DIGITAL STORYTELLING "tell stories about our lives " "stories that touch us" "stories that tell us something about someone else" "stories that are both personal and universal " “ We are our stories. We compress years of experience, thought, and emotion into a few compact narratives that we convey to others and tell to ourselves.” - Daniel Pink A Whole New Mind

KATIE’S I BELIEVE… Created in PhotoStory which is a free download for Windows XP (there is a class on PhotoStory today at 3:00pm in Room 422)

steps to create your story...

what is your story? is it about... someone important to you? an event in your life? a place in your life? what you do? what you believe? who you are? or is it about someone else and one of their stories? a challenge you have overcome? adapted from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR STORY? (one) gather resources photos (older the better) text mementos "found materials" (two) write your script be personal be short be real have a beginning, middle, end work on the pace; pause, breath trust your voice read aloud to yourself and others adapted from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

(one) gather resources

photos (older the better)

text

mementos

"found materials"

(two) write your script

be personal

be short

be real

have a beginning, middle, end

work on the pace; pause, breath

trust your voice

read aloud to yourself and others

HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR STORY? ( third) gather equipment computer scanner microphone digital music software (1 of below) PhotoStory Windows Movie Maker VoiceThread Animoto (fourth) create a storyboard plan out your story time - what happens in what order? interaction - how does your music, voice, and images work together? good rules of thumb no more than 15 pictures at most 2 minutes ideal time to show an image is 4-6 seconds (some may be longer) adapted from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

( third) gather equipment

computer

scanner

microphone

digital music

software (1 of below)

PhotoStory

Windows Movie Maker

VoiceThread

Animoto

(fourth) create a storyboard

plan out your story

time - what happens in what order?

interaction - how does your music, voice, and images work together?

good rules of thumb

no more than 15 pictures

at most 2 minutes

ideal time to show an image is 4-6 seconds (some may be longer)

HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR STORY? (fifth) digitize your media plan a good amount of time for this scan as JPEG (JPG) images at least 720x540 pixels (sixth) record your voice-over may use an external microphone attached to a computer or the built in microphone on the machine may want to use Audacity (free) to record and edit your recording adapted from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

(fifth) digitize your media

plan a good amount of time for this

scan as JPEG (JPG) images

at least 720x540 pixels

(sixth) record your voice-over

may use an external microphone attached to a computer or the built in microphone on the machine

may want to use Audacity (free) to record and edit your recording

(seventh) pull it all together use one of the below to add all your elements together PhotoStory Windows Movie Maker VoiceThread Animoto don't forget: titles at beginning and end text overlays on images transitions between images add music LAST and then work on the timing and fade ins and outs. HOW DO YOU TELL YOUR STORY? adapted from: http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

(seventh) pull it all together

use one of the below to add all your elements together

PhotoStory

Windows Movie Maker

VoiceThread

Animoto

don't forget:

titles at beginning and end

text overlays on images

transitions between images

add music LAST and then work on the timing and fade ins and outs.

EXAMPLES PhotoBus http://www.photobus.co.uk/ Mrs. Ngai's Classroom Website http://www.ngaiclassroom.meyertown.com/voicethread.htm TeacherTube - http://teachertube.com/ Ustream.tv - http://ustream.tv VoiceThread - http://voicethread.com/ SHARING OPTIONS

PhotoBus http://www.photobus.co.uk/ Mrs. Ngai's Classroom Website http://www.ngaiclassroom.meyertown.com/voicethread.htm

RESOURCES Animoto http://animoto.com/ Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm Katie’s Online Resources and Handouts http://katiechristo.pbwiki.com/Digital+Storytelling PhotoStory3 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx TeacherTube http://teachertube.com Ustream.tv http://ustream.tv VoiceThread http://voicethread.com/#home Windows Movie Maker http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

Animoto

http://animoto.com/

Audacity

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Digital Storytelling: A Tutorial in 10 Easy Steps http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page5897.cfm

Katie’s Online Resources and Handouts http://katiechristo.pbwiki.com/Digital+Storytelling

PhotoStory3 http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

TeacherTube

http://teachertube.com

Ustream.tv

http://ustream.tv

VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/#home

Windows Movie Maker http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/moviemaker2.mspx

Thank you for attending and viewing this presentation! Katie Christo http://katiechristo.pbwiki.com http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Thank you for attending and viewing this presentation!

Katie Christo http://katiechristo.pbwiki.com