Morning Session

Digital Storytelling

 

Presentation

 

Tools-web-based

     Animoto          http://animoto.com

     Google            http://www.google.com

     Tikatok          http://tikatok.com

     Posterous          http://posterous.com

     VoiceThread     http://voicethread.com

 

50 Ways to tell a Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways

 

Skills addressed by Digital Stories

   poster credit to Silvia Tolisano

digital-storytelling-skills-not-tools.pdf

 

 

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

 

        

• Title:  DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories
• Author: bjpconsulting

 

 

      

• Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators
• Author Midge Frazel

 

 

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/

 

 

Other Digital Storytelling Web Applications 

• MapSkip http://mapskip.com This allows you to pinpoint a location on a map and add pictures, text and upload audio