To get started, let's discuss the requirements of the project:
1. It must involve students from 10 - 13 years old.
2. Your class/school/group must be able to publish six stories.
3. The stories must be in English or have subtitles in English.
4. Stories must be published and "watchable" by March 31, 2009.
Digital media may be used in the classroom in a variety of ways. Digital images can be used in a PowerPoint presentation, inserted in to Word, Excel, and even SMART Notebook. Digital video can also be used in a PowerPoint or Movie Maker presentation. Student produced video can empower students with the tools, skills and confidence to take creative control of their research and presentation projects.
How Do I Come Up With a Story Idea?
This workshop (nor this presenter) pretend to be an authority on this subject, and for the purposes of this workshop, you need to think of a rather short concept that can use perhaps 4-8 images, text, maybe audio or music to bring a story to life on the web. You will want to pick something quickly, and not worry about it being worthy of a national art prize (!) The purpose here is to experience the creative aspects provided by the web tools. And remember that you will need to find images and other media from public collections that can represent the characters, places, or metaphors in your story.
50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Again, the mission is not to review or try every single one (that would be madness, I know), but pick one that sounds interesting and see if you can produce something
download pdf versions of tools discussed in the Digital Storytelling Tool Guide for Educators
A wiki all about creating and sharing digital stories. The following links will take you to some examples of digital storytelling in action. They begin with the use of simple voice recording and move through some of the more popular software applications to the use of online applications.