Tell Me A Digital Story!
A story with a twist!
What will I learn?
• What is digital storytelling?
• Why digital storytelling?
• Examples of digital storytelling
• The tools to create your digital story
What is Digital Storytelling? Let’s Watch!
• MOMNOTMOM - A Story– http://www.storycenter.org/momquicktime.html
• A personal tale – (
What did all the stories have in
common?
Why Digital Storytelling?• “a short, personal multimedia tale told from the heart“
(Daniel Meadows)
• form of digital expression; – stories can be created by people everywhere, on
any subject, and shared electronically all over the world.
Your Project
• Choose a person, place or event that you want to research and then tell its story
• Research• Write the story• Download the graphics• Put it all together using storytelling
software
Content
• Tells someone or something or some place’s story
• Told from the 1st person perspective
• NOT a report; this is their STORY
Length
• You only have 1 written page and 3 total minutes to tell their story
• Succinct and to the point
• Pictures display a tone, feeling, and communicate beyond what you are saying
Examples• Dust Bowl
– (http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/dustbowl.htm)• A Personal Tale
– (http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=2)• Coal Mine Explosion
– (http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=43)
Tools
2 column research notes Storyboard and sequencing
Script
Graphics Narration
MusicPhoto Story software
Creativity and hard work!
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click on words for a visual of tool
Music
Narration
Photos
Creativity!
Script
Storyboarding
Technology is always secondary to the storytelling
Tell me a fact and I’ll learnTell me a truth and I’ll
believeTell me a story and I’ll remember it forever
