4. What is a Digital Story?
• A 21st century way to tell a
story
• Consisting of digital media:
– Still & moving graphics
– Sound, narration, music
– Animation, motion, color
– Text
5. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.
6. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.
7. Why create a Digital Story?
A great way to have kids apply new
skills for a new age.
8. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Plan
• Decide your story
• Identify your audience
• Begin writing your script
• Use a storyboard to put
your script in sequence
9. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Produce
• Decide on digital production
tool
• Choose media that supports
you script
• Create the digital story by
combining script & media
10. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Publish
• Place the digital story for
easy distribution
• Tag with descriptors for
searching
• Consider copyright/Creative
Common licensing
11. How is a Digital Story Created?
(the 4 P’s)
Promote
• Share the story
• Connect the story with
social/learning networks
• Allow comments
12. Tools for Digital Storytelling
• Photo Story for Windows
• VoiceThread
• Glogster
• Animoto
• Storybird
• MovieMaker
• iMovie
• Prezi/Powerpoint/Keynote
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13. Photo Story for Windows
• Free program that
combines images, text and
narration into a slideshow
• Easy
• Finished projects can be
saved as video files
14. VoiceThread
• A VoiceThread is a
web-based
collaborative,
multimedia
slideshow that holds
images, documents
and videos.
• Viewers can leave
text & audio
comments
15. Glogster
• Glogster.edu easily
allows users to
upload photos,
videos, txt and audio
to create an online,
interactive poster
16. Animoto
• Create music videos with images, audio
and text that can be viewed on the
web
• Images and songs can be uploaded
17. Storybird
• Students pick from libraries of art
• Easy to create
• Shareable
• Moderated content and comments
19. Your Digital Story
• tell the story of you (serve as an
introduction to a new class)-
Autobiography
• retell a story/fairy tale/myth/legend
• retells a story about a famous
figure-Biography/place/event
covered in your Standards
• reflection on a life event
• movie trailer for the documentary
you hope to create in the future
20. Consider these elements
• Point of View – What is the main
point of the story and what is
the perspective of the author?
• A Dramatic Question – keeps
the viewer’s attention and will
be answered at the end.
• Emotional Content – issues that
come alive in a personal way
and connects the story to the
audience.
21. Consider these elements
• The Gift of Your
Voice - personalize the story.
• The Power o the Soundtrack –
music to support and embellish
the story.
• Economy – using just enough
content to tell a story without
overloading the viewer.
• Pacing – the rhythm of the story
and how slowly or quickly it
progresses.
