A True Tale of 21st Century Integration

Warm-up Activity

Draw a picture of you reaching your technology integration goals, what does your class look like?

(You do not have to be an artist!)

Share this drawing/idea sheet with your partner and discuss.

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

Please choose the BEST answer.

Digital Storytelling is:

a)Any way of telling a story through a digital medium.b)A detailed story consisting of narration, photos, and music.c)A story told through video, special effects and music.

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

Please choose the BEST answer.

Which one is not considered an element in the best practices of digital storytelling:

a) Voiceb) Pacingc) Emotional Contentd) Summarizing

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

Please choose the BEST answer.

Choose the answer that is NOT part of the pre-production process:

a) Burning your digital story to a CDb) Storyboardingc) Writing the Scriptd) Organizing Folders

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

Please choose the BEST answer.

A student finds a photo online dramatizing a pre-Columbian Viking landing in America. Since the school symbol is the Viking, he posts this photo as a link back to the original website on the school web page. This is fair use.

a) Trueb) False

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

Please choose the BEST answer.

Digital Storytelling should only be integrated in higher-level classes like pre-AP, AP, or IB.

a) Trueb) False

Pre-Assesment w/Clickers

What subject do you teach?

a) ELAb) Mathc)Social Studiesd)Sciencee)Electives/Other

Today’s ObjectivesParticipants will be able to:

Digital Storytelling

• Define digital storytelling

• Identify the 7 elements

• Identify the production steps

• Understand basic copyright & fair use guidelines

• Create a digital story

• Collaboration time to design lesson

Today’s Agenda

AM - Overview

• Introductions & Housekeeping

• What is Digital Storytelling?

• Why Digital Storytelling?• Core Methodology• Resources• Copyright & Fair Use

• Breakout – by grade levels• Software demonstrations• Create your own• Share stories• Collaboration Time• Debrief

PM – Hands-on

Workshop Resources

Visit our wiki: http://digitalstorytelling2009.wetpaint.com/

What is Digital Storytelling?

What is Digital Storytelling?

Millais, The Boyhood of Raligh; Oil on canvas, 1870, now in the Tate Britain museum.

Why Digital Storytelling?

What does DS look like?

• Simple slide show• Still photos only• Video only• Multimedia• Anyway you want to tell a story digitally!• Student Examples: Animal Cruelty,

Invisible Children, Awesome Brush• Example Movie Trailer: “The Integrator”

Integrating DS into Any Content

• Narratives, memoirs, etc.• Poetry• Rewrite a story in your own words• Retell a story in a different way• Tell an historical story• Give students an ending, and they have to write the rest.• Tell a word problem as a story• Create your own fairy tale, tall tale, etc.• Community Interest• Public service announcement• Science results• Political piece• Oral history• Travelogue• Documentary• Reflections• News Report…the list keeps going…

Core Methodology

Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling

Holly TeachesThe 7 Elements

Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling

1. A Point (of View)2. A Dramatic Question3. Emotional Content4. The Gift of Your Voice5. Power of the Soundtrack6. Economy7. Pacing

Door Prize!

Storytelling Software

High School : PC 6-8: Mac Software• PowerPoint 2007• Photostory 3• Windows Movie Maker• Photoshop• Audacity• Roxio

• PowerPoint 2008• iMovie• GarageBand• Keynote• iPhoto• iTunes

Additional Resources• Our wiki:

http://digitalstorytelling2009.wetpaint.com/

• Don’t forget about www.atomiclearning.com!

Copyright & Fair Use• Plan from the beginning!• Fair Use is for CLASSROOM use only!• Utilize Creative Commons resources.• Always monitor your students and

ensure they also understand copyright.– For more copyright info see the wiki

Production Process

• Pre-Production: Finding and organizing ideas worth communicating

• Production: Gathering and preparing digital media

• Post-Production: Putting it all together

Pre-Production

• Writing or choosing the script• Planning the project – storyboarding• Organizing folders• The more time you spend here, the better!!!

Production Steps

Step 1: Gather images, music, sound effects listed on your storyboard and organize into media folders.

Step 2: Editing and organizing your images in the timeline to match your storyboard.

Step 3: Record narration

Step 4: Edit, re-record, revise, revise, revise!

Step 5: Transitions, sound effects, special animations

Step 6: Add music/soundtrack

Step 7: Create FIRST draft

Step 8: Listen and watch carefully, making notes on your storyboard of changes to make.

Step 9: Final edits and revisions

Step 10: Create FINAL story!

Post-Production

1. Creating rough cut FIRST and final cut LAST

2. Applause! Applause!

3. Appreciate the hard work of you and your students!

4. Invite parents to a “premiere!”

5. Be cautious about posting to your teacher website

“After a digital story is shared, it should be

remembered for its soul, not the bells and whistles

of technology.”

Let’s Begin!

• Overview of Software

• Our Script: Create your own Fairy Tale!

• Images, Music, and other resources:http://digitalstorytelling09.wetpaint.com

Share & Debrief

• Share digital stories• Collaboration Time

– How will you integrate Digital Storytelling?• Discuss questions, issues, ideas, etc.• Evaluation! Help us be better at our jobs!

Door Prize!

Continue Your Learning & Collaboration!

Join our Digital Storytelling wiki: http://digitalstorytelling2009.wetpaint.com/

• Continue collaborating with teachers across the district.

• Share lesson plans for digital storytelling.• Get feedback• Share links and other resources!