This document provides an overview of digital storytelling, including its educational goals and objectives, process, types of stories, tools, and best practices. Digital storytelling combines various media like images, text, music, and video to tell a story in a digital format. It can be used to enhance learning, appeal to different learning styles, and develop students' communication, writing, and technology skills. The document outlines the steps to create a digital story, from scripting to editing to sharing, and provides examples of story types and tools to create stories. It also discusses copyright considerations and sources of copyright-free content.
Rock Star Design: How to create media for lessons that rock!Neela Bell
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Rock Star Design: How to create media for lessons that rock!Neela Bell
Are you feeling way behind the curve on visual learning, social media and video? Well, ditch that clipart and hold on tight … you're in for a whirlwind tour of what's awesome (and really easy) to add to your teaching toolkit this year, including; screencasting, soundtracks, infographics and 50 ways to use Twitter with your class.
This was an hour and a half workshop on Digital Storytelling. An archive copy of the workshop can be seen here: https://connect.cuonline.edu/p30775084/
Tools for Digital Storytelling webinar with Erika Padilla-Morales of Streetside Stores and Melissa Jun Rowley.
This event is part of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011: http://tiny.cc/tsdigs
Building Online Community, Interaction, Collaboration, and Engagement through...maritezita
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This was an hour and a half workshop on Digital Storytelling. An archive copy of the workshop can be seen here: https://connect.cuonline.edu/p30775084/
Tools for Digital Storytelling webinar with Erika Padilla-Morales of Streetside Stores and Melissa Jun Rowley.
This event is part of the TechSoup Digital Storytelling Event 2011: http://tiny.cc/tsdigs
Building Online Community, Interaction, Collaboration, and Engagement through...maritezita
Maritez Apigo's presentation at the Strengthening Student Success Conference on October 8, 2015 at Oakland Marriott City Center
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http://maritez.populr.me/sssc
A Strategic Approach: GenAI in EducationPeter Windle
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Knowledge and skills frameworks, generally called competency frameworks, for ELT teachers, trainers and managers have existed for a few years now. However, until I created one for my MA dissertation, there wasn’t one drawing together what we need to know and do to be able to effectively produce language learning materials.
This webinar will introduce you to my framework, highlighting the key competencies I identified from my research. It will also show how anybody involved in language teaching (any language, not just English!), teacher training, managing schools or developing language learning materials can benefit from using the framework.
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A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
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Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
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• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
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A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
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2. • What is it? http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html
Use of media
Text, TEXT, Text
Visuals
Music
Video
Voice
Digital method shares with a wider audience
The storytelling format makes the case
▪ more convincing
▪ sway an audience
▪ increase donations
▪ create a connection to the audience
3. Educational Goals and Objectives
1. Enhance lessons, causing higher order thinking
skills
2. Appeals to diverse learning styles
3. Assign research to require a point of view
4. Practice communication skills
5. Entice writing skills
6. Engage students to develop a meaningful voice
7. Encourage technology skills
4. 1. Provide a rubric or criteria to follow
2. Scripting (200-300 word script)
3. Storyboarding – create a digital sequence
4. Recording Voice, Add music, Editing
5. Fine Tuning --- titles, transitions, credits
6. Saving
7. Sharing
• Sample Rubric from University of Houston
• Rubistar-customize your own rubric
5. 1. Look at the assignment
2. Ask “What do I want to tell?” use text
3. Ask “What emotion do I want to convey?”
4. Gather the images to bring the story to life
5. Gather the sound to bring the images to life
6. Use voice, background soundtrack
7. Spend time assembling the story
6. 1. Personal Narratives
▪ Character stories
▪ Memorial stories
▪ Stories about events or places in our lives
▪ Stories about what we do
▪ Recovery & discovery stories
▪ Love Stories
2. Examination of Historical Themes and Events
▪ Explore and depict a historical theme or event.
▪ Require students to research a topic
▪ Use informational & media literacy skills
3. Stories that Inform or Instruct
▪ Curriculum content which delivers information
▪ Motivational/Inspirational
▪ Testimonial
Digital Personal
Narrative – Reading
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjrNm5h7gzE
7. Digital Storytelling Videos made with PPT
Starfish an inspirational message for all teachers
Digital Storytelling: Social Studies 7th Grade
George Washington Carver Biography Project
Angry Birds Movie Made with PowerPoint 2010
Teacher Quotes
The Story of an Hour
Tribute to Those Who Wear Blue
Digital Storytelling Videos made with Animoto
• Historic Philadelphia - http://animoto.com/play/94IBy69UEgb55O0kcAl5cA
• How to Make Dessert! http://animoto.com/play/tf93r1paJ1OmOSndUuNd1A
• Caterpillar Into Butterfly - http://animoto.com/play/jC9BuxwEbmgVBzlpLL0Rcw
• Inspirational - http://animoto.com/play/xmc7lLcQdSZhxpgnQRq5HA
• Life Cycle of a Plant - http://animoto.com/play/78J9UgJ82fG0PLdBvAhU1Q
• Ellis Island - http://animoto.com/play/mfjYuuFBBz6NyRvsbBW2ww
8. Copyright Information – Again, the University of Houston provides
great information regarding this subject!
