1. Digital Storytelling by Kim Sloggett

2. Oral Pictures Written Digital History of Storytelling

3. A short, first-person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds. What is digital storytelling?

4. The International Society for Technology in Education’s NETS (National Education Technology Standards) were used to write Oklahoma’s Instructional Technology PASS. Oklahoma Language Arts PASS. Standards

5. Empowers student voices Engages digital native learners Allows for more expression than words alone Stimulates multiple intelligences Can connect students to academic literacy Transforms kids who have tuned out learning Benefits of Digital Storytelling

6. Make personal stories into multimedia texts Create digital biographies Create digital math stories to illustrate story problems Create comic book versions of novels Illustrate steps in a process Classroom Applications

7. Video and sound editing software or online tool Computer with CD/DVD burner Digital camera Digital video camera (optional) Storage media (flash drive, CD, DVD) Headphone/microphone Scanner Needed for a Digital Story

8. Expertise Time Money Copyright issues Concerns

9. Point of view Dramatic Question Emotional content Your voice A soundtrack Economy (3-5 minutes) Pacing 7 Elements of a Digital Story

10. 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

11. Center for Digital Storytelling www.storycenter.org Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories www.digitales.us Firek, H. (2003). 10 easy ways to use technology in the english classroom. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Ohler, J. (2008). Digital storytelling in the classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press. Resources for Digital Storytelling