The document discusses digital storytelling and its use on iPads. It describes digital storytelling as using technology to tell stories through combining images, video, text and audio. It recommends starting with story mapping and storyboarding to plan digital stories. Several apps are presented that can be used to create digital stories on iPads, both free and paid options. Creating digital stories is suggested to help with reading comprehension, vocabulary and fluency for students. A rubric for evaluating digital stories is also included.

1. Stories, Digital Storytelling and
the iPad
Dr. Cynthia Garrety
The Learning Commons
FHSU
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3. Peter Reynolds
Author of Ish, The Dot and The North Star
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4. “What” is Digital Storytelling
in a nutshell
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5. The Idea
The importance of Story Circles
and Rehearsal
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6. Storymapping
Jason Ohler, 2007
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7. Storyboarding
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what is heard
what is seen
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8. Storyboarding on an iPad?
Storyboard iSB
Mindmapping/Storymapping
Pro
iSB Pro: $2.99
Mindmeister: $7.99
MindMash: $FREE
SimpleMind: $FREE
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9. Gathering Media
Photographs
Scanned images of
children’s drawings
KidPix or other drawing
program
Short Video Clips
import onto the iPads
Total Length (2-3 minutes)
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10. iPads and Storytelling
Free and Not-So-Free Apps
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11. Focus on the Story
Easy to get caught up in the bells and whistles
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12. Apps, Apps, and more Everyday!
Build a Story $3.99
My PhotoStory $1.99
Puppet Pals $FREE
StoryBuddy $3.99
I Tell a Story $2.99
Toontastic $3.99
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13. There’s an App for That!
JpgStory $0.99
Flat Stanley $1.99
iMovie $4.99
StoryMakerHD $FREE
ComicLife $7.99
Pictello $14.99
StoryPatch $2.99
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14. Okay, it’s fun BUT...Learning?
increases comprehension and vocabulary development
rehearsal before recording narration helps develop reading
fluency
storymapping helps develop reading comprehension by
physically writing the story in a format that is easily understood.
children’s stories can be mapped for practice
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15. Digital Storytelling Rubric
Student Name: ________________________________________
CATEGORY 20 15 10 5 Subtotal
Point of View - Establishes a Establishes a There are a few It is difficult to figure
Purpose purpose early on purpose early on lapses in focus, but out the purpose of
and maintains a and maintains the purpose is fairly the presentation.
clear focus focus for most of clear.
throughout. the presentation.
Voice - Pacing The pace (rhythm Occasionally Tries to use pacing No attempt to match
and voice speaks too fast or (rhythm and voice the pace of the
punctuation) fits too slowly for the punctuation), but it storytelling to the
the story line and story line. The is often noticeable story line or the
helps the pacing (rhythm that the pacing audience.
audience really and voice does not fit the
"get into" the punctuation) is story line. Audience
story. relatively engaging is not consistently
for the audience. engaged.
Images Images create a Images create an An attempt was Little or no attempt
distinct atmosphere or made to use to use images to
atmosphere or tone that matches images to create an create an
tone that matches some parts of the atmosphere/tone appropriate
different parts of story. The images but it needed more atmosphere/tone.
the story. The may communicate work. Image choice
images may symbolism and/or is logical.
communicate metaphors.
symbolism and/or
metaphors.
Economy The story is told The story The story seems to The story needs
with exactly the composition is need more editing. extensive editing. It
right amount of typically good, It is noticeably too is too long or too
detail throughout. though it seems to long or too short in short to be
It does not seem drag somewhat more than one interesting.
too short nor does OR need slightly section.
it seem too long. more detail in one
or two sections.
Grammar Grammar and Grammar and Grammar and Repeated errors in
usage were usage were usage were grammar and usage
correct (for the typically correct typically correct but distracted greatly
dialect chosen) (for the dialect errors detracted from the story.
and contributed to chosen) and from story.
clarity, style and errors did not
character detract from the
development. story.
Final Score: http://rubistar.4teachers.org/
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16. Aristotle: “wisdom was necessarily
created with myths and stories”
Plato: had concerns that the move
from oral to written stories would
compromise thinking and learning
Gardner: “stories are the single
most powerful weapon in a leader’s
arsenal”
Ohler: “I know only one thing about
the technologies that await us in the
future: We will find ways to tell
stories with them.”
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