Tell Me A Digital Story! A story with a twist!

What will I learn? What is digital storytelling? Why digital storytelling? Examples of digital storytelling The tools to create your digital story

What is Digital Storytelling ? Let’s Watch! MOMNOTMOM - A Story – A personal tale –(

What did all the stories have in common?

Why Digital Storytelling ? “a short, personal multimedia tale 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.

Your Project Choose a person, place or event that you want to research and then tell its story Research Write the story Download the graphics Put it all together using storytelling software

Content Tells someone or something or some place’s story Told from the 1 st person perspective NOT a report; this is their STORY

Length You only have 1 written page and 3 total minutes to tell their story Succinct and to the point Pictures display a tone, feeling, and communicate beyond what you are saying

Examples Dust Bowl –( A Personal Tale –( Coal Mine Explosion –(

Tools 2 column research notes Storyboard and sequencing Script Graphics Narration Music Photo Story software Creativity and hard work! click here to go to end of show click on words for a visual of tool

Music

Narration

Photos

Creativity!

Script

Storyboarding

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