Digital Storytelling Why? Dyan’s Couch Youtube Digital video is becoming the media of choice Our students are comfortable with it. Remember, they are natives, we are immigrants

Definition of Digital Storytelling combining the long standing art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing. It combines Digital, Art, Oral and Written literacies

Digital, Art, Oral and Written literacies These literacies rely on one another improves literacy and expression in all areas.

Why is oral storytelling important in digital storytelling? No matter how high tech we become, telling stories to each other orally will endure as one of our primary and most powerful forms of communication. It will always be an important skill to have in the workplace, in our communities and in our schools.

Why is writing important in digital storytelling? The pathway

Why is art important in digital storytelling? 1. art is becoming the next literacy, or 4th R 2. Must teach multimedia effectively 3. Need understand design - the grammar of art

Why is digital literacy important? Digital literacy = using technology effectively, creatively and wisely Use technology as an imagination amplifier

Media literacy Media literacy = Recognizing, evaluating and applying the methods of media persuasion.Media literacy media literacy an explicit goal of your digital storytelling students cannot understand how media persuades until they become media persuaders themselves example

Different kinds of stories and storytelling “Committing a bad story to digital media, is like giving a bad guitar player a bigger amplifier” Jason Ohler

A personal story that involves a personal change or realization Personal Reflection Stories Memorials Events in our lives Places in our lives Our jobs Recovery Stories Love Stories Discovery Short Stories Myths Sample My Mama Almost Paradise A Dog’s Tale Fox Finds a Friend

An academic or "unit of instruction" story Science and math

How can you as a teacher use storytelling and digital media in content areas in your classroom? Biographies Book reports How-to directions

How can you as a teacher use storytelling and digital media in content areas in your classroom? Summary Reports Book reports How-to directions Biographies

Stories vs. reports - engagement vs. critical thinking Inspirational stories + critical thinking persuasive power of the story form reflection, problem solving and reasoned thinking combination of story form and analytical report.

Persuasion 1.Advertisements 2.Describe/conclude 3.Analyze/conclude 4.Analyze/persuade 5.Compare/contrast 6.Cause/effect Road Taken for Peace Road Taken for Peace

That frontier will be largely dominated by digital storytelling. Teachers are more important than ever

7 Elements 1(A Point) of view Stories are told to make a point All stories are personal Use first-person first-person voice is authoritative, seemingly neutral

2. Dramatic Question Don’t just make a point Set up a question in the beginning

3. Emotional Content Requires plain old-fashioned common sense and maturity Exploring emotional material is a personal decision.

4.Gift of Voice our voice is a great gift The voice can show strength and weakness Try not to read, but talk

5.The Power of the Soundtrack Ipod generation Stirs emotions Be careful with lyrical music Instrumental is best Copyright

6. Be economical Don’t go overboard on materials effectively illustrated with a small number of images and video

7. Pacing move along generally at an even pace, starts and stops, pauses, and quickly spurted phrases

Tools Websites-Public Domain Images Software Video Music Your voice

Why is it a good tool for teachers? Appeal to the diverse learning styles of the students by using Digital Storytelling as a presentation media Generate interest, attention and motivation for the "digital generation" kids in our classrooms. Capitalize on the creative talents of your own students as they begin to research and tell stories of their own.

Why is it a good tool for students? Learn to use the Internet to research rich, deep content while analyzing and synthesizing a wide range of content. Develop communications skills by learning to ask questions, express opinions, construct narratives and write for an audience. Increase computer skills using software that combines a variety of multimedia including: text, still images, audio and video

Getting Started What do you need to be a digital storyteller 1.Hardware 2.Software –PhotoStory Movie Maker Adobe Premiere Elements, Audacity 3.Digital camera 4.Voice recorder 5.Scanner 6.Microphone USB 7.Video camera

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Video Mistakes Common Video Shooting Mistakes from Robert ScobleCommon Video Shooting Mistakes from Robert Scoble

Power of music in your digital story A Christmas Gory Bottom line: Music manipulates and can overtake a story if over used or over played. Make sure your music supplements your story, and not the other way around. When it is the other way around, you have a music video.

Student Activity Have them do a quick write following each video about what kind of movie they think they are watching, what they think the story line might be and how they feel toward the young man in the movie. You need to play each movie to get the full effect. They are only 30 seconds long. I suggest you play the movie without any sound at all before playing all three sequences with sound. Movie Sequence #1 Movie Sequence #2 Movie Sequence #3

A Few Words about Copyright Common Sense Copyright -respect for others' property 1.Citation 2.Permission 3.Compensation

A Few Words about Copyright If your stories are published on the Web, list a disclaimer. Work done for educational use is under the fair use protection of existing copyright law.