1. Digital Storytelling
I’m not making this up!

2. Standards 21st Century skills Inventive thinking
Effective communication
High productivity

3. NETs for Students (technology)
Basic operations & concepts
Social, ethical & human issues
Technology productivity tools
Technology communication tools

4. Stories are Patterns Store and transmit knowledge
Organize facts in a new way
Convey information
Preserve culture
Build relationships
Entertain

5. Digital Storytelling Slideshows Video Photo essays Websites
Presentation software
Desktop publishing

6. Digital Storytelling Multimedia Own voice Sounds Music Photos Graphics
Illustrations
Artifacts

7. Seven Steps to Success Write a narrative script Plan the project
Organize the project
Make voiceovers
Gather and prepare resources
Put it all together
Deliver

8. Types Historical, scientific, social hero, fictional, true account…
Individual account, family or community based
Cause & effect (what if)

9. Instructional Strategies
Role playing
Newscast , “Strangers arrive in a strange ship from Spain.”
Collaborative
Small group
Peer-to-peer

10. Instructional Technologies
Microphone & sound editing software
Movie cam & editing
Scanner
Word processing
Illustration supplies
Still camera
Desktop publishing/authoring

11. Resources Clipart Clip video (United Streaming) Sound clips ebook kits
Editing freeware

12. Ideas About someone Special events Favorite community leader
Historical figure
Family member
Memorial story
Special events
Adventure stories
Special place

13. Photo essays 10-15 photos minimum Photos + text Photos + narrative
Music or sounds in background
Can combine still photos with video
Combine illustrations with photos or clip art
Combine narration with sounds

14. Photo essay projects Family – special events Pictures instead of words
Illustrate a story or poem
Tell it your way (retell)
School/community projects
Day in the life
Road trip
Instructional

15. eBook
Family ancestry – scan diaries, picture, family bible, record sounds
Living history
Record a trip with words, pictures, illustrations, artifacts (concert stub)
Combine multiple stories for a chapter book