using ict to create digital stories v2
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The challenge…O Wanting students to use digital
imaging as a mode of communication and personal reflection
What is a digital story?O Many definitions, but in general,
combining the art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video, animation, and Web publishing.
O Revolve around a theme and often contain a particular viewpoint; stories are typically just a few minutes long.
Types of Digital Stories…1
O Personal narratives:O Memorial Stories – about a person’s
memoriesO Stories about events in our livesO Stories about places in our lives O Stories about what we do
Types of Digital Stories…2
O Examination of historical themes and events:O Based on material students exploreO Facilitates research and
organisational Skills
Types of Digital Stories…3
O Stories that Inform or Instruct O Can be argued that all digital stories
inform (or instruct)O But the distinction is that digital
stories can be created that deliver instructional content on many different topics, including: Mathematics, Science, Languages, Medicine, etc.
Elements of a personal narrative digital story
O Overall purpose of the storyO Narrator’s point of viewO Choice of content O Clarity of voiceO Pacing of the narrative O Meaningful soundtrackO Quality of the imagesO Economy of the story detailO Good grammar and language usage
Sample digital storiesO Student Sample
O http://www.microsoft.com/australia/wvx/student_work_sample_digital_story.wvx
O ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image)O http://www.acmi.net.au/video_kids.htm
Sample digital storiesO The Educational Uses of Digital Story Te
llingO http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu
Why use digital stories? O An effective learning tool
for studentsO Research SkillsO Writing SkillsO Listening SkillsO Speaking Skills O Organisational SkillsO Technology SkillsO Presentation SkillsO Interview SkillsO Interpersonal Skills
Why use digital stories?O Stories created by teachers can
serve:O As a lesson hookO As a way to integrate multimedia into
the curriculum O As a way to make difficult content
more understandableO To facilitate classroom discussion
What do I need to create a digital story?
O Software:O Photo Story (free with PCs)O iMovie (free with Macs)O Movie Maker (free with PCs)O MemoriesOnTVO Adobe Premiere ElementsO Animoto (web site)
O Hardware:O ComputerO MicrophoneO Headphones
Developing your Digital Story
O Pre-writing: brainstorming, collecting images, researching, outlining, and storyboarding
O Drafting: creating a script and developing form
O Revising: modifying images and organisation
O Editing: timing, images, and narration O Publishing: the final product
Evaluating digital stories
O Sample rubric
About Creative Commons
O "Creative Commons is a non-profit that offers an alternative to full copyright.“
creativecommons.org
O Attribution means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit.
O Noncommercial means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only.
About Creative Commons…2
O No Derivative Works means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it.
O Share Alike means:You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.
Great websitesO Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
O http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html
O DigiTalesO http://www.digitales.us/index.php
O Teach Digital: Curriculum by Wes FryerO http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/ds
Great WebsitesO Flickr Storm
O http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/ O FlickrCC
O http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/ O Free Play Music
http://freeplaymusic.com/O Find Sounds
O http://www.findsounds.com/
Free Music WebsitesO Incompetech Royalty Free Music
O http://incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ O Sounddogs
O Http://www.sounddogs.com/O Jamendo
O http://www.jamendo.com/en/ O Partners in Rhyme
O http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/
Did you know?O In 2007, the average Australian family
household had:O 3 mobile phonesO 3 TVsO 2 computersO 2 DVD playersO 2 portable MP3/MP4 playersO 1 VCRO 2 games consoles
(Source: ACMA study cited in Lee, M & Gaffney,M (eds.), Leading the Digital School. 2008)
Some interesting statistics
Country Facebook
users 08/7/08
Facebook users
30/12/08
% growth J ul-Dec 08
USA 27,811,560 42,078,960 51.3% UK 11,171,540 14,937,810 33.71%
Canada 9,621,820 10,862,040 12.89% Turkey 3,464,640 7,394,340 129% France 2,461,140 6,587,240 167.65% I taly 491,100 5,585,700 1037.39%
Australia 3,217,380 4,330,040 34.58%
150 million people are actively using Facebook. "If Facebook were a country, it would be the eighth most populated in the world, just ahead of Japan, Russia and Nigeria.“ CEO Facebook
A quote for thought…
“…We need to educate our children for their future, not our past.”
Sir Arthur C Clarke