digital storytelling

The Wonderful World of Digital The Wonderful World of Digital StorytellingStorytelling

Kasi Ross

Digital storytelling is Digital storytelling is

using technology to share unique stories with photos, text, audio, video clips, or stop

motion.

What equipment is What equipment is needed to produce needed to produce

digital stories?digital stories?

Cell phones, cameras, video cameras, MP3s, webcams, and other recording

devices.

Who can tell stories Who can tell stories digitally?digitally?

EVERYONE!EVERYONE!

Digital storytelling can Digital storytelling can be used to:be used to:

Share personal stories

Explore interesting topics

Entertain

Educate

Retell historic events

Have fun

Sites that will help you Sites that will help you get started:get started:

http://ctlt.iastate.edu/~ds/Behmer/DSCurriculum.pdf

http://digitalstorytelling4everyone.wikispaces.com

http://storycenter.org/stories/

There are many great tools to There are many great tools to use to create digital stories in use to create digital stories in

your classroom!your classroom!

Story Jumper: http://www.storyjumper.com/

Picture Book Maker: http://teaching.monster.com/training/articles/9185-picture-book-maker

Myths and Legends: http://myths.e2bn.org/

Digital storytelling can be used in Digital storytelling can be used in the classroom to explore new the classroom to explore new

subjects, promote technology, and subjects, promote technology, and encourage creativity.encourage creativity.

Teachers can make the stories or Teachers can make the stories or help students explore new help students explore new

interests and create their very own interests and create their very own digital story. digital story.

Sites to sample:Sites to sample:

http://teach.fcps.net/trt18/Digital%20Writing/digitalstorysamples.html

http://mcli.maricopa.edu/storytelling/examples

http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling.html

Be creative! Make it Be creative! Make it yours!yours!

Works cited:Works cited:http://digitalstorytelling4everyone.wikispaces.com

http://storycenter.org/stories/