Digital storytelling involves weaving together various digital media such as images, music, narrative, and voice to tell a story. It is a modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. The process of creating digital stories engages students and makes learning active rather than passive. Digital storytelling can be used across subject areas to give writing new purpose and engage visual and auditory learners. It follows typical stages of pre-production, production, and presentation and can be assessed based on content learned, technology skills, and creativity.

1. Digital Storytelling Midge Frazel, M.Ed., Presenter http://www.midgefrazel.net “ Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. Tell your story now digitally.” - Leslie Rule, Center for Digital Storytelling

2. Subject to Change Educators Guide to Digital Storytelling

3. Think: “The End” “ Making a Movie” (Video) Location, Location, Location Video size can be HUMONGOUS Acceptable Use Policy

4. Video Narration Photo Music Anatomy of Digital Storytelling Text

5. Digital Story Time! Visit Historic Watch Hill, Rhode Island

6. Focus Areas of Digital Storytelling 4 Learning Teaching Family Community

7. Digital Storytelling: Learning Doing the Twist! Teachers and Specialists Project and Problem Based Learning

8. Individual personal history Small Group community history Whole Classroom global awareness Digital Storytelling: Learning

9. Introduce Lesson/Unit Engaging Atmosphere Add Sparkle to Difficult Topics Stimulate Questions Improve Your Technology Expertise e-Portfolio for Professional Growth Digital Storytelling: Teaching

10. Promotes Understanding Develops Character Provides Emotional Depth Personal Connection to History Strengthens Family Communication Develops a “Point of View” Digital Storytelling: Family

11. Community based project Multi-generational atmosphere Oral history and narrative experience Demonstrate technology skills Promote interest in real world research Digital Storytelling: Community

12. Digital Storytelling Stages Pre-Production Production Presentation Assessment & Reflection 1 2 3 4 4

13. Pre-Production Research Write Script (text/narration) Storyboarding & Timelines Citation, Copyright, Ethics Learn “economy of multimedia” (less=more)

14. Production Creating Media Elements Gathering Media Elements Sorting, Aligning, Discarding Media Using the Software Saving the Story Project Rendering (make movie)

15. Presentation Power of Audience (“Gift of Voice”) Real World Skill of the Future Presentation Style and Skills Introduce Presentation on Computer Burn to DVD (“take home”) Upload to the Web

16. Assessment & Reflection The Dreaded Grade/Standards Met? Content vs. Technology Savvy? Learning Style Consideration Creativity Considerations Time: The Enemy!

17. Why Digital Storytelling? Appealing to Students Active not Passive Process Atmosphere of Excited Learning

18. Why Digital Storytelling? Gives Writing New Purpose Weaves in All Subject Disciplines Visual and Auditory Learners

19. Resources

20. Unit Idea

22. Visual Literacy “ Visual literacy is the ability to interpret, use, appreciate, and create images and video using both conventional and 21 st century media in ways that advance thinking, decision making, communication, and learning.” — 21 ST Century Skills http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/skills/vislit.htm

23. Materials List Movie Making Software (free) Image Editing Software (free) Digital Camera and/or Camcorder Microphone (inexpensive) Storage (DVD, HD, flash drive) Internet Access

24. Headsets and Camcorders Plantronics USB Foldable Headset About $ 36.00 from Amazon.com www.plantronics.com Flip Video Digital Camcorder About $125 from Amazon.com www.theflip.com/

25. Useful Online Tools Flickr [Photo Hosting Web Site] Pro version $24.95/yr Picnik [Image Manipulation Online Project] Premium version $24.95/yr Dipity/Timetoast [Timeline Creation Online] VoiceThread or EdVoiceThread Digital storytelling with voice and images

26. Flickr Photo Hosting Web Site

27. Picnik Photo Manipulation Web site

28. Desktop Applications Most Commonly Used in Schools Photo Story 3 for Windows MovieMaker 2 for Windows iMovie [part of iLife] for Macintosh

29. Photo Story 3 (Windows)

32. Movie Maker 2 (Windows)

33. iMovie (Macintosh)

34. iMovie (Macintosh)

35. Scrapblog

38. Tony’s Movie Making

39. Digital Copyright Slider

40. YouTube

41. Vimeo

42. TeacherTube

43. http://kids.familytreemagazine.com/kids/

44. Links to the Past

45. LifeSnapz

46. Credits Winter on Cape Cod by Kathy Schrock [used with permission] Family Photos by Midge Frazel [most posted to Flickr] Web Site Screenshots [copyright respective companies] Educator’s Guide to Digital Storytelling [courtesy of ISTE] Links to the Past Through Genealogy [courtesy Linworth]