I just attended the Digital Storytelling session at TRETC. Peter Scott from HarCourt Connected Learning was the presenter. The presentation focused on application in the classroom. According to Peter, there are four phases of digital storytelling. 1. Preparation, 2. Development, 3. Customization, and 4. Culmination. During the preparation phase, the students should be designing the story and creating a storyboard. The storyboard will make the whole project a lot easier. During the development stage, the students should be edit photos/videos and importing them into the program they are using. During the Customization phase, they can add effects and transitions if necessary. This is also when they will be adding narrations and text. Finally, during the Culmination phase, they are going to publish the project. This will enable them to share it with others. Most programs meld all of the components of the story together so they are all encapsulated in one file.
There were some uses of digital storytelling that Peter recommended to us. I have listed some below.
Response to literature
Account of historical events
Character Study
Lab reports
Class trips
Presentations for parents' night
In addition to digital storytelling, he also discussed some resources that may be useful to you.
Filamentality– create and share hotlists
Pics4Learning– copyright free images.
Clusty– search engine that clusters results together
Airset– setup on-line study groups that are accessible by invitation only
Also, he showed us some example of digital stories. The best one was created by Ken Burns.
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