Digital Storytelling


“Good storytelling reaches down deep into our minds, hearts, and spirits—it connects the humanity in all of us. Through storytelling elements we can craft stories about life, experiences, and understandings into being very real for others. Good storytelling lets our students be deeply heard and honored. And those are the stories that need to be told!”   
Bernajean Porter  Digitales

Sample Stories
Use this rubric and the following questions to evaluate a story 
What images in the story most grabbed you?
What parts of the story touch you?
What reaction to the story would you like to share with the storyteller?  from evaluating... by BJPorter




Procedures (in Brief) for Creating a Digital Story
  1. Focus on the Elements of Story and what Your Message
  2. Establish Evaluation or Peer Collaboration Groups, Norms, Protocols and Structures
  3. Create Assessments
  4. Write Narrative 
  5. Storyboard
    • Storyboard Sample (Completed template and video)
    • The Most Basic from AZK12 Center Tech Camp 
    • Karen J. Lloyd's Storyboard Templates (free samples at the bottom of the page) 
    • Printable Paper Templates - cancel the sign-up popup to continue
      • Elements to include: image, narrative, transition type, music, approximate duration, music
      • include if appropriate:  specify: sound effects, title text on slide, panning effect
  6. Make, Take, Find, and Organize Images, Sounds, and Music
    1. Copyright Free, Creative Commons, or Fair Use Image Sources
    2. Music and Sound Sources
  7. Open the Media Tool of Choice  

 

Installed Software:
  • PhotoStory3 (PC)   
  • PS3 Tutorial
  • Windows MovieMaker (PC)
  • MovieMaker Tutorial
  • iMovie (Mac)
  • Online Tools
  • VoiceThread
  • JayCut 
  • Comic & Animation Tools 

  •     Slideshows:  Picasa  Slideshows:  PhotoPeachAnimotoVuVox

    50 StoryCreationToolsbyCogDogRoo

    8. Save and Publish
       Upload to:      Host:   
     
  • Picasa
  • GoogleDocs
  • YouTube
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  • SchoolTube
  • TeacherTube
  • Vimeo
  • Wiki (PBWorks or WikiSpaces)
  • Blog (Posterous or...)
  • Site (Google Sites)
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    Workshop Practice
    With PhotoStory, we will put together images from this zip file individually and narrate this poem about water.  During this activity you are encouraged to explore the ways you can edit images, transitions, photo panning effects, sound, music, and whatever else you can find.  After this practice, you will begin writing on your own story.

    Resources
    Digital Media Kits from Kitzu  (images around a theme by Cali Dept of Ed)
    For Interview-Style Stories:

    Articles
    The Art of Digital Storytelling, part 1 Becoming 21st Century Storykeepers, The Creative Educator, Tech4Learning
    Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum, Finding Content's Deeper Meaning, Bernajean Porter, The Creative Educator, Tech4Learning

    ITunesU Examples (compiled by Apple Distinguished Educator Gang)