About Digital Storytelling Book Resource Recommendations Story Starters Information on Copyright Copyright Friendly Photos Copyright Friendly Clip Art Copyright Friendly Music Digital Storytelling Articles and Guides Digital Storytelling Worksheets and Planning Links to Digital Storytelling Resources and Examples Digital Storytelling Web Applications

About Digital Storytelling

• What is Digital Storytelling? This is a pdf of a powerpoint presentation
• What are elements of digital storytelling?  Additional info here 
• Let's talk about digital storytelling (class discussion)

 

Book Resource Recommendations

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Story Starters

• Make a storytelling box
• Use picture books
• Have a camp fire
• http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/storystarters/storystarter1.htm
• http://thestorystarter.com/

 

Information on Copyright

• The end to copyright confusion - http://copyrightconfusion.wikispaces.com/
• User rights Music Video & Links to Lesson Plan Resources - http://mediaeducationlab.com/2-user-rights-section-107-music-video
• Code of Best Practices in Fair Use Booklet- Code Booklet

Copyright Friendly Photos

Although these sites are free to use, most sites and artists still require attribution to use their work.

• Flickr
  • FlickrStorm - http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ (Using FlickrStorm - how to search and find free images)
  • Flickr Creative Commons Image Search - http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons
• Morge File - http://www.morguefile.com
• 4FreePhotos - http://www.4freephotos.com
• Pics4Learning - http://www.pics4learning.com
• American Memory Collection - http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/browse/ListSome.php?format=Photograph

• Search engines

  • Kids Image Search Tools - http://www.kidsclick.org/psearch.html

 

Copyright Friendly Clip Art

• http://www.dorlingkindersley-uk.co.uk/static/cs/uk/11/clipart/home.html
• http://classroomclipart.com/
• http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
• http://www.awesomeclipartforeducators.com/

 

Copyright Friendly Music

Although these sites are free to use, most sites and artists still require attribution to use their work.

• Soungle (sound effects) - http://soungle.com/index.php
• Internet Archive: Audio Search - http://www.archive.org/details/audio
• The Free Sound Project - http://www.freesound.org/searchText.php
• Free-Loops - http://free-loops.com/
• Creative Commons Featured Audio Sites - http://wiki.creativecommons.org/Audio
• Jamendo (whole songs) - http://www.jamendo.com/en/creativecommons
• 8-bit rocket (music loops) - http://www.8bitrocket.com/music.aspx

 

Digital Storytelling Articles and Guides

     These articles discuss the elements of digital storytelling and provide some guidance in use

• The Art of Storytelling by Bernajean Porter: ArtOfStorytelling.pdf
• Beyond Words by Bernajean Porter: BeyondWordsISTE.pdf
• David Jakes Digital Story Guide: JakesDigitalStory.pdf
• Tips for Telling Your Story: Eight Tips for Telling Your Story Digitally.pdf
• Storytelling eBook: A Special eBook from Technology & Learning<_em> and Digital Media in the Classroom.pdf
• Digital Storytelling Cookbook: cookbook.pdf
• digitalstorytellingarticle.pdf

 

Digital Storytelling Worksheets and Planning

• StoryBoard Template: Digital_Storytelling_Storyboard.pdf
• Story Checklist: Digital_Storytelling_Checklist.pdf
• Skills included in digital storytelling: Baker's Dozen Skills.pdf
• Seven Elements: SevenElements.pdf and seven_elements.pdf
• Another storyboard: storyboard.pdf

 

Links to Digital Storytelling Resources and Examples

• Digital Storytelling Tools List http://ability-programs-challengertafe.wikispaces.com/Digital+StoryTelling+Links
• Center for Digital Storytelling http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html
• 50 Ways to tell a Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways
• 7 Elements of Digital Stories http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/7elements.html
• Eight tips for Digital Stories http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/training/page6738.cfm
• Mind Map of Storytelling http://atr.k12.hi.us/tutorials/tutorials/digstory/helpelements.htm
• Digital Storytelling 2.0 http://jakes.editme.com/DigitalStorytellingTwo
• These Stories in These Pictures http://www.storycenter.org/canada/index.html
• Mabry Online "Oscar" winning grade 5-8 videos. http://mabryonline.org/archives/mtv/

 

Digital Storytelling Web Applications

• VoiceThread http://voicethread.com  This allows you to upload pictures and add text and voice
• MapSkip http://mapskip.com This allows you to pinpoint a location on a map and add pictures, text and upload audio
• PhotoBucket http://photobucket.com Allows pictures, text, frames- no audio
• Picasa Web http://picasaweb.google.com Attach Pictures to a map that then plays like a slideshow
• ShowBeyond http://www.showbeyond.com Similar to Voicethread-can add narrative, pictures and sounds