Ditigal Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

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What is digital storytelling?

Educational Uses of Digital storytelling.
educational-uses-of-DS.ppt

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Examples and Discussions

Explore examples of digital storytelling at Educational Use of Digital Storytelling
Other examples:

• Federal Holidays
• MathCasts Project
• Great Books Stories Wiki
• SFETT's ICAN

Discuss in groups

• How do people use digital storytelling in education?
• Identify one example of digital storytelling that you like most, and explain why you like it.
• How are you going to use digital storytelling in your teaching

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Tools

• VoiceThread
• Powerpoint
  Add narration to your powerpoint presentation
• MS Photo Story
  A Microsoft application that can be used to create slideshow movies from still pictures. You can add music, transitions and basic effects to your slideshows.
• Windows Movie Maker
• iMovie
• iPhoto

Voice Thread

VoiceThread has several nice tutorials about their product that are worth exploring. At the very least, please look over the following:

1. Introduction on VoiceThread.
2. How to manage identities.
3. How to moderate comments.
4. How to use zoom in VT.
5. Here is one about the doodler feature.
6. This will show you how you can embed a VT in your blog or website.

Weekly Gallery Project

1. Open a VT account and upload an image for your avatar. The identities tutorial will show you how to do this. If you want, you can upload a picture of yourself to clearly identify yourself. You can also have one identity where the picture is not of you or someone else (be creative) and use a name other than your own. You can use this identity when you want to leave comments that are more anonymous, and it is also what I would recommend if I were having students use it.
2. Choose one of the following options for creating a digital story this week.
   1. Create a digital story that you, as the teacher, would use to share with students as part of a lesson or unit.
   2. Create a mock digital story that provides an example of something your students might construct as part of a lesson or unit in a course you teach.
3. When making your digital story, please make sure that you:
   1. Have at least five slides to it.
   2. Have at least one comment on each slide.
   3. Have at least two different voices (identities) on it - you could enlist the help of friends, colleagues, or you could use the two identities you've set up.

Weekly Blog Assignment

1. Embed your VoiceThread in your blog post for Week 7. Here is a VT on how to do this. I recommend using the 480X360 version they have for blogs. When you get the code, you will need to paste it into your blog post when you are using the "Edit HTML" tab rather than the "Compose" Tab.
2. In your text, please write about
   1. Which option you chose for your digital story and what your experience was like in creating the story.
   2. Devote a paragraph to explore some of the different ways teachers could use digital story telling in the courses.
   3. Please link the permalink to this post on the Wiki Gallery under the "Story" Column.

Here is a checklist for this week. Please complete the Week 7 tasks by Sunday evening, Feb 24.