Digital Storytelling

Let your students’ voices be

heard!

bbelardi@mtlsd.net

How the morning will look:

• 8:15-9:30 What is digital storytelling?

• 9:30-9:45 Break• 9:45-10:30 Walk-through sample• 10:30-11:30 Make your own

using a tool of your choice!

Why do we do what we do?

Digital Natives

What is Digital Storytelling?

• Digital storytelling is the process of writing a story and then incorporating multimedia elements of voice, imagery and music to create a visual story.

Traditional Steps

• Step 1: Write• Step 2: Develop Script• Step 3: Storyboard• Step 4: Locate Resources• Step 5: Create• Step 6: Share

Jason Ohler

Storytelling Teaching Tools

Middle

Beginning End

Transformation?Ordinary life... “Life” resumes...

closure“the call toadventure...”

(conflict, growth)Problem - question - opportunity - challenge - goal

Solution- ques. answered

- opportunity met - challenge met - goal met

(resolution)(tension)

(Dillingham, 2001, with transformation, Ohler, 2003)

Visual Portrait of story (VPS)

Resources

• Discovery Streaming(Search for editable clips)• American Film Institute(Search AFI on Discovery Streaming)• Jennifer Dorman• Bernajean Porter• Joe Brennan

Digital Storytelling Ideas

• Public Service Announcements• News/Sports Broadcasts• Movie Trailer (for books, articles, events)

– http://multimedia.mtlsd.org/Play.asp?FILEID=28060

• Documentaries• Virtual Tour to retell a story• Research Reports/ Recap of Lessons• Perspective of an object/historical figure• Book Talks

Your Assignment

• http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=your%20three%20words&type=

• http://multimedia.mtlsd.org/Play.asp?FILEID=28690

Your Assignment

• In 3 groups (we only have 3 cameras), each individual will use 3 words to convey their thoughts about education.

• Be creative! • Be patient in your groups to film each other.

The clips should not be more than 10 seconds long.

• Bring the camera to me when you are done. We’ll watch a compilation videoat the end of the morning.

My Current Favorite Tools

• Blabberize/ Vokis• VoiceThread• Glogster• Movie Maker/Adobe Premiere Elements• Capzles• Google Lit Trips• xTimeline• Scribble Maps• PhotoStory

Contact Information

• bbelardi@mtlsd.net • bbelardi on Twitter and Plurk• Websites: http://blog.mtlsd.org/Cybrary/

http://www.mtlsd.org/foster_elementary/library.asp