Jen Giordano and Jim Puglia- Bedminster School

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Digital Stories in the Classroom: Incorporating the Creative Commons Network and other Gadgets

• What is a digital story?

• Types of hardware/software Used

• Why use digital stories with elementary students?

• Digital story project (Animal Lab)- 4th Grade Students

• Copyright Free Digital Story- 8th Grade Students- Why make one?

– Creative Commons Network

– Other Gadgets to use

– Copyright Free Project Tutorial and ExamplesPresentation shared under The Creative Commons License

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“Tell me a fact and I'll learn.Tell me the truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in my heart forever.”

- Indian Proverb

http://flickr.com/photos/brewbooks

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What is Digital Storytelling?Images

Graphic

Music

Sound

Voice

Video

A modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling

“Digital storytelling is a process of connection. It is a remembrance of life stories, in combination with the power of voice and imagery. Digital Storytelling allows people to connect, using technology that's relevant to the way they live today.” (Hicks & Woodburn, 2004)

http://flickr.com/photos/wfryer/

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/44/116460988_d1f9120b5c.jpg?v=0

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Digital Storytelling Hardware• Essentials

– Get a good microphone (new laptop/lab- get built in microphones)

– PC with XP/Vista or Linux

– MAC with OSX

• Hardware Extras-

– Point and shoot video camera

– (Flip Video)

– Digital Camera

http://flickr.com/photos/stevenraymondparker/

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Hardware- Images

Point and Shoot Video Camera

Noise canceling microphone- $14

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Software- Built-in or Downloadable

• Photo Story 3 (free download)– Export the files as movies

• PowerPoint, MovieMaker

• Apple iLife (iMovie, GarageBand) Mac OSX

• Other free Web 2.0 applications

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Why use Digital Stories with students?

Some of many reasons-

• Differentiated learning

• Teach copyright law

• Creative expression

• Communicate

• Share ideas

• It’s fun

http://flickr.com/photos/cgc/

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4th Grade Digital Story Project

• Pick and research a topic of interest

• Follow a rubric/guidelines

• Data/research template

• Store shared drive

• Store images

• Store music

• Edit project

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Elementary Example: Science Animal Unit Project

• Pick animal to research

• Use project outline

• Gather research

• List works cited

• Save images

• Save audio

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Elementary Example- Important Parts

• Record story using appropriate software

• Narration templates- write research

• Guidelines

• Rubric

Students in technology rich environments showed increased and positive effects of achievement and students’ attitudes toward learning had improved. (Milken Foundation, 1999)

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Why make a copyright free digital story? –Older Students

• Creative Commons and Open Educational Resources

• 8th grade student example(s)

• Search Creative Commons for images/audio

• Student Project- Photo Story 3

– (Tutorial- online tutorials available for this project) ****

• Other Hardware, Software and Web 2.0 Tools

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/1.0/legalcode

Creative Commons Legal Code

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Open Educational Resources(OER) and Creative Commons

Movement to OER by educators

Levels of freedom -1 to 1Need to get to 1(Bissell, 2007)

Creative Commons LearnccLearn – potential of OER

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Why Make Copyright Free Digital Stories?

• Align with N.J.C.C.C.S. – 8.1.b.2 Exhibit legal and ethical behaviors when

using information and technology, and discuss consequences of misuse.

• Interest with a larger audience

• Social Constructivism – (Duffy, Jonassen, Piaget)

• Copyright and acceptable use

• Legal to distribute-collaborative

http://flickr.com/photos/tamaleaver/

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Copyright Free- Meaningful Learning

• 8th Grade Students- Topic- tech innovation

• Creative Commons Network

• Images and audio “share alike” legally

• Storyboard, narrate and compress file

– Burn to MP3 player, computer, DVDs legally

– Post to blog, web site, wikis

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Project Details- Photo Story 3• Guidelines- Topic related to technology.

– Video tutorials-

• Create folders: image, audio, text

• Read and take notes- source

• Find images save/source

• Insert images- background

• Use built-in storyboard

• Narrate storyboard text

• Import or create audio

• Compress as video .wmv

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Renewable Energy- locate images, save to image file and source photographer and link.

22Creative Commons with FlickR

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Capture and Edit Images

Jing Project- capture imagesand turn into recording or edit

The Flip Video – Point andShoot

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Audio- Find or use Photo Story 3

• Choose audio that is appropriate to your story

• Create music within Photo Story 3

Image Links

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Photo Story 3- Brief Overview• Solar Energy Example-

• Thomas Edison Example

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Student Example 1- The Wright Brothers

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Student Example 2 –iPods in Education

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Flip Video

Legal Distribution and Web 2.0

http://www.creativecommons.org captured with Jing

www.jingproject.com captured with Jing

www.youtube.com captured with Jing

www.flickr.com captured with Jing

www.teachertube.com captured with Jing

www.wikspaces.com captured with Jing

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Wikispaces (free for educators)- Private wiki to host students’ digital stories

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TutorialsBasic Tutorials and Digital Story Examples

• Microsoft Photo Story 3 For Windows http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphoography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx

• Creative Commons Network- Great Videos http://creativecommons.org/about/ccvideos • Apple Student Project Examples http://edcommunity.apple.com/gallery/student/

Video Tutorials- Copyright Free Digital Stories

– Finding music to use for educational purposes.

– Using Photo Story 3 to create a copyright free digital story.

– Using the Jing Project with FlickR and the Creative Commons Network

– Digital Story Example

Link- www.bedminsterschool.org Find Teacher Pages, Puglia, Video Tutorials

Citation: http://www.bedminsterschool.org/70327062145616/cwp/browse.asp?A=3&BMDRN=2000&BCOB=0&C=55622 –James Puglia, Bedminster School

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Important Links- Digital Storytelling • Bedminster School Techspo Presentation-

www.bedminsterschool.org and locate Teacher Pages Find Puglia or Giordano- Click on Techspo and/or Video Tutorial Links

• Blogs- Integrated www.blogger.com or www.typepad.com• Creative Commons www.creativecommons.org • CC Learn- Creative Commons Education Link www.learn.creativecommons.org • Educational use s of digital storytelling http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/resources.htm • Jing Project from Techsmith www.jingproject.com • Microphones Headsets- Clearance http://plantronics.com/clearance • Music- Downloadable for Educational Purposes www.magnatune.com, https://magnatune.com/artists/license/student • Photos www.flickr.com or http://search.creativecommons.org/ • Photo Story 3 for Windows http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

• Slides- PowerPoint www.slideshare.net Find our PowerPoint to view and download by typing in the search bar- Techspo 2008 Bedminster or Techspo Giordano Puglia

• Video- Embedded www.youtube.com, http://video.google.com, www.teachertube.com • Wikis http://www.wikispaces.com/site/for/teachers100K

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References

• Jonassen, D. et al. (1998). Computers as mindtools forengaging learners in critical thinking.

TechTrends, v43 n2.

• Open Educational Resources (2008). Wikipedia. Retrieved on January 27, 2008 athttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_educational_resources.

• Bissell, A. & Boyle, J. (2007). Towards a global learning commons: cclearn. Educational Technology.

Retrieved on January 27, 2008 at http://learn.creativecommons.org/files/2007/11/bissellboyleedtecarticle.pdf

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