1. Digital Storytelling Prepared for Students in LS5633 School of Library and Information Studies Texas Woman’s University Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D. Image Created at Wordle.netWordle.net

2. What is a digital story? digital story (dig·i·tal sto·ry) A short, first person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds. From the Center for Digital Storytelling

3. What is digital storytelling? Digital storytelling involves combining three or more of these elements: voice, music, still or video images, text, and technology tools to tell a story. Dr. M.

4. What are some types of digital stories? Personal stories  Events and “Ah-Hah!” moments  Adventures and travel  Accomplishments  Memorializing a person or place InterviewsTestimonials Advocacy stories

5. Values & Principles   1. Everyone has many powerful stories to tell.   2. Listening is hard.   3. People see, hear, and perceive the world in different ways.   4. Creative activity is human activity. From the Center for Digital Storytelling

6. Values & Principles   5. Technology is a powerful instrument of creativity.   6. Sharing stories can lead to positive change. What are your values and principles related to digital storytelling? From the Center for Digital Storytelling

7. 7 Elements of (Digital) Storytelling   Take a point of view (insight)   Hone in on the memorable moment   Make it dramatic - emotional content   Visualize your story and select compelling actual and metaphorical images

8. Seven Elements of Storytelling   Use your gift of voice and the power of the soundtrack   Develop a script and storyboard (set the pace)   Share, seek feedback, and revise Adapted from Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Storytelling

9. Sample Digital Story  Storyboard Using Cacoo (Web 2.0 Tool)  https://cacoo.com/diagrams/kUbh9VWEUMCbsbfp https://cacoo.com/diagrams/kUbh9VWEUMCbsbfp  “Where I’m From” Script  http://storytrail.com/SLIS/ls3013/A_1_3 http://storytrail.com/SLIS/ls3013/A_1_3  “Where I’m From” by Judi Moreillon: Digital Story Using VoiceThread  http://voicethread.com/#u117067.b161985.i864217 http://voicethread.com/#u117067.b161985.i864217

10. Relating Storytelling and Digital Storytelling: 9- to 13-Year-Olds Explore Storytelling Concepts and Terminology after Creating Digital Storytelling Projects by Rebecca Morris   Focused ethnography   6 th -grade – social studies teacher and school librarian collaboration   4 th /5 th – iMovie book trailers (technology teacher)   7 th grade – 3 students – club testimonials

11.   Georges (1981) – importance of audience in a story-transmitting-and- receiving-act   Lingering question: How then do we simulate “receiving” in the digital storytelling environment? Discussion

12. Resources on our Course Wiki  Web Sites About Digital Storytelling  Web 2.0 Tools for Storyboarding  Electronic Tools for Storytelling  Sample Stories http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling

13.   Bubbl.us   Cacoo   Mind42   Mindomo   Wallwisher   Linked from http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling Recommended Tools for Storyboarding

14.   Animoto   Go! Animate   iMovie   MovieMaker   PhotoStory   Storybird   VoiceThread   Linked from http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling Recommended Tools for Story Production

15.   Story of the Battle = Mobilization – story shared within the ranks of the organization   Battle of the Story = Persuasion – targeted to stakeholders Reinsborough and Canning A Word about Advocacy Stories

16.   Positive stories or testimonials   Dispel stereotypes, negative opinions and images   Promote support for a cause by addressing the constituents’ or stakeholders’ needs A Word or Two about Advocacy Stories

17.   Offer new futures   Reframe debates   Subvert spectacles   Repurpose existing narratives   Make the invisible VISIBLE (Reinsborough and Canning 73). Intervention at the Point of Assumption

18. Works Cited “Digital Story.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012.. Georges, Robert A. “Do Narrators Really Digress? A Reconsideration of ‘Audience Asides’ in Narrating.” Western Folklore 40.3 (1981): 245-252. Lambert, Joe. “Cookbook.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012.. Digital Storytelling. LS5633: The Art of Storytelling. Web. 27 Jan. 2012.. Morris, Rebecca. “Relating Storytelling and Digital Storytelling: 9- to 13-Year-Olds Explore Storytelling Concepts and Terminology after Creating Digital Storytelling Projects.” Panel Presentation. Youth Services Special Interest Group. ALISE Conference, Dallas, TX. 2012. Reinsborough, Patrick, and Doyle Canning. Re: Imagining Change. Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2010. Print. “Values & Principles.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012..

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