Digital Storytelling Workshop Julie Collareda Manager Learning and Innovation Adapted from Fountain 2006

Digital story telling is the combining of the art of telling stories with some mixture of digital graphics, text, recorded audio narration, video and or photographs and music to present information on a specific topic. usually just a few minutes long.

Types of digital stories Personal narratives Examination of historical themes and events Stories that inform or instruct eg deliver instructional content

In teaching and learning For teachers digital stories can: Be used to stimulate interest Integrate multimedia into the session Make difficult content more understandable Facilitate classroom/online discussion

In teaching and learning For students they can facilitate the development of the following skills: –Research –Writing –Organisation –Technology –Presentation –Interview –Interpersonal –Problem-Solving

Some examples Personal narratives Almost paradise Baby boomers and computers

Some examples Examination of historical themes and events Race to the moon The Holocaust

Some examples Instructional content Ageing well Art and architecture More examples

Creating a digital story Software Music Photographs/images/diagrams Storyboard Demonstration

Where to begin Microsoft Photostory 3 Download: gitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx gitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx Online tutorial: ginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx ginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx

Image resources (check copyright) (copyright- friendly) Images

Flickr Go to FlickrFlickr Download photographs

Music Sound resources (check copyright) (Royalty free music library for schools)

Photostory How to use PhotostoryPhotostory The finished productproduct

Example Beauty therapy, repairing a nailnail

Questions?

Your turn! Get some photographs Plan your story Have a go

Summary Its easy Quick Be creative Great tool for teaching and learning!