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Digital Storytelling
Introduction
What
• Combine Graphics, Text, Audio , Video, Music• To Communicate about a Theme/ Topic• To Create a Digistory
Why
• When the ancient tradition of storytelling meets the digital age, learning blossoms
• Exciting• Engaging• Compelling• Inspiring
Student Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU1SkaTsv78
Example
• Life Academy, San Francisco• History Project (“Immigration”)• Interviewed family members• Wrote and Revised scripts• Produced Videos• Presented to a Public Audience
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2790
Take-Away’s
• Engagement with real-world issues• Careful analysis• Excitement about learning• Investment in their own performance• Conflict resolution• Community Connections• And more!
Teachers’ Observations
• Grades go up• Come to class eager to work• More likely to do homework• Gives voice to those who don’t participate• Improves lifelong learning
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2961
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2979
http://www.streetside.org/stories/index.htm
The Process
Constructing Stories:• Dig deeper into the subject• Think more complexly about it
Communicating Stories:• Write scripts together• Blend different languages, voices, ideas• Agree on what tone and angle to use
Digital Storytelling
Learning
Hardwiring
• Tell stories• Organize experiences into a meaningful whole
that can be shared with others
Project Learning
• Learn by doing• Learn together• Learn conflict resolution• Invest in their own learning• Develop their creativity• Learn according to their needs• Learn how to learn• Network and publish their findings
Reference: Project Learning
Current Research
Concepts, Benefits, Examples
Student Motivation
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-research
http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning
http://www.edutopia.org/start-pyramid
21st Century Education
• Research• Critical thinking skills• Writing• Voice• Personal Narrative• Knowledge Retention1
• Communication• Real-World Connections• Creativity2
• Portfolio Assessment3
• Digital Literacy
Reference: 21st Century Education
1 Knowledge Retention
2 Creativity
3 Portfolio Assessment
https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/affective-learning/
https://gdc.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/multimedia-distinctive/2/3/
http://electronicportfolios.org/
Reference: Educational Benefits
Summary
Interviews
Portfolios
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/powerpoint.html
https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/
http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/index.html
Reference: Educational Benefits
Language Learning
Writing Skills
Vocational Education
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/esl.html
http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11288
http://www.icvet.tafensw.edu.au/ezine/year_2006/feb_apr/feature_digital_storytelling.htm
Examples: Younger Students
KG, Presentation, “I am”
Grade 2, Photo Story, “Osiris”
Grade 2-3, Photo Story, Projects
http://www.watertowncsd.org/index.cfm?bid=5&cid=103
http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/Files/Osiris.wmv
http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1894
Examples: Younger Students
KG, Grade 1-2, Movie, Books we read
Elementary Grades, Movie, Similar Triangles
Elementary Grades, Movie, Science Projects
http://www.moviemaking.ecsd.net/
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/movie-maker/movie-maker/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/studentpagesmovies.html
Examples: Younger Students
Tibetan Students, Life in Exile
Students Worldwide, Bridges to Understanding
http://www.bridgesweb.org/projects/gallery-public.html
http://www.bridgesweb.org/
Examples: Younger Students
Grade 5, e.g. attending a baseball game
Elementary Grades, e.g. art, heroes, poetry, decisions, 9/11
http://edweb.fdu.edu/folio/FrancoE/ST/MyExamples.html
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html
Examples: Older Students
Presentation, Vietnam War
Presentation, Immunity
Movie, Bernoulli Principle
Photo Story, Puerto Rico
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/office-2007/powerpoint/powerpoint-examples/
https://www.msu.edu/~terbrack/student%20work/Attack%20of%20the%20pathogensKP.ppt
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/movie-maker/movie-maker/
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/places.html
Examples: Older Students
ESL Student Projects: Black History
ESL Student Projects: More Examples
Student Stories : art, health, language, science, math, culture, personal reflection…
Stories for Change: passions, friendships, struggles, illnesses, differences…
http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eiannotti/Level8.1/videos/Blackhistory.wmv
http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eiannotti/
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
http://storiesforchange.net/topics/youth
Examples: Older Students
Digital Storytelling Initiative: My Potato Story
Digital Storytelling Initiative: showcased stories
Niles Township High School: student-made digistories
http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/
http://www.digitalstories.org/
http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/about/C24/
Digital Storytelling
Basics 1: Creation
How to tell a great story…
1. Find your story2. Map your story3. Capture your audience’s attention4. Tell your story from YOUR point of view5. Use fresh and vivid language
How to tell a great story…
6. Integrate emotion7. Use your own voice8. Choose images and sounds carefully9. Be brief10.Keep a good rhythm
Resources
How to use DS in your classroom
Let your students teach you
DS Story Center Cookbook
http://www.edutopia.org/use-digital-storytelling-classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/economic-stimulus-education-technology-california
http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf
Resources
How to use Storyboarding
More on Storyboarding
How to use images: example
http://www.techteachers.com/digstory/storyboards.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRR0-7EFhlc&feature=PlayList&p=ADF67E48B06653F3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/storyboarding.html
Resources
University of Houston: essentials, tutorials, examples, tips…
Center for DS: case-studies, examples, workshops, articles, books…
Digital Citizenship: free curriculum
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
http://www.storycenter.org/
http://www.digitalcitizenshiped.com/
Resources
David Brear’s Site: a middle school-teacher collection of resources
Meg Ormiston’s Site: a collection of resources for educators
Judith Rance-Roney’s Article: reflections from a multilingual classroom
http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/dst.html
http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2812
Resources
DS Resources
Creating Digital Stories: Dr Helen Barrett’s tutorial
10 Easy Steps: A tutorial on digital videos
http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm
http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2812
Digital Storytelling
Basics 2: Collaboration
How to work together on a story…
1. Brainstorm2. Collect. Sort. Decide.3. Select the story. Develop a plan to execute.4. Use an online collaborative workspace.5. Select and distribute individual tasks.6. Research.
How to work together on a story…
7. Create a storyboard.8. Build the basic story.9. Revise. Edit.10.Polish.11.Proof.12.Share (live and digitally).13.Evaluate
Resources
Classroom Management: different roles in creating a digistory
Digitales: evaluating digital projects
Today’s Teacher: DS student rubric
University of Houston: using rubrics to evaluate digistories
http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/index.php
http://www.todaysteacher.com/Digital_Storytelling/StudentRubric.pdf
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/rubrics.html
http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/printer_804.php/Digital
Summary: Project Guidelines
• Let your students teach you• Start small• Get them working together• Increase collaboration• Share it all• Build e-portfolios
Digital Storytelling
Tools
Tools for creating a Digital Story
• Powerpoint• Photo Story• Movie Maker
Examples: PowerPoint Projects
• Create, perform and understand public-speaking:– Museum docent talk– History/ Geographical tour– Live Interview– Etc.
Examples: Photo-Story Projects
• Create, present and understand photo-essays:– With words– With music– With video– With transitions– Etc.
Examples: Photo-Story Projects
• Create, present and understand movies:– With narration– With dialogues– With still and moving images– Etc.
More Ideas for DS Projects
More Tools for DS Projects
• Autocollage• Photosynth• BING Images
Resources
50 Questions for family-history interviews
Everyone can be an oral-historian
Resources on interviewing and recording oral-history
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/htd_history/oral/recording_oral_hist_01.shtml
http://www.library.nashville.org/localhistory/his_spcoll_orhist_guidelines.asp
The e-book was created in close collaboration with Mary LanePotter who writes, teaches, and edits in Seattle, Washington. Visither web site at http://members.authorsguild.net/marylapotter.