The information in these slides was presented during ISTE 2017 in San Antonio, TX by Gretchen Sting. During this presentation, Ms. Sting shared ways to improve the quality of your digital storytelling projects to go beyond standards. Beginning with excellence in writing, focus on ways to improve writing using digital age learning experiences. The quality of narrative writing and the storytelling experience become greatly improved.

1. Improve the Quality of
Digital Storytelling
Prepared by
Gretchen Sting
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2. Improve the
Quality of
Digital
Storytelling
Gretchen Sting
ISTE 2017

3. Agenda
1. Programs
2. Standards
3. Multimedia Elements
4. Higher Level Thinking
5. Rubric Requirements
6. Collaboration
7. Narrative Genre
8. Writing Process

4. What does Digital Storytelling mean to you?

5. Multimedia
This your the world your students live in
When do they only see text?

6. Multimedia Presentation
Face to face
Personalized
Meaningful
Story
Nuances

7. Multimedia
Elements
Verbal
Non verbal
Visual

8. Higher Level
Thinking Skills

9. Standards
ELA
Reading/Writing
Speaking and Listening
Content Area
Multimedia

10. Multiple Rubrics
Narrative Genre
Multimedia Rubric
Presentation Rubric

11. Collaboration

12. Narrative Writing
Genre
Rubrics
Writers Models

13. Collaboration
At all steps of the process

14. Narrative
Purpose
Task
Audience
What is so important
you need to tell?
What is so important
you need to show?

15. Emotional
Connection
How was it created
Entrance or exit ticket
Share whole group

16. Prewriting
Activities
Brainstorm
Plan
Plot
Engage
Motivate

17. Story Arc

19. Figurative Language Why use it?
Explore mentor text
How can this be said verbally, nonverbally and with imagery?

20. Figurative
Language
Simile
Metaphor
Hyperbole
Personification
Allusion

21. Literary
Elements
Flash back
Flash forward
Theme

22. Parallel Structure
Repetition of same pattern of words or
phrases within a sentence or passage to
show that two or more ideas have the
same level of importance or are
connected thematically.

23. Audible Craft
Language that is noticed without even seeing
the print because the sound it creates.

24. Sound devices
in written text
Alliteration
Assonance
Onomatopeia
Rhythm
Cadence
Hard/Soft Sounds

25. Author’s Craft
Suspense
Shawing/Foreshadowing
Full Circle
Character Development
Conclusion
Feelings/Emotions
Humor

26. Author’s Craft
Sarcasm
Cliff Hanger
Sensory Language
Quotes
Climax
Point of View
Setting
Dialogue

27. Explode the
Moment
Make it BIG

28. Show Don’t Tell

29. Writing Process Identify author's craft used
What is important in the story
Highlight it

30. Writing Process
Peer editing
Conferencing
Collaboration between
subjects

31. Final draft
Readers Theater
Make an Audio Recording

32. Audio Recording
Movie?
Can you see it?

33. Elaboration

34. Multimedia
Rubric
What elements?
How many?

35. Model
The Three Pigs
In small groups
Share whole class
Compare and contrast

36. Examine
Multimedia
Elements
Define
Model
*Be ready to explain why
you have chosen the
verbal, nonverbal, and
imagery

37. Verbal Elements
Speaking and Listening
Different voices- why
did you choose this
voice?
Pauses
Speed of story
Try different types-
record audio

38. Audio Elements
Music
Sounds
Tone
Prosody

39. Visual elements
Images
Textual elements
Spacing
Size

40. Image
Type of picture
Photograph
Hand drawn
Mood in visual
Size
Placement on Page

41. Text Font
Size
Placement on Page

42. Storyboard
Dialogue Emotion/Mood Imagery Narrative Craft Text

43. Programs
Anything that is easy to use!
Adobe Spark
Photo Story
Animoto
Google Slides
Moovly
Mystorybook

44. Rubric review

45. Presentation
How
Who
Why

46. Reflections
Daily reflection-digital diary
Final reflection