Shaping Media for Digitail Storytelling

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Media For Digital Stories

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Keoni Cabral: http://flickr.com/photos/keoni101/5510924563/

Communicating with media

cc licensed ( BY SA ) flickr photo by mynameisharsha: http://flickr.com/photos/mynameisharsha/5832815994/

Words (few = better) + photos together

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creativecommons.org

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by GerryT: http://flickr.com/photos/gerrythomasen/19790955/

Finding Media

“telescope” = search term

http://bit.ly/your-imageq

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by ka.hi: http://flickr.com/photos/bestofkahi/5418654810/

Search as Indirect Process

more than keywords

• What are words that describe what you are looking for?• What are other words that might represent it?• What metaphors might represent the concept?• What are words that describe what it looks like in action (adjectives)?

Looking for photos to represent Excitement? Try Leap

Looking for photos to represent Research? Try Chemistry Lab

Looking for photos to represent something that is boring? Try Yawn

compfight.com for flickr images http://cogdog.wikispaces.com/Image+Q+Finding+Good+Photos

images.google.com/advanced_image_search

http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia

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Keep a log of media used

attributionprovide source by name, url, licensehttp://cogdog.wikispaces.com/Image+Q+Giving+Attribution