Digital StorytellingCHAPTER II

How to Tell a Great Story

1. Find the Story

2. Map Your Story

3. Capture Your Audience’s Attention

4. Tell Your Story from Your Unique Point of View

5. Use Fresh and Vivid Language

6. Integrate emotion (both yours and the audience

The Great Digital Story

7. Use your own voice in the script and in the audio

8. Choose your images and sounds carefully

9. Be as brief as you can be.

10. Make certain your story has a great rhythm

Music

I Tunes - easy access to your soundzabound downloads

Soundzabound

http://www.soundzabound.com/

Login name: 4271 mpcs Password: aea10

You cannot use purchased I Tunes songs in a video. You need to obtain permission to do so.

http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/free-music-resources.html

Some Online Resources

VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/

Features many ideas for use in a variety of subject areas.

Educational Features.

Go Animate & Storybird

An online video composing site. It is simple and fast to use and learn.

http://goanimate.com/

A variety of art enhances and inspires really storytelling by students.

http://storybird.com/

Photo editing

http://pixlr.com/

Permits a variety of edits including special effects.

Many people recommend Mixbook as a way of creating a book. A 4 x6 book is $6.99 for 20 pages.

http://www.mixbook.com/