This document discusses digital storytelling and provides information about its use in education. It introduces three students - Laura, Wakeelah, and Mike - and their backgrounds and career goals. It then defines digital storytelling and provides examples. It discusses the origins of digital storytelling and tools that can be used. It outlines benefits for both teachers and students, including developing skills and using creativity. It lists seven elements of digital storytelling and provides resources for digital storytelling tools and websites. It asks for thoughts on using digital storytelling and shares an example digital storytelling website.

1. Laura Brush, Wakeelah Williams, and Mike
Moore

2.  Laura-BS in Psychology at Armstrong. I hope to
become an elementary school teacher.
 Wakeelah-BA in Mass Communications,Public
Relations concentration (SSU), Master of Public
Administration (SSU). I hope to become an
elementary school teacher, and also a public
school administrator.
 Mike – BAs in Psychology (Belmont Abbey) and
Theatre (AASU). Hope to teach drama, eventually
college level

3.  What is it? -
http://www.uncp.edu/home/acurtis/NewMed
ia/DigitalStorytelling/DigitalStorytellingExam
ples.html (answers question and provides
examples)
 movie_art_01.htm (Example from Univ. of
Houston site)

4.  Joe Lambert and the late Dana Atchley, Co-
Founders of Center for Digital Storytelling
(CDS), a non-profit arts organization.
 CDS has provided training for those
interested in digital storytelling since the
early 1990’s.

5.  Today’s tools for digital storytelling
◦ Scanners
◦ Digital Cameras
◦ High Quality Digital Audio Capture Devises
◦ Computer Software

6. Teachers:
 Introduce technological skills
 Teach/assess learning content
Students:
 Can create products using technology
 Share their work

7. Students:
 Creating a digital story involves students
using a wide variety of skills
 Digital storytelling allows students to use
their creativity.
 Multimodal (visual, oral, and written) aspect
of digital storytelling can benefit remedial
readers, ELLs, and struggling readers.

8. Teachers:
 Capitalize on student interest of the digital
world
 Can use cross-curricular learning objectives
and standards

9.  7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
 Point of view
 Dramatic question
 Emotional content
 The gift of your voice
 The power of the soundtrack
 Economy
 Pacing

10.  Many websites available with links to useful
tools
 http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~jevogel2/lis
506/howto.html
 http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/tool
s.html
 http://www.whiteboardblog.co.uk/2011/06/1
0-tools-for-digital-storytelling-in-class/

11.  Thoughts on Digital Storytelling/Has anyone
used it and wants to share?

12.  Storybird.com
 Make your own Halloween story

13.  http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/