Tell Me A Digital Story!
Objectives What is digital storytelling? Why digital storytelling? Examples of digital storytelling The tools to create your digital story Candy’s Tips and Tricks
What is Digital Storytelling? Let’s Watch!
What did all the stories have in common?
Why Digital Storytelling? “a short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart“ (Daniel Meadows) form of digital expression, stories can be created by people everywhere, on any subject, and shared electronically all over the world. digital stories are "multimedia sonnets from the people to tell the bigger story of our time, the story that defines who we are.“ (Daniel Meadows)
A Storytelling Project Choose a person, place, event, a writing…anything that has a story to be told Research Write the story Download the graphics (optional) Put it all together using storytelling software or a tool Publish!
Content Told from the perspective of the person telling the story NOT a report, it’s a STORY (and story doesn’t always mean fiction)
Length 1 written page and 2-3 total Succinct and to the point Pictures display a tone, feeling, and communicate beyond what you are saying Voice depicts EVERYTHING
Examples Practice Makes Perfect A Personal Tale Book Trailers Others’ stories
Tools for Storytelling
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Candy’s Clues PLAN the project carefully (content, length, etc.) Make an example for the students (you will learn a lot!) Make a rubric with instructions (preferably on a wiki) Research Script / storyboard Pictures Recording (get another set of hands, if possible) Publish Celebrate!
Technology is always secondary to the storytelling
Tell me a fact and I’ll learn Tell me a truth and I’ll believe Tell me a story and I’ll remember it forever