Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytellingto enhance writing and engage your

elementary students

Lyn Hilt * October 22, 2013Tuesday, October 22, 13

Thanks for joining me today!

Elementary Instructional Technology Integrator/CoachFormer K-6 PrincipalWriter of stories!

Contact:@lynhilt on TwitterBlog: lynhilt.comlynhilt@gmail.com

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What is digital storytelling?

the art of telling storiescombined with multimedia

shared, published, and amplified with digital tools

a way to share learning

spans the curriculum

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brings the relationship betweencontext and content to life

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- Silvia Tolisano

transmit knowledge, culture, perspectives and points of view.

Storytelling, no matter in what form and created in whatever media, is a powerful tool to

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It is the act of telling our personal story of what we know and understand from an event or topic that provides a

Source

"sense-making" processenabling our brains to organize a myriad of factoids while

also increasing “sticking power.”-Bernajean Porter

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Source

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Image: Silvia Tolisano

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Image: Silvia Tolisano

What are students learning when they write and publish

their stories?

From Jason Ohler

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Image: Bernajean Porter

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“Meaning making vs.media making”

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Source: Bernajean Porter Source: Content-Related Digital Storytelling (CoRDS) model

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Developing story topicsWriting the storyImagesSupplementing images from the webStoryboardingDigital editingRecording voice overChoosing a soundtrackEffectsProduction and presentation

Jon Orech’s “Down and Dirty”

DST steps

1. Point of View2. Dramatic Question3. Emotional Content4. Gift of Your Voice

5. Power of Soundtrack6. Economy

7. Pacing

7 Elements of a Digital Story

John LambertCenter for Digital Storytelling

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Image from Bernajean Porter via digitales.us

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From Jason Ohler

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From Bernajean Porter’s Digitales.us

From Bernajean Porter’s Digitales.us

From Tracy Wantanabe

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allows creation of original artwork and import of other mediarecords voice narrationsimple interface for even the youngest students to usefree student and teacher accountsAssignments tool and Common Core templatessharing options: embed, mp4 and PDF downloads, links, Class Pagean app is available!

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stunning artwork to accompany text - write stories and poetryinspires creative, detail-oriented writingfree accounts for teachers and studentsprojects can have multiple collaboratorsstudent work is private, teachers can manage sharing with classmate and family commenting

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Happy storytelling!

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Visit my wiki for additional storytelling resources:

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