The document discusses digital storytelling and provides guidance on creating digital stories. It defines digital stories as combining multimedia tools like graphics, audio and video to tell stories that are typically a few minutes long. It outlines different types of digital stories and provides examples. It also discusses the elements and process of creating a personal narrative digital story, and lists the software, hardware and steps needed. Sample rubrics for evaluating digital stories are also included.

1. Creating digital stories Lena Arena DER Project Coordinator Sydney Region [email_address]

2. The challenge… Wanting students to use digital imaging as a mode of communication and personal reflection

3. What is a digital story? Many definitions, but in general, combining the art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video, animation, and Web publishing. Revolve around a theme and often contain a particular viewpoint; stories are typically just a few minutes long.

4. Types of Digital Stories…1 Personal narratives: Memorial Stories – about a person’s memories Stories about events in our lives Stories about places in our lives Stories about what we do

5. Types of Digital Stories…2 Examination of historical themes and events: Based on material students explore Facilitates research and organisational Skills

6. Types of Digital Stories…3 Stories that Inform or Instruct Can be argued that all digital stories inform (or instruct) But the distinction is that digital stories can be created that deliver instructional content on many different topics, including: Mathematics, Science, Languages, Medicine, etc.

7. Elements of a personal narrative digital story Overall purpose of the story Narrator’s point of view Choice of content Clarity of voice Pacing of the narrative Meaningful soundtrack Quality of the images Economy of the story detail Good grammar and language usage

8. Sample digital stories Student Sample http://www.microsoft.com/australia/wvx/student_work_sample_digital_story.wvx ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) http://www.acmi.net.au/video_kids.htm

9. Sample digital stories The Educational Uses of Digital Story Telling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu

10. Why use digital stories? An effective learning tool for students Research Skills Writing Skills Listening Skills Speaking Skills Organisational Skills Technology Skills Presentation Skills Interview Skills Interpersonal Skills

11. Why use digital stories? Stories created by teachers can serve: As a lesson hook As a way to integrate multimedia into the curriculum As a way to make difficult content more understandable To facilitate classroom discussion

12. What do I need to create a digital story? Software: Photo Story (free with PCs) iMovie (free with Macs) Movie Maker (free with PCs) MemoriesOnTV Adobe Premiere Elements Animoto (web site) Hardware: Computer Microphone Headphones

13. Developing your Digital Story Pre-writing: brainstorming, collecting images, researching, outlining, and storyboarding Drafting: creating a script and developing form Revising: modifying images and organisation Editing: timing, images, and narration Publishing: the final product

14. Evaluating digital stories Sample rubric

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17. Great websites Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html DigiTales http://www.digitales.us/index.php Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes Fryer http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/ds

18. Great Websites Flickr Storm http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ FlickrCC http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/ Free Play Music http://freeplaymusic.com/ Find Sounds http://www.findsounds.com/

19. Free Music Websites Incompetech Royalty Free Music http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ Sounddogs Http://www.sounddogs.com/ Jamendo http://www.jamendo.com/en/ Partners in Rhyme http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/

20. Did you know? In 2007, the average Australian family household had: 3 mobile phones 3 TVs 2 computers 2 DVD players 2 portable MP3/MP4 players 1 VCR 2 games consoles (Source: ACMA study cited in Lee, M & Gaffney,M (eds.), Leading the Digital School. 2008)

21. Some interesting statistics 150 million people are actively using Facebook. "If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia and Nigeria.“ CEO Facebook

22. A quote for thought… “… We need to educate our children for their future, not our past.” Sir Arthur C Clarke