digital storytelling
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An overview of digital storytelling and how it might be adapted for middle school math and science classrooms.TRANSCRIPT
Digital StorytellingJessica Fries-GaitherOhio State University
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About me…
Science ResourceSpecialist, Ohio State
Certified middle school
science teacher
Taught 4th – 8th grade in a variety of settings (and two states)
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Knowledge Rating: Digital Stories
A. I have no idea what digital stories are!
B. I’ve seen the term, but that’s it!
C. I can explain what digital stories are to someone else.
Definition:
Knowledge rating adapted from: http://www.lpb.org/education/classroom/itv/litlearn/strategies/strat_2krating.pdf
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What is a digital story?
• Short piece (three to five minutes)
• Combination of narrative, still images or video, and music
• Multimedia autobiography• Examples: Center for Digital Storytelling
http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=3
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Seven elements of a traditional digital story
• Point/point of view
• A dramatic question
• Emotional content
• The gift of your voice
• The power of the soundtrack
• Economy
• Pacing
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Creating a digital story
• Write a script (10-20 sentences)
• Storyboard
• Revise, revise, revise!
• Record audio
• Insert images, transitions, soundtrack
• Publish to web
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Storyboard Template
Script (What I will read) Image and Sounds
Sample template available from: http://telr.osu.edu/storytelling/forms/Script%20Template.doc
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Software, Images, Audio
• Mac: Garage Band, iMoviePC: Audacity or Goldwave, Microsoft Photo Story or Windows Movie Maker
• Creative Commons licensed images (Flickr), music (ccMixter)
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Publishing and Sharing Digital Stories
• Upload to TeacherTube or SchoolTube
• Embed in class blog or web site
• Class “screening” of digital stories
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Digital Storytelling in the Content Areas
• Dramatize scientific discoveries
• Abbreviated biographies
• Demonstrate understanding of science concepts that follow a narrative format
• Experimental set-up and procedure
• Link claims to evidence
• Review concepts at end of a unit
• Formative/summative assessment
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Getting Started…
• Try it yourself first!
• Set a clear purpose
• Enlist support from colleagues
• Provide support for students
• Consider how you’ll assess
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Content Area Digital Stories
Polar Sense of Place:http://expertvoices.nsdl.org/polar/2008/07/08/braving-the-wilderness-a-
polar-digital-story/
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Resources
• Center for Digital Storytellinghttp://www.storycenter.org/index1.html
• Integrating Digital Storytelling into Your Classroomhttp://its.ksbe.edu/dst/
• Using Technology to Support Literacyhttp://www2.scholastic.com/browse/collection.jsp?id=244
• Digital Storytelling Guide for Educatorshttp://www.iste.org/source/orders/isteProductDetail.cfm?
product_code=DIGSTO