Session Presentation: Resources shared during the session: About Digital Storytelling Story Telling Resources and Examples: 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

 

Session Presentation:

 

 

Resources shared during the session:

 

• Creative Commons: media and intellectual works shared by creators with access and usage rights defined
  • http://search.creativecommons.org/
• Flickr Storm: search flickr by keyword, tag, idea-advanced tab allows selection of Creative Commons shares
  • http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/
• Voicethread
  • http://www.voicethread.com
  • http://ed.voicethread.com/#home
• Mixbook
  • http://mixbook.com
• Showbeyond
  • http://www.showbeyond.com
• MapSkip
  • http://www.mapskip.com
• Tikatok
  • http://www.tikatok.com

 

 

Skills addressed by Digital Stories

   poster credit to Silvia Tolisano

digital-storytelling-skills-not-tools.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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)

 

Story Telling Resources and Examples:

• Digital Stories from NPR-This American Life:
  • http://www.thislife.org/
• Videos of Ira Glass from This American Life on good story telling
  • http://www.podcastingnews.com/2008/06/14/ira-glass-on-storytelling-in-media/
• Digital Storytelling in Plain English
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP6CeGLPuOY
• Storytelling with Children
  • http://storytellingwithchildren.ning.com/video
• Digital Storytelling for Educators-Silvia Tolisano-can be purchased as book or downloaded for free
  • http://www.lulu.com/product/paperback/digital-storytelling-tools-for-educators/4758345
• Using Voicethread for Digital Conversations
  • http://digitallyspeaking.pbworks.com/Voicethread
• Digital Storytelling site from Illinois school
  • http://www2.niles-hs.k12.il.us/digitalstories2/default.html
• Stories from the south
  • http://themoonlitroad.com/
• 5th Grade digital portfolios
  • http://voicethread.com/#q.b346039.i1835129
• Many ideas and helps for using Voicethread in k12
  • http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/
• Primary Grades ideas and examples of Voicethread
  • http://ktitraci.wikispaces.com/voicethread
• Using Voicethread for Writing Ideas and for Peer Marking
  • http://edte.ch/blog/2010/02/01/using-voicethread-for-writing-ideas-and-for-peer-marking/
• Interesting Ways to use Voicethread (and other apps) in the classroom
  • http://edte.ch/blog/interesting-ways/
    • http://docs.google.com/present/view?id=dhn2vcv5_245f2nkv3g3

 

 

 

 

Book Resource Recommendations

 

 

• Title: 
  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity
  • Author: Jason B. Ohler

 

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