DIGITAL WORKSHEET UNIT 8

Digital stories

Part 1: Let’s discuss

1 Read the text and answer the questions.

Digital storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories.

Digital stories usually contain a mixture of images, text, recorded audio

narration, video clips and music. Most digital stories are between two and ten

minutes long and their style is informal. A digital story is meant to

communicate personal feelings about a topic or person.

1 What types of media can a digital story contain?

2 How long do they normally last?

Part 2: Let’s analyse

2 Look at the digital story about Taylor Swift. Answer the questions in groups.

1 Do you know who Taylor Swift is? What does she do?

2 Which of the following do you think will be in this story?

images / text / audio narration / video clips /music

3 What do you think this digital story will to tell us?

4 What else do you know about Taylor Swift?

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GLOSSARY

Audio narration: The telling of a story using audio.

Part 3: Let’s do it!

Step 1 Go online and search for a digital storytelling tool.

Step 2 Choose a musician to write your digital story about.

Step 3 Use a search engine to find out information about your musician. Look for

digital photos to go with your main ideas and remember to add music to your

story!

Step 4 Organize your ideas on the Task Sheet. Remember to include vocabulary

about the instruments your musician uses and the type of music they make.

Step 5 Put all of the elements together.

Step 6 Share the link to your digital story with your teacher and classmates.

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