Storytelling Online

Broadband for Seniors22 September 2010

Coach Carole

A little bit about me!

  elearning consultantdigital storytelling enthusiastelluminate trainerementor for teachers

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coachcarole2012@gmail.com

Stage 1:what is digital storytelling?

o get an overview of digital storytelling (or storytelling online) identify our personal reasons for wanting to tell stories

online identify the artefacts we'll need for the task

Definition from the Center for Digital Storytelling

 digital story (dig·i·tal sto·ry)

A short, first-person video-narrative created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds.  http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html 

Digital Storytelling in Plain English

 

Stage 2: storytelling modes

• consider the mode of 'telling the story'

• decide where we will store our stories and how to share them

Creating a story online: options

1. Google docs - add images to a presentation2. Audacity - record your story as an mp3 file3. Slideshare - upload presentation and add your voice

  

Displaying and publishing your stories

Choose an example from around the world:

http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=7     A. Listening for my Great Grandfather

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiovideo/sites/galleries/pages/capturewales.shtml     B. Proper Welsh

http://open.abc.net.au/ 

    C. The singing cobbler

Stage 3: the lesson

• view a demonstration of how to build a movie

• view a demonstration of recording your own verbal story

Stage 4:  tell your story

o have a go at telling your own story  in voice in 2-3 minutes

o locate useful resources for storytelling onlinea collaborative webquest

Why do you want to tell stories online?

What is your story focus? What artefacts will you need?

What tools can you use?

• Mostly Google Apps and a little You Tube

How to begin?

• think of your audience• think of precious moments in time• prepare some photographs• create a script or record some music• practice reading your script• record your voice as you tell your story e.g. audacity• add your story recording to selected software e.g. google docs• now add your photos• save as a movie

Where can I see some examples?

 

http://www.inbflat.net/http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/nyregion/1-in-8-million/index.html# (amazing!) http://blogs.journalism.cuny.edu/johnsmock/2009/02/18/taking-photos-for-online-slideshows/#more-125http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/02/22/travel/escapes/20080222_MARTIN_FEATURE.html# 

Demonstration

.... telling your story with images ....

.... you will need some photos in digital format ....

.... save your images as .jpg files ....

.... select an online space to upload your images ....

.... let's do it in Google presentation first ....