tell me a digital story! a story with a twist!. what will i learn? what is digital storytelling? why...

Tell Me A Digital Story!

A story with a twist!

What will I learn?

• What is digital storytelling?

• Why digital storytelling?

• Examples of digital storytelling

• The tools to create your digital story

What is Digital Storytelling? Let’s Watch!

• MOMNOTMOM - A Story– http://www.storycenter.org/momquicktime.html

• A personal tale – (

What did all the stories have in

common?

Why Digital Storytelling?• “a short, personal multimedia tale told from the heart“

(Daniel Meadows)

• form of digital expression; – stories can be created by people everywhere, on

any subject, and shared electronically all over the world.

Your Project

• Choose a person, place or event that you want to research and then tell its story

• Research• Write the story• Download the graphics• Put it all together using storytelling

software

Content

• Tells someone or something or some place’s story

• Told from the 1st person perspective

• NOT a report; this is their STORY

Length

• You only have 1 written page and 3 total minutes to tell their story

• Succinct and to the point

• Pictures display a tone, feeling, and communicate beyond what you are saying

Examples• Dust Bowl

– (http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/dustbowl.htm)• A Personal Tale

– (http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=2)• Coal Mine Explosion

– (http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=43)

Tools

2 column research notes Storyboard and sequencing

Script

Graphics Narration

MusicPhoto Story software

Creativity and hard work!

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click on words for a visual of tool

Music

Narration

Photos

Creativity!

Script

Storyboarding

Technology is always secondary to the storytelling

Tell me a fact and I’ll learnTell me a truth and I’ll

believeTell me a story and I’ll remember it forever