English+-+Digital+Storytelling

toc =Digital Storytelling=

Digital Storytelling in the Community
“Every community has a memory of itself. Neither an archive nor an authoritative record ... but a living history, an awareness of a collective identity woven of a thousand stories.” Center for Digital Storytelling, Berkeley, CA

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
http://homepage.mac.com/eportfolios/iMovieTheater24.html

Skills
Digital stories created about events and topics need to reflect the author's full intellectual and personal engagement with the subject--not just a reporting of facts and information. Storytellers are now able to "envision" information using digital tools to make sense of, evaluate, and share their deep understanding of historic, social, scientific and political topics. As we practice the craftsmanship of designing information through mixing colors, images, symbols, voice tones, music, sound and artful pacing, we are also striving to crystallize our perspectives into memorable digital stories that reveal meaning and understanding out of the data and complexity in our lives.

Different Types
http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/purposesmac.html

Introduction of Self
Happiness (special memories; special people, pets, anything non-material that makes you happy) Relationships
 * Voice & Personality
 * Legacy
 * Biography
 * Memoir

Reflection
Relationships Death (has this experience touched your life, changed you?)


 * Transition
 * Decision & Direction
 * Benchmarking Development
 * Change over Time

Artifacts
Family (culture, traditions, generations)


 * Evidence of Collaboration
 * Documentary
 * Record of Experience oral Language

Samples
M.S.K. Running http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/trent_t1.mov

The Way Home http://www.digitales.us/story_details.php?story_id=116

Student Movies http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/movie/

Hero Quest http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/movie/samples/usinger/hero.html

=English 9 Project Planning=

Themes
Symbolism Reincarnation

Artifacts
Script & Story Board Images: Pictures or Drawings Music & Audio

PreProduction Phase
1. Writing a Narrative Script 2. Planning the Project 3. Organizing Project Folders

Production Phase
1. Making the Voiceover 2. Gathering and Preparing Media Sources

Post Production Phase
1. Putting it all Together 2. Evaluation 2. Sharing

(Tuesday, 11/3)
PicLit – Help students understand the relationship between words and images http://www.poetrypicture.com/compose_dragdrop.aspx

(Tuesday, 11/3)
Set up documents folders for groups/projects


 * Group Roles** & Assignments

(Tuesday, 11/3)
http://groups.physics.umn.edu/physed/Research/CGPS/roles.html


 * Storyboard (understand)**

Story Circles
Help students become comfortable with sharing stories in small groups

The Art of Recitation
Pacing, tone. fluency, expression

Progress Chart
Help Students with organization and time management

Project Goals | Targets
Students will create a storyboard

Students will organize files http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/tutorial_4.html

Students will write scripts (draft & proof)

Students will shoot images in digital format

Students will edit and size images.

Students will finalize script

Students will record voice over narration

Students will insert images

Students will add music for tone

Students will add titles and slides

Students will add transitions & effects

Students will convert digital stories to movie format

Students will upload stories to Internet

Final Reflection
Why did you choose this story to tell? I chose to tell my story because I felt it was an attempt to process ambivalent intellectual emotional issues regarding my son's early enlistment into the marines.

How have you changed as a result of making or telling this story? I was able to give voice and form to a story buried deep within.

=Resources=

How to Shoot A Video http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/projects/GuidelinesforShootingVideo.htm

Educator’s Guide to Copyright and Fair Use http://www.educationworld.com/a_curr/curr280.shtml

Evaluating Projects http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/index.php

Digital Storytelling Tools http://www.digitales.us/tools/toolkits_macintosh.php

Planning http://www.digitales.us/workshops/camp_beyond_words.php