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Abstract: Digital Storytelling is a powerful tool for teaching and learning. In this presentation we’ll take a look at some software both for Mac & PC that you and your students can use to share their stories. We’ll also look at some handy Internet tools that can help your students’ voice be heard beyond the walls of your classroom or school.
Intro
Stories with Sound
STORY IDEAS
Family History: EXAMPLE: NPR StoryCorps Project. Their "Great Questions" list is a great place for your students to start when planning to interview a friend or family member. Below is a podcast I made with my Grandpa and the story of how the podcast was made.
The Jungle Story - This is the dramatic story we recorded at NCEA 2009. (Thanks to Martha for her GREAT dramatic reading!)
TOOLS Audacity (Mac/Windows/Linux) - Use to record, edit, and mix your podcasts.
GarageBand (Mac Only) - Use to record, edit, and mix your podcasts. GCast - Record or upload podcasts for free, embed a podcast player on your blog, wiki, or web site and even record a podcast from your mobile phone. (NOTE: Phone recording used to be free, now they charge for this service.) GabCast - (Not to be confused with GCast) is a site designed to let you record and post podcasts from your phone. You have to pay for the minutes you use (currently $10 for 100 minutes of phone recording). You can upload your own pre-recorded podcasts for free.
EXAMPLE - The Hungry Caterpillar. Kindergarten students present their own version of the story with pictures they created in Kid Pix.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE - Christmas Traditions. 3rd Graders tell about their family or community Christmas traditions. Pictures were hand drawn, scanned, and imported to Voicethread. The text comments are from our partner school in Brisbane, Australia.
VT in the Classroom - The ultimate collection of Voicethread projects by TechieTeacher
Power Point - Yes, even Power Point can be used to share stories. Bring in a collection of photos and pictures using the Photo Album tool. Then add text and voice narration.
Slideshare - Share those Power Point slides online, or embed them on your web site or blog. Add audio to your slides using their SlideCast feature. NOTE: When upload slides to Slideshare, you will lose any animation effects you've added to your slides. Slideshare treats each slide like a photo. If you want progressive builds, you'll want to create separate slides for each step.
DIGITAL KITS - Rather then have kids search the Internet for pictures, save time by providing them a folder or collection of images to use. This will help them focus on the lesson objective rather than spend the entire class time looking for the perfect images. By selecting the images yourself, you can also make sure the images are copyright safe and appropriate for your students. For more information on creating your own digital kits see Jennifer Gingerich's Blog.
Online Image Sources:
Pics 4 Learning - a copyright-friendly image library for teachers and students.
Flickr - Do an advanced search to restrict your results to only Creative Commons licensed images.
FlickrStorm - a tool to search and collect images from Flickr. Use this tool to create a digital kit that can be shared by simply sharing a hyperlink to your custom photo collection. (Video Tutorial)
STORY IDEAS
Tell a story of a personal vacation, class field trip, or track a the journey of a real or fictional character. Describe what happened at specific places using words, pictures, or other "embeddable" multi-media content.
TOOLS Google Maps - Big Anthony's Journey from Strega Nona (by Andy Losik) Google Earth - Visit Google Lit Trips to download kmz files with info, pictures, and though questions for various books. Add your own words and pictures to placemarks for an "alternative" book report assignment, or tell a story from your own travels. How to add your own pictures to Google Earth. Picasa Web Albums - is an online site for uploading and sharing your photos (like Flickr). You can add captions & location information to your photos then download a Google Earth file with placemarks of all your photos. Learn more.
Tips for Good Story Telling
1. "We don't pay attention to boring things" (Brain Rules #4) Keep it under 10 minutes.
2. Be descriptive. Give your information an emotional context. This encourages long term memory. (Brain Rules #6)
3. When possible, use pictures. “Vision trumps all other senses” (Brain Rules #10)
4. Have a point! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.
"Every Child Has a Story"
Dennis GriceTechnology Coordinator/Teacher
St. John's Lutheran School, Orange, CA
dgrice [at] sbcglobal.net
[This information on this wiki is also posted at dgrice.wikispaces.com/stories4learning]
YOUR TURN TO PARTICIPATE! CLICK HERE to see story ideas or add your own.
