Digital StorytellingJessica Fries-GaitherOhio State University

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About me…

Science ResourceSpecialist, Ohio State

Certified middle school

science teacher

Taught 4th – 8th grade in a variety of settings (and two states)

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Knowledge Rating: Digital Stories

A. I have no idea what digital stories are!

B. I’ve seen the term, but that’s it!

C. I can explain what digital stories are to someone else.

Definition:

Knowledge rating adapted from: http://www.lpb.org/education/classroom/itv/litlearn/strategies/strat_2krating.pdf

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What is a digital story?

• Short piece (three to five minutes)

• Combination of narrative, still images or video, and music

• Multimedia autobiography• Examples: Center for Digital Storytelling

http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=3

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Seven elements of a traditional digital story

• Point/point of view

• A dramatic question

• Emotional content

• The gift of your voice

• The power of the soundtrack

• Economy

• Pacing

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Creating a digital story

• Write a script (10-20 sentences)

• Storyboard

• Revise, revise, revise!

• Record audio

• Insert images, transitions, soundtrack

• Publish to web

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Storyboard Template

Script (What I will read) Image and Sounds

Sample template available from: http://telr.osu.edu/storytelling/forms/Script%20Template.doc

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Software, Images, Audio

• Mac: Garage Band, iMoviePC: Audacity or Goldwave, Microsoft Photo Story or Windows Movie Maker

• Creative Commons licensed images (Flickr), music (ccMixter)

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Publishing and Sharing Digital Stories

• Upload to TeacherTube or SchoolTube

• Embed in class blog or web site

• Class “screening” of digital stories

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Digital Storytelling in the Content Areas

• Dramatize scientific discoveries

• Abbreviated biographies

• Demonstrate understanding of science concepts that follow a narrative format

• Experimental set-up and procedure

• Link claims to evidence

• Review concepts at end of a unit

• Formative/summative assessment

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Getting Started…

• Try it yourself first!

• Set a clear purpose

• Enlist support from colleagues

• Provide support for students

• Consider how you’ll assess

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Content Area Digital Stories

Polar Sense of Place:http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/polar/2008/07/08/braving-the-wilderness-a-

polar-digital-story/

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Resources

• Center for Digital Storytellinghttp://www.storycenter.org/index1.html

• Integrating Digital Storytelling into Your Classroomhttp://its.ksbe.edu/dst/

• Using Technology to Support Literacyhttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=244

• Digital Storytelling Guide for Educatorshttp://www.iste.org/source/orders/isteProductDetail.cfm?

product_code=DIGSTO