2. Digital Storytelling
Introduction

3. What
• Combine Graphics, Text, Audio , Video, Music
• To Communicate about a Theme/ Topic
• To Create a Digistory

4. Why
• When the ancient tradition of storytelling
meets the digital age, learning blossoms
• Exciting
• Engaging
• Compelling
• Inspiring

5. Student Perspective
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BU1SkaTsv78

6. Example
• Life Academy, San Francisco
• History Project (“Immigration”)
• Interviewed family members
• Wrote and Revised scripts
• Produced Videos
• Presented to a Public Audience
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2790

7. Take-Away’s
• Engagement with real-world issues
• Careful analysis
• Excitement about learning
• Investment in their own performance
• Conflict resolution
• Community Connections
• And more!

8. Teachers’ Observations
• Grades go up
• Come to class eager to work
• More likely to do homework
• Gives voice to those who don’t participate
• Improves lifelong learning
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2961
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2979
http://www.streetside.org/stories/index.htm

9. The Process
Constructing Stories:
• Dig deeper into the subject
• Think more complexly about it
Communicating Stories:
• Write scripts together
• Blend different languages, voices, ideas
• Agree on what tone and angle to use

10. Digital Storytelling
Learning

11. Hardwiring
• Tell stories
• Organize experiences into a meaningful whole
that can be shared with others

12. Project Learning
• Learn by doing
• Learn together
• Learn conflict resolution
• Invest in their own learning
• Develop their creativity
• Learn according to their needs
• Learn how to learn
• Network and publish their findings

13. Reference: Project Learning
Current Research
Concepts, Benefits, Examples
Student Motivation
http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-research
http://www.edutopia.org/project-learning
http://www.edutopia.org/start-pyramid

14. 21st Century Education
• Research
• Critical thinking skills
• Writing
• Voice
• Personal Narrative
• Knowledge Retention1
• Communication
• Real-World Connections
• Creativity2
• Portfolio Assessment3
• Digital Literacy

15. Reference: 21st Century Education
1 Knowledge Retention
2 Creativity
3 Portfolio Assessment
https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/affective-learning/
https://gdc.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/multimedia-distinctive/2/3/
http://electronicportfolios.org/

16. Reference: Educational Benefits
Summary
Interviews
Portfolios
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/powerpoint.html
https://digitalcommons.georgetown.edu/projects/digitalstories/
http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/index.html

17. Reference: Educational Benefits
Language Learning
Writing Skills
Vocational Education
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/esl.html
http://www.cec.sped.org/AM/Template.cfm?Section=Search&template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=11288
http://www.icvet.tafensw.edu.au/ezine/year_2006/feb_apr/feature_digital_storytelling.htm

18. Examples: Younger Students
KG, Presentation, “I am”
Grade 2, Photo Story, “Osiris”
Grade 2-3, Photo Story, Projects
http://www.watertowncsd.org/index.cfm?bid=5&cid=103
http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/Files/Osiris.wmv
http://www.eaglepnt.k12.or.us/Page.asp?NavID=1894

19. Examples: Younger Students
KG, Grade 1-2, Movie, Books we read
Elementary Grades, Movie, Similar Triangles
Elementary Grades, Movie, Science Projects
http://www.moviemaking.ecsd.net/
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/movie-maker/movie-maker/
http://www.sciencekids.co.nz/studentpagesmovies.html

20. Examples: Younger Students
Tibetan Students, Life in Exile
Students Worldwide, Bridges to Understanding
http://www.bridgesweb.org/projects/gallery-public.html
http://www.bridgesweb.org/

21. Examples: Younger Students
Grade 5, e.g. attending a baseball game
Elementary Grades, e.g. art, heroes, poetry, decisions, 9/11
http://edweb.fdu.edu/folio/FrancoE/ST/MyExamples.html
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html

22. Examples: Older Students
Presentation, Vietnam War
Presentation, Immunity
Movie, Bernoulli Principle
Photo Story, Puerto Rico
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/office-2007/powerpoint/powerpoint-examples/
https://www.msu.edu/~terbrack/student%20work/Attack%20of%20the%20pathogensKP.ppt
http://it.seattleschools.org/BEXlevy/activities/movie-maker/movie-maker/
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/places.html