The law provides four non-exclusive factors to be used in
determining whether a use is fair. These are commonly referred to
as the four fair use factors. They are:
1. The purpose of the use, including whether the use is a commercial use or for
non-profit educational purposes**
2. The nature of the work
3. The amount used
4. The effect on the marketing (or value) of the original work
Copy Right – Copy Wrong
The Educators' Lean and Mean No FAT Guide to Fair Use
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/p/peachj/edte230/copyright/
Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Media Literacy
Education
http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/fairusemedialiteracy
9. Here are some sources of copyright-free images:
1. Flickr from Creative Commons is a free resource of
non-copyrighted images.
2. Creative Commons Search
3. Pics4learning.com
4. Public Domain, Copyright Free, Open Source, and
Student Use Images and Media
5. Copyright Free and Public Domain Media Sources
6. Presentations ETC (includes copyright-free audio)
7. Public Domain Art, Books, Images, and Links
8. Copyright-Friendly Images
10. 1. Tool to Record a Voice File
▪ Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
▪ Lame to export files as MP3
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=la
me-mp3
▪ PC Sound Recorder
▪ Vocaroo.com
▪ Record narrations or audio right in PowerPoint
2. Add Music
▪ Royalty and copyright free audio files found on the
web
▪ http://freeplaymusic.com/
▪ http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
▪ http://www.thefreesite.com/Free_Sounds/Free_WAVs/
12. 1. PC Programs
Microsoft Photo Story 3 (still images)
Windows Movie Maker (still images and/or video clips)
PowerPoint
Web Tools - Animoto
2. Mac Programs
iPhoto (still photos and music)
Apple iMovie (still images and/or video clips)
PowerPoint
Web Tools - Animoto
13. 1. A point of view
2. A dramatic question
3. Emotional content
4. Economy
5. Pacing
6. The gift of your voice
7. An accompanying soundtrack
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14. COLLECT YOUR PHOTOS NOW!
1. Develop a sample digital story for your course.
2. OR design a digital assignment for your students.
15. CBLearning1. (2010, March 12). Powerpoint 2010 - adding animations. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFLbAulU3fM&feature=related
Copyright-copy wrong?. (nd). Copyright-copy wrong?. Retrieved from
http://www.csus.edu/indiv/p/peachj/edte230/copyright/
Jackson, J. (2011, December 1). Creative powerpoint animation. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8weubyztSI
Lambert, J. (2010, January). Digital storytelling cookbook. Retrieved from
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/archives/page10096.cfm
Lasica, JD. (2006, October 2). Digital storytelling: a tutorial in 10 easy steps. Retrieved from
http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/archives/page10096
Matthew, G. (2006, September 28). Digital storytelling assignments: tips and suggestions. Retrieved
from http://my.simmons.edu/services/technology/ptrc/pdf/Digital_Story_Assignment_Tips.pdf
National Council Teachers of English. (2008, November). Code of best practices in fair use for media
literacy education. Retrieved from http://www.ncte.org/positions/statements/fairusemedialiteracy
The University of Houston. (2011). Educational uses of digital storytelling. Retrieved from
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html
4teachers.org. (nd). Rubistar: create rubrics for problem based learning activities. Retrieved October 18,
2012, from http://rubistar.4teachers.org
Editor's Notes
“Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share knowledge, wisdom, and values. Stories have taken many different forms. Stories have been adapted to each successive medium that has emerged, from the circle of the campfire to the silver screen, and now the computer screen.”
– The Digital Storytelling Association
Media is the plural of medium.
Medium is the information that is communicated between the giver and receiver.
Stories are instruments of learning
Digital Storytelling is another medium that can be used to provide your students with information. It can be just as academic rigorous as a research paper.
Reading from the textbook and reviewing Power Point presentations that summarize your textbook are not always sufficient.
Digital stories can highlight an important event and/or topic; they can engage students in a way that will leave a lasting impression.
Promote academic standards- effective strategy to learn science, arts, humanities, social sciences, promote multicultural perspectives.
