Digital+Storytelling

Digital storytelling is a phenomenal way to literally "tell the story" of your research. Here are some resources to get you started:

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 * **[|What is Digital Storytelling?]** **-** A definition and many resources. - http://www.storycenter.org/whatis.html OR http://tech-dead.com/dstory.htm


 * **[|Digital Documentaries]** - This site leads teachers and students through the process of making digital documentaries. http://www.atschool.org/digidocs/


 * **[|Digital Storytelling Cookbook]** - Created by the Center for Digital Storytelling, it guides would-be film-makers through a "recipe" for creating their own digital stories. Be sure to check out the samples section for other great ideas you could use as the basis for projects in your classes.


 * **[|Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom]** - A brief overview of how an elementary teacher facilitated the written, visual, auditory, technological, and social aspects of digital storytelling projects in his elementary classroom.


 * **[|Digital Storytelling Presented by our Students in the Scott County Schools]** - Numerous examples of digital storytelling created by elementary students. http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html


 * **[|Digital Storytelling Presented by our Teachers in the Scott County Schools]** - A variety of examples of digital storytelling created by teachers. http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/teacherstories.html


 * **[|Digital Video Basics]** - A simple, useful set of definitions, screenshots, and tutorials to help students and teachers learn to use i-Movie


 * **[|DigiTales]** - A fantastic collection of web resources related to image and sound editing and other technical components of the art of digital storytelling. Be sure to wander through the Storykeeper's Gallery to see more examples of what is possible.


 * **[|The Elements of Digital Storytelling]** - This site outlines key elements of digital storytelling, offers an analysis of current practices, and provides research, resources, and examples of five elements of digital storytelling—media, action, relationship, context, communication. http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/


 * **[|Emerald Park Library Digital Storytelling Class]** - Information and resources regarding how one school set up an elective digital storytelling class. http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/staff/kandacehodgson/digital_storytelling.htm


 * **[|Family: Oral Histories Harvest Family Heritage]** - A list of questions that teachers can use to guide students in writing oral histories, with links to additional articles and resources on the right-hand side of the page. http://www.medialit.org/reading_room/article410.html


 * **[|Imovie Examples]** - Links to imovie projects that are categorized by grade level and subject area


 * **[|Kodak: Taking Great Pictures]** - The outstanding set of tips sheets and tutorials provides information with visual examples to teach you to take excellent photos.


 * **[|Multimedia Seeds: Exploring Audio & Video Production in the Classroom]** - A phenomenally rich site with a wealth of ideas for creative warm-up activities that can be used to prepare students to create audio and video products. It also contains project ideas and links to all sorts of quality, practical and technical resources (including thematic resources and information about how to insert video into PowerPoint, Word, and web-based documents).


 * **[|These Stories in These Pictures: An Easy Guide to Storytelling from the Images We Collect in our Lives]** - Offers step-by-step tips in very simple language that explain some of the key elements that contribute to telling a compelling story based on images.


 * **[|Using Digital Cameras in the Classroom]** - For additional ways to integrate digital photography into your lessons, click on Lesson Ideas.


 * **[|When Flowers Fall]** - A multimedia presentation that combines haiku poetry, kanji, and digital photography to present insights and issues related to aging in Japan. Instructors of any subject could use this as a model for a project in which interns investigate sociocultural issues that influence education from the cultural perspective of a particular group and communicate their findings using multimedia tools. http://www.musarium.com/flowersfall/intro.html