23. Examples: Older Students
ESL Student Projects: Black History
ESL Student Projects: More Examples
Student Stories : art, health, language, science, math, culture, personal reflection…
Stories for Change: passions, friendships, struggles, illnesses, differences…
http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eiannotti/Level8.1/videos/Blackhistory.wmv
http://faculty.lagcc.cuny.edu/eiannotti/
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
http://storiesforchange.net/topics/youth

24. Examples: Older Students
Digital Storytelling Initiative: My Potato Story
Digital Storytelling Initiative: showcased stories
Niles Township High School: student-made digistories
http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/
http://www.digitalstories.org/
http://dsi.kqed.org/index.php/contest/about/C24/

25. Digital Storytelling
Basics 1: Creation

26. How to tell a great story…
1. Find your story
2. Map your story
3. Capture your audience’s attention
4. Tell your story from YOUR point of view
5. Use fresh and vivid language

27. How to tell a great story…
6. Integrate emotion
7. Use your own voice
8. Choose images and sounds carefully
9. Be brief
10.Keep a good rhythm

28. Resources
How to use DS in your classroom
Let your students teach you
DS Story Center Cookbook
http://www.edutopia.org/use-digital-storytelling-classroom
http://www.edutopia.org/economic-stimulus-education-technology-california
http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf

29. Resources
How to use Storyboarding
More on Storyboarding
How to use images: example
http://www.techteachers.com/digstory/storyboards.htm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRR0-7EFhlc&feature=PlayList&p=ADF67E48B06653F3&playnext=1&playnext_from=PL&index=26
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/storyboarding.html

30. Resources
University of Houston: essentials, tutorials, examples, tips…
Center for DS: case-studies, examples, workshops, articles, books…
Digital Citizenship: free curriculum
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
http://www.storycenter.org/
http://www.digitalcitizenshiped.com/

31. Resources
David Brear’s Site: a middle school-teacher collection of resources
Meg Ormiston’s Site: a collection of resources for educators
Judith Rance-Roney’s Article: reflections from a multilingual classroom
http://members.shaw.ca/dbrear/dst.html
http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2812

32. Resources
DS Resources
Creating Digital Stories: Dr Helen Barrett’s tutorial
10 Easy Steps: A tutorial on digital videos
http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm
http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
http://www.nwp.org/cs/public/print/resource/2812

33. Digital Storytelling
Basics 2: Collaboration

34. How to work together on a story…
1. Brainstorm
2. Collect. Sort. Decide.
3. Select the story. Develop a plan to execute.
4. Use an online collaborative workspace.
5. Select and distribute individual tasks.
6. Research.

35. How to work together on a story…
7. Create a storyboard.
8. Build the basic story.
9. Revise. Edit.
10.Polish.
11.Proof.
12.Share (live and digitally).
13.Evaluate

36. Resources
Classroom Management: different roles in creating a digistory
Digitales: evaluating digital projects
Today’s Teacher: DS student rubric
University of Houston: using rubrics to evaluate digistories
http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/index.php
http://www.todaysteacher.com/Digital_Storytelling/StudentRubric.pdf
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/rubrics.html
http://terry-freedman.org.uk/artman/publish/printer_804.php/Digital

37. Summary: Project Guidelines
• Let your students teach you
• Start small
• Get them working together
• Increase collaboration
• Share it all
• Build e-portfolios

38. Digital Storytelling
Tools

39. Tools for creating a Digital Story
• Powerpoint
• Photo Story
• Movie Maker

40. Examples: PowerPoint Projects
• Create, perform and understand public-
speaking:
– Museum docent talk
– History/ Geographical tour
– Live Interview
– Etc.

41. Examples: Photo-Story Projects
• Create, present and understand photo-essays:
– With words
– With music
– With video
– With transitions
– Etc.

42. Examples: Photo-Story Projects
• Create, present and understand movies:
– With narration
– With dialogues
– With still and moving images
– Etc.

43. More Ideas for DS Projects

44. More Tools for DS Projects
• Autocollage
• Photosynth
• BING Images

45. Resources
50 Questions for family-history interviews
Everyone can be an oral-historian
Resources on interviewing and recording oral-history
http://genealogy.about.com/cs/oralhistory/a/interview.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/trail/htd_history/oral/recording_oral_hist_01.shtml
http://www.library.nashville.org/localhistory/his_spcoll_orhist_guidelines.asp

46. The e-book was created in close collaboration with Mary Lane
Potter who writes, teaches, and edits in Seattle, Washington. Visit
her web site at http://members.authorsguild.net/marylapotter.