Digital Storytelling with VoiceThread by Kim Sloggett VoiceThread
Empowers student voices Enables students to create media Allows for more expression than words alone Encompasses multiple learning styles Can connect students to academic literacy Transforms kids who have tuned out learning Benefits of Digital Storytelling
Make personal stories into multimedia texts Create digital biographies Create digital math stories to illustrate story problems Create comic book versions of novels Relate description of a place or setting Illustrate steps in a process Classroom Applications
Point of view Emotional content Economy (only 2-3 minutes in length) Pacing set by student Personal narration Elements of a Digital Story
Plan a storyboard Write a script Sequence the images Add narrative or written track Add transitions Add a soundtrack Steps in Creating a Digital Story
Center for Digital Storytelling Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Voicethread Microsoft Photo Story 3 photostory/default.mspx Resources for Digital Storytelling