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Digital Storytellingto enhance writing and engage your
elementary students
Lyn Hilt * June 18, 2014
Thanks for joining me today!
Elementary Instructional Technology Integrator/Coach Former K-6 Principal Writer of stories! !
Contact: @lynhilt on Twitter Blog: lynhilt.com lynhilt@gmail.com
What is digital storytelling?
the art of telling stories combined with multimedia
shared, published, and amplified with digital tools
a way to share learning
spans the curriculum
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brings the relationship between context and content to life
- Silvia Tolisano
transmit knowledge, culture, perspectives and points of view.
Storytelling, no matter in what form and created in whatever media, is a powerful tool to
It is the act of telling our personal story of what we know and understand from an event or topic that provides a
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"sense-making" processenabling our brains to organize a myriad of factoids while
also increasing “sticking power.”
-Bernajean Porter
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Image: Silvia Tolisano
Image: Silvia Tolisano
What are students learning when they write and publish
their stories?
From Jason Ohler
Image: Bernajean Porter
“Meaning making vs.media making”
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!Developing story topics Writing the story Images Supplementing images from the web Storyboarding Digital editing Recording voice over Choosing a soundtrack Effects Production and presentation
Jon Orech’s “Down and Dirty”
DST steps
1. Point of View 2. Dramatic Question 3. Emotional Content 4. Gift of Your Voice
5. Power of Soundtrack 6. Economy
7. Pacing
!7 Elements of a Digital
Story
John Lambert Center for Digital Storytelling
From Jason Ohler
Make a plan.
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From Bernajean Porter’s Digitales.us
From Bernajean Porter’s Digitales.us
From Tracy Wantanabe
Six Word Stories Six Word Memoirsvia BrainPickings
Story Creation Apps
allows creation of original artwork and import of other media records voice narration simple interface for even the youngest students to use free student and teacher accounts Assignments tool and Common Core templates sharing options: embed, mp4 and PDF downloads, links, Class Page an app is available!
stunning artwork to accompany text - write stories and poetry inspires creative, detail-oriented writing free accounts for teachers and students projects can have multiple collaborators student work is private, teachers can manage sharing with classmate and family commenting
Happy storytelling!
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Visit my wiki for additional storytelling resources:
tinyurl.com/dsthilt