Narrative & ICTDigital Story telling

Level 3&4

Digital Story Telling

Planning

WALT:Write a historical narrative to inform and entertain our friends and share at assembly using digital story telling techniques.

First of all, what’s a story?

(Google – Define: story)

A retelling of events that led to an outcome which is of value to certain audiences.

What elements are there in a

story?

Essential Story Elements

0Characters (Who? “Good Guys”, “Bad Guys” What did they; look like, act like, sound like? – Natural elements

0Problem(s) (What, Why? Was it a: conflict/challenge/moral dilemma or something else? – rain / volcano

0Resolution(s) (Which, How? How was the Conflict resolved, challenge met, dilemma settled? Or was there another resolution? - saved

Decide on

0Background Scene(Where, When? Does the story take place in the past, present or future ? Does it take place in space, under the sea, in a forest or somewhere else?)

0Specific Location Where does the action take place? On a spaceship bridge? In King Arthur’s Castle ? In a classroom? Or somewhere else.

Kyle Barnard & Martyn Weatherill 2002

You can use different software and strategies to tell a digital story.

Good techniques are: 0Storyboard first (essential!)0Use voice narration0Use music0Put yourself in the story. Use first person (‘I’…)

Our Task:

Digital story tellingusing historical

information

How does it work?

The Tangiwai Disaster

0Pictures0Research facts0Turn facts into narrative0PowerPoint Presentation

Click icon to add picture

The excitement overwhelmed me as I danced my last dance in Wellington knowing that tomorrow my first steps to

independence would finally be a reality.

As part of graduation many of my fellow students and I from Carmel School for girls were embarking on an excursion to Auckland. Every girls dream was to

meet the queen.

Task 1

0As a class we will now create storyboard for a digital story from my experiences of an extremely powerful event in my life.

0Mangatepopo Tragedy photos

0My story

Task 2:

0Student write0Administration – ICT Narrative0Select a topic, from the given list, to study and write

about0Select 9-12 photos from the folder and write the story

from your perspective (as if you were there … and survived or you might have been a rescue worker, reporter or even retelling a story told by your grandparents….)