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Digital Storytelling

Page history last edited by Cissy Lujan-Pincomb 13 years, 7 months ago

 

Digital Storytelling

 

Using  multimedia materials such as snapshots, music clips, video, and other memorabilia from our lives, and combining them with our own words on a computer creates a unique story. Digital Storytelling can focus on a wide range of topics and contains a particular point of view.   In this workshop, the topic of the videos will be unique to the individuals themselves. 

 

Objectives 

Content Objectives:

  • Describe and understand storytelling as a teaching and learning tool.
  • Identify the elements of storytelling.
  • Identify the elements of shooting good video footage 
  • Exploration of the power of storytelling for the teacher, students, and their connection to subject matter.
  • Create a storyboard for production.
  • Produce an individual, unique digital story using Flip Cameras 
  • Use desktop production tools, Movie Maker/iMovie, in the creation of a 60-90 second digital story
  • Use a web-based application, Animoto, in the creation of a 30 second digital story 
  • Introduce Animations as a form of digital storytelling
  • Saving/uploading/publishing/ embedding completed digital stories

NETS objectives:

  •   Creativity and Innovation  

Students demonstrate creative thinking, construct knowledge, and develop innovative products and processes using technology. Students:

a.apply existing knowledge to generate new ideas, products, or processes.

b.create original works as a means of personal or group expression.

c.use models and simulations to explore complex systems and issues.

d.identify trends and forecast possibilities.

 

  •  Communication and Collaboration  

Students use digital media and environments to communicate and work collaboratively, including at a distance, to support individual learning and contribute to the learning of others.

Students:

a.interact, collaborate, and publish with peers, experts, or others employing a variety of digital environments and media.

b.communicate information and ideas effectively to multiple audiences using a variety of media and formats.

c.develop cultural understanding and global awareness by engaging with learners of other cultures.

d.contribute to project teams to produce original works or solve problems.

 

  •  Digital Citizenship   Students understand human, cultural, and societal issues related to technology and practice legal and ethical behavior.

Students:

a.advocate and practice safe, legal, and responsible use of information and technology.

b.exhibit a positive attitude toward using technology that supports collaboration, learning, and productivity.

c.demonstrate personal responsibility for lifelong learning.

d.exhibit leadership for digital citizenship. 

  •  Technology Operations and Concepts   Students demonstrate a sound understanding of technology concepts, systems, and operations. Students:  

a.understand and use technology systems.

b.select and use applications effectively and productively.

c.troubleshoot systems and applications.

d.transfer current knowledge to learning of new technologies.

 

 

 

Tech Requirements

  • Computers with Internet Access 
  • Windows MovieMaker/MAC iMovie
  • Animoto/Flixtime
  • Audacity
  • Headset with Microphone

 
 
 

 

 

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Elements of a Digital Story

http://streaming.teachertube.com/viewVideo.php?video_id=135876&title=Digital_Storytelling&ref=Pincomb

 

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Digital Storytelling in Plain English

 

 

 

 

Making a Good Movie 

  Types of Camera Shots  

 

 

Activities and Resources

 

 

 
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View more presentations from pinctripod.
 

 

Storyboarding and Script Writing

  • Participants will be introduced to the topic for this digital story - "All About Me".  Participants have been asked to bring digital photographs for this project.  Using these images, participants will storyboard and write a script that will be recorded using Audacity.
  • This lesson provides opportunities for students to identify various aspects which contribute to their uniqueness. Students will create their individual digital quilt through  a 30-60 second video. This piece will include self portrait, one item that represents their family, one item that represents where they come from and one item that represents something they value the most. Further, students gain an understanding of their place in the classroom community by creating a classroom quilt video; "Our Classroom Quilt".

Essential Questions

(What essential question or learning are you addressing? What would students care or want to know about the topic? What are some questions to get students thinking about the topic or generate interest about the topic? What questions can you ask students to help them focus on important aspects of the topic? What background or prior knowledge will you expect students to bring to this topic and build on?) 

 

1.     What is digital storytelling?

2.     What are the elements of a good story?

3.     Why do people tell stories?

4.     What makes me unique?

5.     How is my personal story the same or different from others?

  

Procedure

Instruction and Activities

(What instructional strategies will you use with this lesson? How will your learning environment support these activities? What is your role? What are the students' roles in the lesson? How can the technology support your teaching? What engaged and worthwhile learning activities and tasks will your students complete? How will they build knowledge and skills? Will students be expected to collaborate with each other and others? How will you facilitate the collaboration?) 

