Digital StorytellingWorkshop

Julie CollaredaManager

Learning and Innovation

Adapted from Fountain 2006

Digital story telling

• is the combining of the art of telling stories with some mixture of digital graphics, text, recorded audio narration, video and or photographs and music to present information on a specific topic.

• usually just a few minutes long.

Types of digital stories

• Personal narratives

• Examination of historical themes and events

• Stories that inform or instruct eg deliver instructional content

In teaching and learning

For teachers digital stories can:

• Be used to stimulate interest

• Integrate multimedia into the session

• Make difficult content more understandable

• Facilitate classroom/online discussion

In teaching and learning

For students they can facilitate the development of the following skills:

– Research – Writing – Organisation – Technology – Presentation – Interview – Interpersonal – Problem-Solving

Some examples

Personal narratives• Almost paradise• Baby boomers and computers

Some examples

Examination of historical themes and events• Race to the moon• The Holocaust

Some examples

Instructional content• Ageing well• Art and architecture• More examples

Creating a digital story

• Software

• Music

• Photographs/images/diagrams

• Storyboard

• Demonstration

Where to begin

• Microsoft Photostory 3• Download:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

• Online tutorial: http://www.windowsphotostory.com/Guides/Beginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx

• Image resources (check copyright)

• http://pics4learning.com/ (copyright-friendly)

• http://www.flickr.com/

• http://freestockphotos.com/index.html

Images

Flickr

• Go to Flickr

• Download photographs

Music

Sound resources (check copyright)

• http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/ (Royalty free music library for schools)

• http://www.flashkit.com/

Photostory

• How to use Photostory

• The finished product

Example

• Beauty therapy, repairing a nail

Questions?

Your turn!

• Get some photographs

• Plan your story

• Have a go

Summary

• Its easy

• Quick

• Be creative

• Great tool for teaching and learning!