The document provides a comprehensive overview of a Digital Storytelling 101 course aimed at K-12 educators, offering resources, techniques, and objectives for successfully integrating digital storytelling into the curriculum. It outlines the benefits of digital storytelling, including fostering collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking, while also presenting steps and topics for implementing projects. Additionally, it discusses various tools and programs that facilitate digital storytelling, emphasizing the importance of engaging students through narrative-based learning.

1. Digital Storytelling 101
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June 23, 2019
Gretchen Sting

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5. Digital Storytelling 101
Have you always wanted to try a digital storytelling project but
it seemed too complicated? Digital Storytelling 101 gives
everything you need! An outline of steps, differentiation ideas
and assessment techniques get you started. A list of
resources and tools provides everything you need.

6. Digital Storytelling
101 Objectives:
At the end of the course, the student will
be able to;
1. Lead students successfully through
the digital storytelling process;
2. Discover ways to effectively integrate
digital storytelling into the curriculum;
3. Lose your fear of digital storytelling!

7. In other
words…...
You will be
Excited
Enthusiastic
And Ready
For your first
digital storytelling
project!

8. What do you
teach?
What methods will you use to
achieve the greatest critical
thinking, collaboration,
communication, and
creativity?
How do you engage
your students?

9. You should
teach
digital
storytelling
because…..
● Collaboration
● Creativity
● Problem solving
● Communication
● Audio, Visual,
Kinesthetic skills
● Language Arts
Standards
● Voice
● Writing
● Engagement

10. Digital storytelling
is….
A good story that
might include
images, videos,
audio. The character
encounters a
problem, and needs
to make choices.

11. Why Narratives ?
1. Emotionally Based
2. Memorable
3. Immersion: Participating in
the experience
4. Familiar human experience-
I can relate!
5. Understanding of problem
outcome- now I know why!
Our digital natives experience
their environment this way!

12. What is a Narrative?
Characters
Problem
Setting
Solution

13. Digital Story
Topic Ideas
1. War of the Roses in 1455…...
2. A personal experience
3. A favorite place
4. A special object
5. A lesson learned
6. A moment in history
7. Science content
8. Math content
9. Conflict
10.Lessons learned

14. More ideas ➔ Book Trailers
➔ Interview with leader, sports legend,
artist, scientist, musician
➔ Managing a scientific process like
photosynthesis
➔ Interviewing an animal
➔ Native American Myths
➔ Alternate Endings
➔ Using Same Story Structure
➔ Sequels to a story
➔ Story structure the same format changing
characters, setting, or place

15. Step 1: What
story do I tell?
What are your
standards?
What objectives do
you want your
students to master?
What is your
curriculum?

16. Who can use Digital
Storytelling?
It is all about the human experience and
learning! Living, facing challenges, trying
to move on, and solutions or results.
English: Narratives, Personal Narratives,
Realistic Fiction, Memoirs, historical
fiction, adventure, fantasy.
Social Studies: a person or event from
past, present, or futureScience: Scientist,
a concept, an idea
Math: reasoning or explanation for a
mathematical idea, concept, or problem
faced.

18. What topic do you see
your students using
digital storytelling as an
expression of their
learning?
https://padlet.com/thinkingteachers/DS101

19. Classroom
implementation
1. Model
2. Model steps
3. Small groups
4. Rubric
expectations

20. Step 2: Make a Story
Plan
No Computers!
Step by step
Keep it simple- this is not the final
product.
Show various examples

21. Story maps
● DO NOT touch technology until this
is finished
● Have a rubric for expectations
● Keep it simple
● Gather ideas
● Text- just idea of image
● Must have approval before
proceeding
● Use written or as template
https://tinyurl.com/y6zha4zx

22. Step 3:
Write!
Type
Voice typing…
Partner

23. Step 4:
Give
Feedback
Read what your students
have written!
1. Does it make sense?
2. Do you understand it all?
3. Does it flow logically?
Listen! Ask questions!

24. Step 5: Rubric or checklist
● What are your objectives?
● What is the grade level?
● Does content content area knowledge need to
be included?
● What are you asking students to do?
● What does the final project look like in your
mind?

25. Digital
Storytelling
Program
1. Age of
students?
2. All on your
account?
3. Separate
account?
4. Features
5. Free?

26. Step 6: Digital
Storytelling
Program
1. Introduce the program.
2. Insert text into the sections
3. Add images; photos? Copyright
free? drawings?
4. Add audio: recorded voice?
5. Save
6. Share

27. Step 7:
Adding text
Determining
how much text
“fits” on one
section due to
length or topic...

28. Step 8:
Images
What is in the
program you
are using?
1. Copyright free
images
2. Photos
3. Drawings?

29. Step 9: Audio
What is in the program you are using?
1. Record within the program
2. Readers theater style
3. Read entire text

30. Step 10:
Work in
Progress
You need to
have access!
❏ Status
❏ Feedback

31. Step 11: Final
Evaluation
Rubric has set
expectations!

32. Step 12:
Sharing
❖ Who
❖ When
❖ Where

33. Lessons Learned
1. No touching digital storytelling software UNTIL STORY HAS BEEN
REVIEWED
2. Set realistic time limits
3. Planner and Reflection Tool
4. Accountability
5. Keep stories to single event, not a full novel
6. Be prepared for excitement and enthusiasm!

34. Digital Storytelling Programs
Adobe Spark Video
● Free
● Simple
● Ease of use
● Storyline guides
● Adaptable
● Images very easy
● Music included
Google Slides or
Powerpoint
● Chunking
● Can
reorganize
● Older
students
● Free
● Ease of use
● Chunking
● Images easy
to use

35. Quiz Time!
1. What grade level can do
digital storytelling?
2. What subjects can be used
in digital stories?
3. Do you have to have 1 to 1
devices to do digital
storytelling projects?
4. Do you need complicated
software and hardware for
digital storytelling?
5. When can you start your
first digital storytelling
project?

36. Your turn!
1. Select one of the
programs: adobe spark
video, Google Slides, or
Sway.
2. What is the story you would
like to tell?
3. Start to tell your story with
your selected program!
4. Share with me on padlet.
It’s up to you take to take the first step to begin!
https://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/

37. It’s my Digital Story!
Great work!
Share to the padlet!

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Questions??