NICOLE LANETTI Digital Storytelling

Technology Storytelling a significant part of history Communication skills  Focus: written and spoken words Currently  Integrate technology in the classroom Digital storytelling combines basic storytelling with multimedia features  use graphics, music and movies as communication Modern methodto teach beliefs and values to others

What is digital storytelling? Short movie or story/book 2-10 minutes Students create a story, choose most important parts (create outline/script), match text with pictures, sound and record their voice to tell the story Music Sound effects Digital photos/clipart/scanned photos Video possible

Digital Storytelling Continued… Students share, create or recreate a story, present an idea, an incident, an episode or event  organize findings/thoughts and concepts in a more understandable way  personalize story Saved/record to CDs and DVD Upload on YouTube and share  Student and teachers can share their stories/movies on the Internet  give feedback to others  authentic audiences  students will see their work is worth seeing, reading and doing Intercultural learning  Students can compare their “stories” with people from other cultures and other life experiences

Student Benefits Builds confidence and self-esteem  more confident in their own abilities and their own voices Capture student attention Motivation Enjoy the experience of using technology Express creativity  student choice  prompts/recreate a known story Connect student’s lives with new stories Students reflect on what they know

More Benefits… Learners become involved in their learning  Differentiated learning styles  Research skills Build/increase understanding of concepts and apply it to a new situation Improve comprehension of learning content  Higher order thinking skills The process of composing a story is also a process of meaning- making Develop/build computer and communication skills

Teachers & School Learning through a modern classroom method Integrate with curriculum Formative and summative assessments Teacher can assess if students understand how to tell/retell/develop a story with appropriate story elements Creation of activities provide students the ability to develop problem-solving skills School budgets and technology resources are often limited in schools  opportunities to access technology daily Teachers use as visuals/present material to students

Method used to teach writing  Take students through the writing process Essential part of story telling Student ownership Express creativity and experiment with thoughts and ideas Improve student writing and critical thinking skills Writing Component:

Classroom Uses: K/1- whole/small group with assistance 2 nd grade and up…independent/small group All subject areas Literacy  Response to a story  Open-ended  Prompts/questions  Narrative/informational writing Peer collaboration Student centered approach to learning Student responsibility Problem-solving experience

Digital Storytelling Tools iMovie Garageband ComicLife Animoto PhotoStory3 Storyjumper Storybird Bitstrips Zooburst

A Classroom Example 2 nd /3 rd grade classroom Garageband U U

Storyjumper StoryJumper is an interactive website that gives kids and authors fun tools for writing and illustrating stories. Free to use Buy bound books for $25 Share books on Internet Read books already created (library section) Upload personal photos/scan hand drawn pictures to use as background

Activity Time Go to… Work independently or in a pair Practice creating a digital story Topic/Prompt:  Write about a place that had an impact on your life  Tell/create a story

Discussion: What are the pros and cons of using digital storytelling in a classroom? Do you think you would use or in the future use digital storytelling in your classroom? Why or why not?

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