Provides 21 century skills: Research Skills, Writing, Presentation Skills, Problem-Solving and Creative Thinking Skills
Developing your Digital Story
Pre-writing: brainstorming, collecting images, researching, outlining, and storyboarding
Drafting: creating a script … what comes 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc…..
Revising: modifying images and organization
Editing: timing, images, and narration
Publishing: the final product
Get together thoughts that share beliefs, feelings… these all make a good story!
Make an outline
Gather photos
Review videos
Create a visual narrative
Will the voice/narrative enhance or detract from the story?
Sounds can give the story rhythm and character
PRINCIPLE: Under fair use, educators using the concepts and techniques of medialiteracy can integrate copyrighted material into curriculum materials, includingbooks, workbooks, podcasts, DVD compilations, videos, Web sites, and othermaterials designed for learning.
LIMITATIONS: Wherever possible, educators should provide attribution for quotedmaterial, and of course they should use only what is necessary for the educationalgoal or purpose. The materials should meet professional standards for curriculumdevelopment, with clearly stated educational objectives, a description of instructionalpractices, assignments, and assessment criteria.
The free, open-source program Audacity can capture sound from either a computer's built-in mike or an external microphone.
Audacity records voice files from a microphone.
You can use a headphone microphone or a handheld microphone that is connected via USB port.
After you use Audacity to record voice, it saves as an Audacity project file (.aup)
The .aup file needs to be converted to an .mp3 file or “exported” using the LAME MP3 Encoder software that can be downloaded for free and works inside Audacity.
.mp3 files can only be linked in a PPT, and not embedded (so this means if you are inserting a .mp3 file in a PowerPoint, and emailing the PPT, they person receiving that PPT will not have the sound…) There is a free converter to use to embed music files in PPT called CDex http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/
The technique is to add a header to the .mp3 file that will convince PowerPoint that it is actually a wav file. Too technical to explain it here, but willing to do so in another workshop.
PC Sound Recorder - – found from the Start Menu/All Programs/ Accessories /Entertainment /Sound Recorder
(Record your voice using a microphone.
Use the record button and stop button.
Save the file. This sound recorder will save in the .wav format.
.wav files can be embedded, however .wav file format is a large file size and makes huge PPT files
.wav files can be embedded and shared more easily.
Consider converting a .wav file to a .MP3 file format to reduce the file size
Next, go out and grab the music in digital form: Use a high-quality mp3 or rip a track from a favorite CD with one of the dozens of free CD-ripper programs on the market. (I prefer Windows Media Player.) To rip a track off a CD follow these steps:
Put in favorite music CD in CD drive
Open up Windows Media Player
On the menu bar, click on Rip
Choose “Format” mp3
Choose “More Options” , then change the location of where you want to save your file
Make a choice to Rip CD when inserted or only in the Rip tab
Click OK
Then select the track you want ripped to mp3 and viola!
The mp3 file appears in your destination folder!
Or use original music recorded by students singing. Next, import the track into your video-editing program.
PHOTO STORY 3
-Easy to use
-Good for beginners
-Windows XP and Vista
-Can only use still images
-Effects can be done to images
-Limitations with text & images
-Free download (XP & Vista)
MOVIEMAKER
There is a learning curve to use the timeline and edit
Only for Windows, not Apple
-Can use a variety of media
-only creates AVI & WMV videos
-Free with Microsoft Windows
POWERPOINT
Basic features easy to learn, or we already know it!
-Advanced features require time to learn
-Insert a variety of media
-Problems with music/videos Embedding vs. Linking (inserting audio or movie clips and then not showing up if you send the file to play on another computer.
-Free or cost with Microsoft Office
iPhoto
Fun way to share and enjoy photos
Use slideshow themes
Add song files from iTunes library, add transitions, reorder photos and set timing
Output to sync to iPhone or iPod
iMovie
-Combination of Photo Story and Movie Maker
-Needs some time to learn
-Only for Apple computers
-Only plays back in QuickTime (MOV)
-Use special effects on images & music
-Download videos to iPod (w/ video)
Free with Apple computers
Point of View: All stories are told to make a point. What message are you trying to convey? What is the theme of the story?
Dramatic Question: a good story has a hook to draw in the audience.
Emotional Content: providing emotion provides interest
Economy: Use the least amount of images to tell the story. Selection of images should illustrate the theme without being a distraction. Too many images can confuse the audience.
Pacing: Use pauses, regulate tempo, speed of the story. The change in pace draws interest, allows the audience to think and reflect
Voice: Use voice to tell the story: Tone: Slow, Fast, Loud, Soft Pitch: Vary to add emotion
Soundtrack: Music sets the mood and enhances the story