Abstract: Digital Storytelling is a powerful tool for teaching and learning. In this presentation we’ll take a look at some software both for Mac & PC that you and your students can use to share their stories. We’ll also look at some handy Internet tools that can help your students’ voice be heard beyond the walls of your classroom or school.
Intro
Stories with Sound
STORY IDEASFamily History: EXAMPLE: NPR StoryCorps Project. Their "Great Questions" list is a great place for your students to start when planning to interview a friend or family member. Below is a podcast I made with my Grandpa and the story of how the podcast was made.
The Jungle Story - This is the dramatic story we recorded at NCEA 2009. (Thanks to Martha for her GREAT dramatic reading!)
TOOLS
Audacity (Mac/Windows/Linux) - Use to record, edit, and mix your podcasts.
- How to Make a Podcast Using Audacity
- Using Audacity and Sound Effects
GarageBand (Mac Only) - Use to record, edit, and mix your podcasts.GCast - Record or upload podcasts for free, embed a podcast player on your blog, wiki, or web site and even record a podcast from your mobile phone. (NOTE: Phone recording used to be free, now they charge for this service.)
GabCast - (Not to be confused with GCast) is a site designed to let you record and post podcasts from your phone. You have to pay for the minutes you use (currently $10 for 100 minutes of phone recording). You can upload your own pre-recorded podcasts for free.
Stories with Pictures
STORY IDEASSee my "Digital Storytelling" wiki
TOOLS
Microsoft PhotoStory3 (Windows) - turn your images into a Digital Story. So easy even a teacher can use it! CLICK HERE to download.
iMovie 08 (Mac)
Voicethread - Share stories online. Collaborate with others across town or around the world.
Power Point - Yes, even Power Point can be used to share stories. Bring in a collection of photos and pictures using the Photo Album tool. Then add text and voice narration.
Creative Commons Licensing - Make sure it's okay before you just start grabbing images from the web and ALWAYS give credit if you use someone else's work. What is Creative Commons? (pdf document) What do the symbols mean? (pdf document)
DIGITAL KITS - Rather then have kids search the Internet for pictures, save time by providing them a folder or collection of images to use. This will help them focus on the lesson objective rather than spend the entire class time looking for the perfect images. By selecting the images yourself, you can also make sure the images are copyright safe and appropriate for your students. For more information on creating your own digital kits see Jennifer Gingerich's Blog.
Online Image Sources:
Stories with "Place"
STORY IDEASTell a story of a personal vacation, class field trip, or track a the journey of a real or fictional character. Describe what happened at specific places using words, pictures, or other "embeddable" multi-media content.
TOOLS
Google Maps - Big Anthony's Journey from Strega Nona (by Andy Losik)
Google Earth - Visit Google Lit Trips to download kmz files with info, pictures, and though questions for various books. Add your own words and pictures to placemarks for an "alternative" book report assignment, or tell a story from your own travels. How to add your own pictures to Google Earth.
Picasa Web Albums - is an online site for uploading and sharing your photos (like Flickr). You can add captions & location information to your photos then download a Google Earth file with placemarks of all your photos. Learn more.
Tips for Good Story Telling
1. "We don't pay attention to boring things" (Brain Rules #4) Keep it under 10 minutes.2. Be descriptive. Give your information an emotional context. This encourages long term memory. (Brain Rules #6)
3. When possible, use pictures. “Vision trumps all other senses” (Brain Rules #10)
4. Have a point! It makes it so much more interesting for the listener.
CLICK HEREto see story ideas or add your own.
References
Brain Power of StorytellingTeaching Storytelling
Brain Rules
Qualities of Good Storytelling(pdf document) from ReadWriteThink