Telling Your Story with Windows Movie Maker Shuyan Wang, Ph.D. Department of Technology Education The University of Southern Mississippi

Overview What is digital story telling Why is digital story telling How to integrate digital story telling into classroom When is digital story telling Procedures

What is Digital Story Telling Uses new digital tools to help ordinary people to tell their own real-life stories is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. can be instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective. is normally 2-5 minutes long Can be effectively applied to nearly any subject

Why is Digital Story telling Facilitate the convergence of four student-centered learning strategies: student engagement, reflection for deep learning, project- based learning, and the effective integration of technology into instruction --- Dr. Barrett

Why is Digital Story telling Educators at all levels can use Digital Storytelling in many ways: introducing new materials, helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content, gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools, helping students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and presenting their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way.

Some Examples from Classroom Family stories Stories about friends About teaching experiences Teaching science Teaching language arts Create a reflective tutorial

Family Story

Story about Friends

Teaching Math

Teaching Science

Teaching Language Arts

Create a Reflective Tutorial

When is Digital Story Telling Whenever, a teacher wants to Enhance student learning Enhance student motivation Enhances student engagement Build student technology skills

Procedures Make your plan: define your purposes, analyze your audience, and decide the tools to be used Write an initial script, plan an accompanying storyboard. Collect/create images and music Create your digital story Evaluate/modify your story Publish your story

Tools Microsoft Photo Story 3 still images and audio. Free but requires Microsoft Windows XP Operating System. Windows Movie Maker still images, video clips, and audio. Windows only. Free with Microsoft Windows Operating System. Apple iMovie still images, video clips, and audio. OS X Macintosh only. Free with Apply OS x Operation System

Resources Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling What is Digital Storytelling? Digital Storytelling from Photobus The Art of Digital Storytelling A Multilevel Approach to Using Digital Storytelling in the Classroom The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling The Power of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom How To: Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom

Resources Digital Storytelling: Who, What, Where ml ml The Elements of Digital Storytelling Another Look at the 7 Elements Facing Versions of the Self: The Effects of Digital Storytelling on English Education Preparing for Digital Story Telling

Resources Banaszewski, T. (2002). Digital storytelling finds its place in the classroom. Multimedia Schools 9(1), pages 32-35, online at: Barrett, H. (2005). Storytelling in higher education: A theory of reflection on practice to support deep learning. Technology and Teacher Education Annual Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, pages PowerPoint slides online at: Bull, G., & Kajder, S. (2004). Digital Storytelling in the language arts classroom. Learning & Leading with Technology, Volume 32 Number 4, pages Online at: Salpeter, J. (2005). Telling tales with technology. Technology and Learning (25)7, pages 18, 20, 22, 24. Online at:

Contact Info Dr. Shuyan Wang Instructional Technology College of Education and Psychology The University of Southern Mississippi Telephone: