This document provides an introduction to digital storytelling. It explains that digital stories are a 21st century way to tell stories using various digital media like graphics, sound, narration and video. Digital storytelling allows students to apply traditional skills like writing, research, and communication to a new medium. The document outlines the four P's of creating a digital story: plan, produce, publish, and promote. It also provides examples of free digital storytelling tools like PhotoStory, Glogster and Animoto and encourages readers to consider elements like point of view, dramatic question, and pacing when crafting their own digital stories.

1. Introduction to
Digital Storytelling

2. The Importance of Voice
“When words are
infused by the
human voice, they
come alive.”
- Maya Angelou

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4. What is a Digital Story?
• A 21st century way to tell a
story
• Consisting of digital media:
– Still & moving graphics
– Sound, narration, music
– Animation, motion, color
– Text

5. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.

6. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.

7. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.

8. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply
traditional skills for a new age.
• Writing
• Research
• Critical Thinking
• Collaboration
• Communication

9. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Plan
• Decide your story
(Brainstorm)
• Identify your audience
(global)
• Begin writing your script
• Use a storyboard to put
your script in sequence

10. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Produce
• Decide on digital production
tool
• Choose media that supports
you script (sounds and
video)
• Create the digital story by
combining script & media

11. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Publish
• Place the digital story for
easy distribution
• Tag with descriptors for
searching
• Consider copyright/Creative
Common licensing

12. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Promote
• Share the story
• Connect the story with
social/learning networks
• Allow comments

13. Tools for Digital Storytelling
• Photo Story for Windows
• Glogster
• Animoto
• Storybird
• MovieMaker
• iMovie
• Prezi/Powerpoint/Keynote
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14. Photo Story for Windows
• Free program that
combines images, text and
narration into a slideshow
• Easy
• Finished projects can be
saved as video files

15. StoryboardThat
• Inexpensive
• Plenty of
images
• Would need to
use a
screencapture
to create and
video with
audio
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16. Glogster
• Glogster.edu easily
allows users to
upload photos,
videos, txt and audio
to create an online,
interactive poster

17. Animoto
• Create music videos with images,
audio and text that can be viewed on
the web
• Images and songs can be uploaded

18. Storybird
• Students pick from libraries of art
• Easy to create
• Shareable
• Moderated content and comments

19. Creating Comics
• Visual Storytelling
• Easy to create
• Shareable
• Several free tools out there
https://www.diigo.com/user/plan3t_t3ch/comics

20. The Evolution of Storytelling
http://vimeo.com/6751634

21. Your Digital Story
• retell a story/fairy tale/myth/legend
• retells a story about a famous
figure-Biography/place/event
covered in your Standards
• reflection on a life event
• movie trailer for the documentary
you hope to create in the future

22. Consider these elements
• Point of View – What is the main
point of the story and what is
the perspective of the author?
• A Dramatic Question – keeps
the viewer’s attention and will
be answered at the end.
• Emotional Content – issues that
come alive in a personal way
and connects the story to the
audience.

23. Consider these elements
• The Gift of Your Voice -
personalize the story.
• The Power o the Soundtrack –
music to support and embellish
the story.
• Economy – using just enough
content to tell a story without
overloading the viewer.
• Pacing – the rhythm of the story
and how slowly or quickly it
progresses.