 

Begin lesson by viewing the sample All About Me video examples. The teacher will facilitate a class discussion and brainstorm all the important aspects of who we are; we are a composite of family, culture, environment, interests, friends, goals. This lesson provides opportunities for students to identify various aspects which contribute to their uniqueness. Digital storytelling takes the ancient art of oral storytelling and uses technical tools to weave short personal multimedia tales using images graphics, music, and sound mixed together with the author's own voice. Students will create their individual digital quilt story through  a 60 - 90 second video. This quilt piece will include a minimum of ten images that depict a self portrait, their family, their home, their interests, goals, something of value, and free choice frames of their choosing.  This quilt piece is for students to gain an understanding of self and their place in the classroom community by culminating in a classroom quilt video; "Our Classroom Quilt".

 

A. Storyboard: Create a storyboard of your video quilt with the following components:   

Script and Storyboard

1. After brainstorming characteristics about wht makes each of us unique, have students write their own unique story.

2. Using the storyboard write your script under each of the image boxes. Remember to tell a compelling story about yourself.

3. Assemble your digital images according to your script.

 

Digital Images

1. Self-Portrait Block or Frame 
    With the digital camera, take a picture of yourself or use a digitized image of yourself or use 
    paint /draw program to do a self-portrait. You may want to use a baby picture and a recent photo as well. 
2. Family Block or Frame 
    Decide what photo to use that represents your family.  
3. Home Block or Frame 
   Where do you consider home- birth place/place that most represents you 
   Show photos of: I am from.... 
4. Most Valuable: 
    Decide on an item that represents what you value the most. This could be a drawn symbol or a digital image 
5. Words 
    Think of a minimum one word but no more than five words that best describe you. You may also use a phrase or quote or poem. Type this          word in a word processing program/PowerPoint or draw it in a paint/draw program or use W  ordle. Save image as a jpg. 
6.Interest/Hobby 
       A photo that represents a special hobby or interest of yours 
7. Dream/Goal 
    What are your future aspirations; dreams or goals in life.. 
8. Free Choice Frame
     Decide on any  items that you want to include in your digital story that best tells about you. You may   select as many frames as needed for       your digital story- not to exceed 90 seconds. 

 

 

B. Windows MovieMaker 

      Use video software program to create your quilt piece. Use MovieMaker tutorial to add images and narrate your story.

C. Music 

      Select the music that you would like to use that best defines you. Use music from your own music library, or from royalty free music sources. Audacity may be used to merge narration and music.

D. Our Classroom Quilt Video 

     This individual digital story quilt piece will be compiled with the rest of the class digital stories into one classroom video. This video can be presented to the class, parents, or school board members.

 

 

Assessment

(What will students do or produce to illustrate their learning? What can students do to generate new knowledge? How will you assess how students are progressing (formative assessment)? How will you assess what they produce or do? How will you differentiate products?)

 

More resources for teaching storyboarding and script writing.

 

  Introduction to Animoto

  •  Students will learn to use a web application to produce a different kind of digital story and will use digital photographs to create a digital story using Animoto and will use Audacity to capture their audio tracks.

 

What is Animoto?

 

Animoto is an easy to use web application that produces videos from your photos, video clips, and music.  This is an engaging, simple video creation application that can be used in all subject areas.

 


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All About Me Examples

   

 

 

 

 Introduction to Audacity

  • With storyboarding completed and script written, participants will be introduced to Audacity.  Audacity is a free, easy-to-use and miltilingual audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux and other operating systems. 
  • Participants will record their voice using a headset and microphone and add music to their track.  Once they have concluded recording, they will export their audio files as .mp3 files.  This will allow them to import them into Animoto to complete their videos. 

 

Introduction to Video Production

 

Additional Activities

If time permits, participants will be introduced to two alternative software programs which they can use to create digital stories. 

 

Workshop Resources 

Downloadable Documents:

  1. Ten tips for Shooting Great Video
  2. The video editing process is easy.doc
  3. Constructing Digital Stories.pdf 
  4. Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling.doc
  5. MovieMaker2Handout.pdf 
  6. digitalstorytellingebook.pdf
  7. Digital Photography & Video Guide.pdf  

 

Talent Release 

    Sample Talent Release Form

 

Copyright Free Images

  1. Creative commons: http://creativecommons.org/
  2. Flickr- http://flickr.com
  3. Wikipedia Public Domain Image Resources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Public_domain_image_resources
  4. Pics for Learning: http://pics.tech4learning.com/
  5. Davis Audio & Video Clips http://www.djusd.k12.ca.us/technology/images.htm 

 

Royalty Free Sound Sources

  1. http://www.pacdv.com/sounds/
  2. http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.shtml
  3. http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com/
  4. http://www.archive.org/details/audio
  5. http://www.stonewashed.net/free-music.html
  6. http://www.freesound.org/
  7. http://www.macloops.com/    
  8. http://www.nmc.org/jampack

 

 

 

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