Digital storytelling is the art of narrating stories using multimedia elements like video, images, and audio to enhance the narrative. It focuses on engaging audiences through key elements such as point of view, dramatic questions, emotional content, and pacing. The document also discusses practical applications of digital storytelling in the classroom for both teachers and students.

1. Digital Storytelling
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4. What is Storytelling?
Storytelling is the art of
telling a story. The
creation and use of a
magical atmosphere
through the story.

5. Digital storytelling is simply applying one’s creative idea in a manner that allows him or
her to add multimedia (video, images, and audio) to their voice.
What is Digital Storytelling?

6. • Focus on a specific topic or
point of view.
• Expure time vary in lenght
(most often 2 – 10 minutes).
• Can be used for any topic
(history, personal narrative,
math, retelling a story, etc.)

7. The Seven Elements
of Digital
Storytelling.

8. 1.A Point Of View
 Stories are told to make a point, they are not
just facts.
 Pay attention to this:
 “What will be the point of your story?”

9. 1. A Point Of View

10. 2. A Dramatic Question
 You want to capture your audience’s
attention.
 You want to ask the daramatic question as you
open your story…
 And answer by the time you end your tale.

11. 2. A Dramatic Question

12. 3. Emotional Content
 Serious issues that come alive in a personal
and powerful way and connects the story to
the audience.
 Emotion can help hold attention.

13. 3. Emotional Content

14. 4. The gift of your voice
 This give to a chance to literally speak to the
audience, and convey your message in a clear and
easy to understand tone.
 You may not like it, but others will.

15. 4. The gift of your voice

16. 5. The power of soundtrack
 The right music can set the story, and can
convey emotion.
 Think about, if you:
 “Change the music… change the emotion.”

17. 5. The power of soundtrack

18. 6. Economy
 Using just enough content to tell the story
without overloading the viewer.
 Too much information can detract from the
story, and lose the audiences attention.

19. 6. Economy

20. 7. Pacing
 The rhythm of the story and gow slowly or
quickly it progresses.
 A compact, brief, fast moving story will be much
more engaging than a story that dragson.

21. 7. Pacing

23. How Can I Use Digital
Stories in my
Classroom?

24. How Can I Use Digital Stories in my Classroom?
Teacher Created Uses
• Pre-teaching vocabulary
• Building background knowledge
• Reviewing newly learned concepts
• Assessing student technological
skill development
• Retelling a story for ESL learner
Student Created Uses
• Demonstrating learned content
• Retelling information
• Sharing student work
• Executing technological skills
• Creating original products