storytelling online
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Broadband for Seniors using free and easy to use methods for telling stories onlineTRANSCRIPT
Storytelling Online
Broadband for Seniors22 September 2010
Coach Carole
A little bit about me!
elearning consultantdigital storytelling enthusiastelluminate trainerementor for teachers
coachcarole.wordpress.comcoachcarole.net
Stage 1:what is digital storytelling?
o get an overview of digital storytelling (or storytelling online) identify our personal reasons for wanting to tell stories
online identify the artefacts we'll need for the task
Definition from the Center for Digital Storytelling
digital story (dig·i·tal sto·ry)
A short, first-person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds. http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html
Digital Storytelling in Plain English
Stage 2: storytelling modes
• consider the mode of 'telling the story'
• decide where we will store our stories and how to share them
Creating a story online: options
1. Google docs - add images to a presentation2. Audacity - record your story as an mp3 file3. Slideshare - upload presentation and add your voice
Displaying and publishing your stories
Choose an example from around the world:
http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=7 A. Listening for my Great Grandfather
http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiovideo/sites/galleries/pages/capturewales.shtml B. Proper Welsh
http://open.abc.net.au/
C. The singing cobbler
Stage 3: the lesson
• view a demonstration of how to build a movie
• view a demonstration of recording your own verbal story
Stage 4: tell your story
o have a go at telling your own story in voice in 2-3 minutes
o locate useful resources for storytelling onlinea collaborative webquest
Why do you want to tell stories online?
What is your story focus? What artefacts will you need?
What tools can you use?
• Mostly Google Apps and a little You Tube
How to begin?
• think of your audience• think of precious moments in time• prepare some photographs• create a script or record some music• practice reading your script• record your voice as you tell your story e.g. audacity• add your story recording to selected software e.g. google docs• now add your photos• save as a movie
Where can I see some examples?
http://www.inbflat.net/http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html# (amazing!) http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/johnsmock/2009/02/18/taking-photos-for-online-slideshows/#more-125http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/22/travel/escapes/20080222_MARTIN_FEATURE.html#
Demonstration
.... telling your story with images ....
.... you will need some photos in digital format ....
.... save your images as .jpg files ....
.... select an online space to upload your images ....
.... let's do it in Google presentation first ....