DIGITAL STORYTELLING

Amy Yoos

Ryan Eckart

Don’t let this be YOU!

Why did we start?• School Goals• Balanced Literacy • Reignite the flame• Common language with all students in the school• Change in Student Assessment

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkV7X2I1-JU

From the “My Lincoln Lion” studio…

• Blueberries for Sal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18yMouPKOv0

• Kakapo Rescue http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzcOGQgmW3Q

How to start…

Book Commercial

Develop Script

Storyboard

Resources

Create

SHARE

Book Commercials• TV commercial• Script• Perform• Share• Excite

Example 1

Example 2

Did you read this

book?

Digital Storytelling-Book Trailers

• Students share their story• Variety of digital formats integrated (video, audio, pictures, music)

• Learning becomes personal• Typically 2-5 minutes

Tools of the Trade

Book Trailers Presentations Storytelling

MoviemakerPhotostory3AnimotoVoiceThread

Powtoon PreziSlideshareDigitalVault TimetoastEdmodo

StorybirdZimmertwinsPicture Book MakerStoryjumperKidblog

Resources and Equipment• Flickr • Google Image• Flickrstorm• Jamendo• Library of Congress• Pixabay

• Headphones with Microphone attached

• Internet Access• Flipcam• Digital Camera

Effective Learning/Teaching ToolTeacher• Hook for read-aloud • Facilitates discussion• Promotes books in classroom• Promotes technology in the

classroom.

Students

Authentic Learning

Critical thinking

Collaboration

Technology skills

Analyze

Create

Revise

Reflect

More from the “My Lincoln Lion” studio…

• William Howard Taft Book Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2VHS97RutE

• Love, Aubrey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpF4UxvTC-U&feature=fvwp

• Lizards http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3IdHf4r9p8

“Technology is a tool, not an outcome.”