Some simple principles and practice for creating a digital story using fairly low tech mainstream tools like PowerPoint

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Creating Digital Stories
Principles and Practice
Jeremy Williams
Asian International College

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Why go
to the
trouble? ‘Personal voice’ is
empowering
 Peer-to-peer learning and
team work is fundamental
 In a group process, the
sharing of these stories
connects people in special
ways
 Can be inspiring

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Tools for creating digital stories
Windows Movie Maker

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Good places to find images

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Try
‘story-
boarding’
first

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Adding background music

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Saving as a movie

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Observing copyright
Image source: http://www.duke.edu/~nem3/cps001/project/copyright_global.jpg

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Upload to YouTube

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Upload to Slideshare

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Elements of a Good Digital Story
 The purpose of the story is clear
 The narrator’s point of view
 Choice of content
 Clarity of voice
 Pacing of the narrative
 Quality of the images
 Economical on detail
 Good grammar and language use
 A sense of humour