Digital+Storytelling

Digital Storytelling
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 *  || Storytelling has been a part of our culture from the earliest times. People use stories to teach, to remember, to make meaning out of events in their lives. Students are eager to use technology to create digital stories, and many who view themselves as content creators of the Internet are already posting their own videos to YouTube and their MySpace pages. The power of storytelling and the motivational factor of technology make digital storytelling a win/win situation in the classroom. Students can create stories in all content areas for many different purposes. Check out the links and tools below to discover the process and its place in the classroom. ||

Links
[|Texas Schoolmarm Website] This is my independent website that I created about three years ago to use in my classroom. I have uploaded files and handouts for our workshop, as well as my PowerPoint presentation. [|BBC Capture Wales] British Broadcasting website of videos that individuals have created in workshops across England. [|Center for Digital Storytelling] An organization promoting digital storytelling housed at Berkley University in California. They sponsor digital storytelling workshops for individuals as well as educators across the country. [|Stories for Change] provides a space for members and visitors to share their favorite curriculum ideas, post the stories they create, and engage in meaningful conversations around the stories they watch. [|D.U.S.T.Y.(Digital Underground Storytelling for Youth)] **D.U.S.T.Y.** is an afterschool program for middle and high school students in Oakland, California. Read about their program and view student videos. [|Telling Their Story: Oral History Archives Project]A project at the Urban School of San Francisco. High school students conduct and film interviews with Bay Area Holocaust survivors in their homes. Contains description of the project and curricular guides for educators. [|Denali Discovery Guide] The Denali Borough School District in Alaska offered a science and storytelling camp in 2005. The Discover Denali Activity Guide contains great information about how they conducted their camp. It also relates "digital storytelling to standards in science and geography within balanced instruction that includes direct instruction, project-based learning, and individual reflections." [|YouTube video] of student portraying Abraham Lincoln giving the Gettysburg Address.

Tools
 Programs for creating the videos:  Creating and managing sound files:  Images:  Google Tools:
 * [|Photo Story 3] Free Microsoft program that must be downloaded and installed. Photo Story allows both music AND narration at the same time, whereas Movie Maker has only audio track. Photo Story also adds motion automatically to still photos (some call it the "Ken Burns effect"). The Microsoft Website has [|basic instructions for creating a story].
 * [|Movie Maker 2] This program is already installed on PCs running Windows XP or higher. Find it under Start--Programs--Accessories. The Microsoft website has [|Tutorials for using Movie Maker 2].
 * [|iMovie] This program is installed on Apple computers.
 * [|Videowave by Roxio] sells for about $50. and has options available that free programs do not.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Premiere] is an Adobe product that allows MANY options for creating professional quality videos. Some schools use this program to teach video editing and production. Premiere Elements is a lighter version that is easier to use and sells for about $70.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Jodix Video Converter for the iPod] Free iPod Video Converter provides an easy and completed way to **convert all popular video formats to iPod video**. You can enjoy **DVD/VCD and AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB** video files in your iPod with few clicks. The program is a freeware and does not contain any form of malware, including but not limited to: spyware, viruses, trojans and backdoors.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Narration component of Movie Maker 2 and Photo Story 3
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Sound Recorder is a free audio recorder already installed on computers using Windows. To find it, go Start--to Programs--to Entertainment--to Sound Recorder.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Audacity] is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">MP3 players that have voice recorders
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Websites offering royalty free music, including [|FreePlay Music] and [|PodSafeAudio]. Both these sites allow free downloads as long as credit is given to artist.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Scanned personal photos and documents from home
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Digital photos that students take
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">Image searches for royalty free images
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Pics4Learning.com] Pics4Learning is a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students that consists of thousands of images donated by students, teachers, and amateur photographers.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Royalty Free Photos Website] allows free download and use of photos as long as you credit FreeDigitalPhotos.net as the image source.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Library of Congress Website] contains an online catalog of images. A notation tells whether there are restrictions on use of the image. Some images will only appear as a thumbnail for those viewing outside the actual library.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 110%;">[|Google Notebook] is a great tool that is free. You must register for a free account by providing an email and choosing a password. You do NOT have to have a Google email account. The tool works easiest when [|the free extension] is installed in your web browser When you are signed in to Google Notebook, it is simple to right click on any information on the Internet and select Note This. The information or image will be added to your notebook, along with the URL and date you saved the information.