1. Digital Storytelling In the Humanities Classroom

2. Objectives Understand how digital storytelling can impact learning. See real-life examples of digital storytelling in the classroom. Name three technology tools that can be used to create a digital story. Implement the steps to successfully create a digital story. Design a lesson that incorporates digital storytelling

3. Where to find resources Navigate to our homepage: www.everett.k12.wa.uswww.everett.k12.wa.us

4. Romeo and Juliet in 3 minutes http://youtu.be/WBQ8njWrHQs

5. Small Group Discussion What deeper learning do you think these students experienced by creating this story to share their science process?

6. National Ed Tech Standards 1.Creativity and innovation 2.Communication and collaboration 3.Research and information fluency 4.Critical thinking, problem-solving, and decision-making 5.Digital citizenship 6.Technology operations and concepts

7. The Process 1)Write the script. 2)Plan the project using a story board. 3)Organize folders for music, video and images and gather media. 4)Gather & cite media resources. 5)Record Voiceover. 6)Create Rough Cut. 7)Create Final Cut. Sometimes these are switched depending on type of story

8. THE TOOLS

9. PhotoStory Pros Easiest to use Narration Music Text Cons No Video (still images only) PowerPoint Pros Narration Music Text Cons More difficult to time Movie Maker Pros Music Text Images or Video Transitions Credits Cons Keeping media organized. Digital camera, USB microphones

10. http://bit.ly/IvhNWe “Good Morning Gorillas” Book Trailer

11. FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Student’s work should not be released without parent permission. Student’s image should not be used without parent permission.

12. Copyright and Fair Use Four types of considerations are mentioned in the law: the nature of the use the nature of the work used the extent of the use its economic effect

13. Copyright and Fair Use Judges return again and again to two key questions: Did the unlicensed use “transform” the material taken from the copyrighted work by using it for a different purpose than that of the original, or did it just repeat the work for the same intent and value as the original? Was the material taken appropriate in kind and amount, considering the nature of the copyrighted work and of the use?

14. Digital Kits What is the learning objective? If it isn’t searching for media, you should provide folders for music and images filled with the choices from which the students can select media.

15. Creative Commons/Royalty Free Music: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/ http://freemusicarchive.org/ http://www.royaltyfreemusic.com/ Images: http://www.spinxpress.com/getmedia (kids can access) http://www.spinxpress.com/getmedia http://openclipart.org/ (kids can access) http://openclipart.org/ http://pics4learning.com/ (kids can access) http://pics4learning.com/ http://pixabay.com http://www.fotopedia.com/#search http://images.google.com/

16. Small Group Work Try creating a quick video in either Photo Story or Movie Maker using the “how to” guides.