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Digital Storytelling: From the Written Essay to the Online Story Presentation given at CCTL Conference
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Digital Storytelling:
From the Written
Essay to the Online
Story
Patricia Hoefler
Empire State College
Digital Storytelling is a
unique, creative way to craft
stories.
It can help with the actual art of storytelling
- the how, as in how to tell a story
It can be the actual narrative
It can give background history to an event
What Students Gain from Digital
StorytellingAccording to the book
Digitales, the Art of Telling
Digital Stories, students
were able to gain effective
communication skills and
experience in specific
areas that teachers felt
were important:
Interactive
communication
Interpersonal skills
Technology literacy
Basic and visual
literacy
Curiosity, creativity, an
d risk-taking
Porter, Bernajean, Digitales, the Art of Telling Digital Stories, Bjpconsulting, 2005, Page 63.
Why Use Technology to Tell
Stories?Telling stories in this way (digitally), students learn to
storyboard ideas, craft narratives, and do research.
“Students develop enhanced communication skills as they
learn to conduct research on a topic, ask questions, organize
their ideas, express opinions, and construct meaningful
narratives.”
(p 224)Digital Storytelling: A Powerful Technology Tool
Types of Digital Storytelling
Personal NarrativesThis form is used to tell
of an event in a person's
life, or may honor
another significant
person in their life
Story examples from University of Houston Educational Uses for Digital Storytelling site:
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/movie_pers
onal_reflection_01.html
HistoricalHere, one can tell a
story to examine a
historical event.
May involve using
historical
photographs, newspap
er
headlines, speeches, a
nd even audio and
video
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/movie_social_studies_03.html
Technology Tools
Cowbird Cowbird is a community of
people who tell their stories
using pictures, words and,
often, audio.
Great resource for a
creative writing project
(choose one photo and talk
about it.)http://cowbird.com/story/32465/Left_Turns/
“Spicy”
http://cowbird.com/story/46973/Spicy/
Voicethread Voicethread is collaborative tool that can be used for a more
interactive space
Students can post their stories (including audio) on
Voicethread
Other students (and/or instructors) can post comments to the
stories
Five Card FlickrChoose from Flickr
Photos that are
presented randomly
Write/Improvise a story
Good for thinking and
writing creatively
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=26784
Windows MovieMakerRequires a bit more
work
Good for telling
complicated stories
Can also be used for
essay-focused projects
Available on Windows
based PCshttp://youtu.be/4LEKb3wDyP8
iMovie Easy to use
Utilizes photos and videos
Photos are given the Ken
Burns effect (zoom in, pan
across, etc.)
Particularly useful in iPad
environment
http://youtu.be/piwAQuoDHwY
