Digital Storytelling Course Outline & Weekly Agenda Spring 2010

AGENDA - Session #1 Overview Review and respond to digital stories Select a topic Select a topic for a Digital Storytelling project that your students will create OR select a topic for a project that you will use during instruction Create a desktop folder to store images, videos, and music resources If time allows, begin pre-writing

AGENDA - Session #2 Pre-writing: brainstorming, collecting images, researching, outlining, and storyboarding Drafting: creating a script: Select the content and text you would like to use for your digital story. Begin to select the images you would like to use for your digital story. Begin to select or prepare the audio you would like to use for your digital story. Movie Maker: transfer your files to Movie Maker.

Storyboard Example

AGENDA - Session #3 Continue to work on Storyboard, revising, editing, and publishing. Modify number of images and/or image order, if necessary Continue to prepare the audio you would like to use for your digital story Use a computer microphone and record the narration of your script Customize transitions Preview your movie

AGENDA - Session #4 Publish your Digital Story. Share your story on the Ning and SchoolWires website. Evaluate your colleagues’ stories and post feedback via Ning. Gather feedback about how the story could be improved, expanded, and used in your classroom.