Welcome to Digital Storytelling!

A New Way to Tell Stories!

A New Way to Learn…

Our Challenges as Educators in this Digital Age

• To use technology as a tool to develop higher level critical thinking skills

• To have students understand and use technology as another type of communication

• To fulfill the requirements of technology and core content in the NYS Curriculum

A New Look at Student Literacy

DIGITAL

GLOBAL

TECHNOLOGICAL

VISUAL

INFORMATIONAL

The Power of Digital Storytelling

It gives our less traditional learners a connection withthe curriculum.

It is an innovative and fun way to integrate technology into the curriculum.

It is a way to make difficult content more accessible to the learners.

Digital Storytelling Teaches:

• Research Skills

• Writing Skills

• Organization Skills

• Technology Skills

• Presentation Skills

• Interpersonal Skills

Digital Storytelling is:

STORYTELLINGAROUND A THEME

Digital Graphics

Text

Recorded Audio Narration

Video andMusic

Types of Digital Stories

• Personal narratives

• Nonfiction productions of historical events

• Informative stories

• Concept Illustration

Seven Elements of Digital Stories

Point of View

Dramatic Question

Emotional Content

The Gift of Voice

The Power of the Soundtrack

Economy

Pacing

Aspects of the Digital Story:

VOICE

STILL FRAME IMAGERY

VIDEO

MUSIC

A Look at the Process

1) Select an Idea : Narrow your topic, and focus on a theme for the digital story.

2) Locate or create your resources.

How to Find Images and Audio

Images-Google Bigfoto.com

• Organize your ideas and resources (visuals).• Begin your storyboard.

Organization

On your storyboard, write your script, using lively verbs and vivid adjectives.

petrified

scared

terrif

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Word Choice

Using your unique Voice, record the audio To accompany your images.

Voice

Underscore your story with music in order to create Fluency within your project.

Sentence Fluency

Copyright Disclaimer

• You Must have permission to use images.

• Cite your sources.