Digital StorytellingRhett McDaniel

The Learning Power of Digital Storytelling

• Encourages research• Fosters critical thinking skills• Encourages students to write and to work at

becoming better writers• Gives students a voice• Helps students retain knowledge• Helps students make a connections• Promotes digital literacy

Democratized Media

Consumer/Producer

Project Complexity Levels

Project Complexity Levels

Five Card Flickr Story

Project Complexity Levels

Five Card Flickr Story

PowerPoint Slide Show

Project Complexity Levels

Five Card Flickr Story

PowerPoint Slide Show

Video Production

Digital Production Steps

• Brainstorming• Scripting• Storyboarding• Recording and Editing• Fine Tuning and Titling• Burning/Uploading/Exporting• Sharing

Source: Digital Storytelling Tips and Resources Gail Matthews-DeNatale, Ph.D.Associate Director ofAcademic Technology

Selecting the Right Tool

Diominoe

Evaluating

• A guide to using rubrics for evaluating digital stories

http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/rubrics.html

• Make your own rubric from this online generator

http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/scoring_guide.php

Resources

• The College of Education at the University of Houston

• The Georgetown University Digital Storytelling Multimedia Archive

• The center for Digital Storytelling

• http://www.umbc.edu/oit/newmedia/studio/digitalstories/projects.php

Digital Video Archive

• http://www.archive.org/browse.php?field=subject&mediatype=movies&collection=home_movies

Now It’s Your Turn!

JayCut Online Video Editor