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Digital StorytellingWorkshop
Julie CollaredaManager
Learning and Innovation
Adapted from Fountain 2006
Digital story telling
• is the combining of the art of telling stories with some mixture of digital graphics, text, recorded audio narration, video and or photographs and music to present information on a specific topic.
• usually just a few minutes long.
Types of digital stories
• Personal narratives
• Examination of historical themes and events
• Stories that inform or instruct eg deliver instructional content
In teaching and learning
For teachers digital stories can:
• Be used to stimulate interest
• Integrate multimedia into the session
• Make difficult content more understandable
• Facilitate classroom/online discussion
In teaching and learning
For students they can facilitate the development of the following skills:
– Research – Writing – Organisation – Technology – Presentation – Interview – Interpersonal – Problem-Solving
Some examples
Personal narratives• Almost paradise• Baby boomers and computers
Some examples
Examination of historical themes and events• Race to the moon• The Holocaust
Some examples
Instructional content• Ageing well• Art and architecture• More examples
Creating a digital story
• Software
• Music
• Photographs/images/diagrams
• Storyboard
• Demonstration
Where to begin
• Microsoft Photostory 3• Download:
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
• Online tutorial: http://www.windowsphotostory.com/Guides/Beginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx
• Image resources (check copyright)
• http://pics4learning.com/ (copyright-friendly)
• http://www.flickr.com/
• http://freestockphotos.com/index.html
Images
Flickr
• Go to Flickr
• Download photographs
Music
Sound resources (check copyright)
• http://www.soundzabound.com/mambo/ (Royalty free music library for schools)
• http://www.flashkit.com/
Photostory
• How to use Photostory
• The finished product
Example
• Beauty therapy, repairing a nail
Questions?
Your turn!
• Get some photographs
• Plan your story
• Have a go
Summary
• Its easy
• Quick
• Be creative
• Great tool for teaching and learning!