digital storytelling

Student Creativity and

Digital Storytelling

Let your students’ voices be

heard!

bridgetbelardi@gmail.com

EyeballBenders:

Can youtell whatthis is?

Why do we do what we do?

• http://multimedia.mtlsd.org/Play.asp?FILEID=25722

What is Digital Storytelling?

• Digital storytelling is the process of writing a story and then incorporating multimedia elements of voice, imagery and music to create a visual story.

Traditional Steps

• Step 1: Write• Step 2: Develop Script• Step 3: Storyboard*• Step 4: Locate Resources• Step 5: Create• Step 6: Share

Jason Ohler

Digital Storytelling Ideas

• Public Service Announcements• News/Sports Broadcasts• Movie Trailer (for books, articles, eve

nts)• Documentaries• Virtual Tour• Perspective of an object/historical fig

ure

Resources

• Discovery Streaming(Search for editable clips)• American Film Institute(Search AFI on Discovery Streaming)• Jennifer Dorman• Bernajean Porter• Joe Brennan

My Current Favorite Tools

• Blabberize• VoiceThread• Glogster• Movie Maker/iMovie• Capzules• Google Lit Trips

Contact Information

• bridgetbelardi@gmail.com • bbelardi on Twitter and Plurk• Websites: http://blog.mtlsd.org/Cybrary/

http://www.mtlsd.org/foster_elementary/library.asp

Your Assignment

• http://abcnews.go.com/search?searchtext=your%20three%20words&type=

Your Assignment

• In 3 groups (we only have 3 cameras), each individual will use 3 words to convey their thoughts about education.

• Be creative! • Be patient in your groups to film each other.

The clips should not be more than 7 or 8 seconds long.

• Bring the camera to me when you are done. We’ll watch a compilation videoat the end of the day.