Digital StorytellingGómez Cristina

What is Storytelling?

Storytelling is the art of telling a story. The creation and use of a magical atmosphere through the story.

Digital storytelling is simply applying one’s creative idea in a manner that allows him orher to add multimedia (video, images, and audio) to their voice.

What is Digital Storytelling?

• Focus on a specific topic orpoint of view.

• Expure time vary in lenght(most often 2 – 10 minutes).

• Can be used for any topic(history, personal narrative, math, retelling a story, etc.)

The Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling.

1.A Point Of View

Stories are told to make a point, they are notjust facts. Pay attention to this:

“What will be the point of your story?”

1. A Point Of View

2. A Dramatic Question

You want to capture your audience’sattention. You want to ask the daramatic question as you

open your story…

And answer by the time you end your tale.

2. A Dramatic Question

3. Emotional Content

Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the story to the audience.

Emotion can help hold attention.

3. Emotional Content

4. The gift of your voice

This give to a chance to literally speak to theaudience, and convey your message in a clear and easy to understand tone.

You may not like it, but others will.

4. The gift of your voice

5. The power of soundtrack

The right music can set the story, and can convey emotion. Think about, if you:

“Change the music… change the emotion.”

5. The power of soundtrack

6. Economy

Using just enough content to tell the storywithout overloading the viewer.

Too much information can detract from thestory, and lose the audiences attention.

6. Economy

7. Pacing

The rhythm of the story and gow slowly orquickly it progresses. A compact, brief, fast moving story will be much

more engaging than a story that dragson.

7. Pacing

How Can I Use Digital Stories in my Classroom?

How Can I Use Digital Stories in my Classroom?

Teacher Created Uses

• Pre-teaching vocabulary

• Building background knowledge

• Reviewing newly learned concepts

• Assessing student technological skill development

• Retelling a story for ESL learner

Student Created Uses

• Demonstrating learned content

• Retelling information

• Sharing student work

• Executing technological skills

• Creating original products