, that we store in our memories. – The Digital Storytelling Cookbook

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New Skills for a New Age

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Components of Digital Storytelling

ELEMENTS

Elements of Digital Storytelling Point

of View Dramatic Question Emotional Content Voice The Soundtrack Economy Pacing

MEDIA

Images: Proper Use & Resources Single

works may be used in their entirety, but no more than five images by a single artist or photographer may be used. Flickr ◦ Flickr Creative Commons ◦ FlickrCC ◦ Flickr Storm More

image resources are available here

Audio: Proper Use & Resources Students

may use10 percent or 30 seconds (whichever is less) of a musical composition. ccMixter Internet Archive JamStudio Soundsnap More image resources are available here

Video: Proper Use & Resources Students

may use10 percent or three minutes (whichever is less) of “motion media.” Internet Archive WGBH Sandbox Open Video Project Discovery Education

PROCESS

Process of Digital Storytelling Write

script Collect assets Create storyboard Draft, edit, and finalize Publish and share

PROGRAMS

Tools for Digital Storytelling Match

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the tool to the task:

Photo Story VoiceThread Glogster Animoto Mixbook Movie Maker And 100s more…

Photo Story 3 for Windows Free

program that combines images, text, and narration into a slideshow Easy entry point into digital storytelling; can be used K-12 Finished projects can be saved as video files and viewed locally or online

VoiceThread A

VoiceThread is a web-based, collaborative, multimedia slide show that holds images, documents, and videos Viewers can leave text & audio comments Ed.VoiceTread is a secure network for K-12 students and teachers

Glogster.edu Glogster.edu

easily allows users to upload photos, videos, text, and audio to create an online, interactive poster. With an EDU account, you can create a virtual classroom for up to 200 students Only members of your classroom can view class content

Animoto Create

music videos with images, audio, and text that can be viewed on the web Animoto for Education allows unlimited uploads for you and your students Images and songs can be uploaded; observe Copyright/FairUse

Mixbook Mixbook

combines images and text into an e-book that can be viewed online (free) or printed (prices vary) Integrates with Flickr, Facebook, Photobucket, and other image sites Authors can choose who can see their final projects

Movie Maker Free

video editing software that combines images, text, audio and video Program is intuitive but the Online Help Center has tips and tutorials Adobe Premiere Elements is a more advanced option

Assembling the Pieces

Text Audio Images Video

Write Script Collect Assets Create Storyboa rd Draft/Edit / Finalize Publish and Share

Photo Story Voicethre ad Glogster Animoto Mixbook Movie Maker

Addition Information More

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