Digital Storytelling

The Power of Text, Audio, Images, and

Voice

Presented by Patrick Woessner

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What is Digital
Storytelling?
 DigitalStorytelling is the modern expression
of the ancient art of storytelling. Throughout
history, storytelling has been used to share
knowledge, wisdom, and values. Stories
have taken many different forms. Stories
have been adapted to each successive
medium that has emerged, from the circle of
the campfire to the silver screen, and now
the computer screen.
– The Digital Storytelling Association

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An Introduction to
Storytelling

In this example, the narrator (Daniel Meadows)

provides a personal account about growing up during
the period before the advent of personal computers,
and how entertainment and important historical events
were depicted in the media and helped forge a view of
the modern world.
Relevance to Teaching-
Learning
 In[Roger] Schank’s 1992 book, Tell Me a
Story, he suggests that the cyclical process
of developing increasingly complex levels of
stories that we apply to increasingly
sophisticated ways to specific situations is
one way to map the human cognitive
development process. Stories are the large
and small instruments of meaning, of
explanation, that we store in our memories.
– The Digital Storytelling Cookbook

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New Skills for a New Age

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Components of Digital
Storytelling
ELEMENTS
Elements of Digital
Storytelling
Point of View
Dramatic Question
Emotional Content
Voice
The Soundtrack
Economy
Pacing
MEDIA
Images: Proper Use &
Resources
Single works may be used in their
entirety, but no more than five
images by a single artist or
photographer may be used.
Flickr
◦ Flickr Creative Commons
◦ FlickrCC
◦ Flickr Storm
More image resources are
available here
Audio: Proper Use &
Resources
Students may use10 percent or
30 seconds (whichever is less) of
a musical composition.
ccMixter
Internet Archive
JamStudio
Soundsnap
More image resources are
available here
Video: Proper Use &
Resources
Students may use10 percent or
three minutes (whichever is less)
of “motion media.”
Internet Archive
WGBH Sandbox
Open Video Project
Discovery Education
PROCESS
Process of Digital
Storytelling
Write script
Collect assets
Create storyboard
Draft, edit, and finalize
Publish and share
PROGRAMS
Tools for Digital
Storytelling
Match the tool to the task:
◦ Photo Story
◦ VoiceThread
◦ Glogster
◦ Animoto
◦ Mixbook
◦ Movie Maker
◦ And 100s more…
Photo Story 3 for Windows
Free program that combines
images, text, and narration into a
slideshow
Easy entry point into digital
storytelling; can be used K-12
Finished projects can be saved as
video files and viewed locally or
online
VoiceThread
A VoiceThread is a web-based,
collaborative, multimedia slide
show that holds
images, documents, and videos
Viewers can leave text & audio
comments
Ed.VoiceTread is a secure
network for K-12 students and
teachers
Glogster.edu
Glogster.edu easily allows users
to upload photos, videos, text,
and audio to create an online,
interactive poster.
With an EDU account, you can
create a virtual classroom for up
to 200 students
Only members of your classroom
can view class content
Animoto
Create music videos with images,
audio, and text that can be
viewed on the web
Animoto for Education allows
unlimited uploads for you and
your students
Images and songs can be
uploaded; observe
Copyright/FairUse
Mixbook
Mixbook combines images and
text into an e-book that can be
viewed online (free) or printed
(prices vary)
Integrates with Flickr, Facebook,
Photobucket, and other image
sites
Authors can choose who can see
their final projects
Movie Maker
Free video editing software that
combines images, text, audio and
video
Program is intuitive but the
Online Help Center has tips and
tutorials
Adobe Premiere Elements is a
more advanced option
Assembling the Pieces

Write
Text Script Photo
Collect Story
Assets Voicethre
Audio Create ad
Storyboa Glogster
rd
Animoto
Images Draft/Edit
/ Finalize Mixbook
Publish Movie
and Maker
Video
Share
Addition Information
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and presentation can be found at:
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