Digital Storytelling -...
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Digital StorytellingFrom Start to Finish in the L2 Classroom
David L. Smith, Columbus City Schools
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What is Digital Story Telling?
• Telling Stories
• With Words
• and Pictures
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Student Examples
• Low or High tech
• Here’s a Low Tech Digital Story!
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Digital Story as Icebreaker
• Create 3-5 Images that tell a story
• Beginning, Middle and End
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Brief L2 research base for digital storytelling
• Cummins’ Task Difficulty (context embedded AND cognitively demanding)
• Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis
• Swain’s Output Hypothesis
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• Provide authentic opportunities for production
• Engage Learners with technology
• Personal and Powerful
Why I Love Digital Storytelling
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Elements of Digital Story Telling
• Sound & Vision!
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Digital Images
• Digital Cameras
• Scanners
• Video Cameras
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Digital Audio
• USB Microphones
• Digital Recorders
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The Project: Start to Finish
• Preparation, Production and Presentation (Frazel,2010)
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Preparation
• Present the Project or the Problem
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Projects
• Content Area Explorations
• Science, Math, Social Studies, Language Arts
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Storyboards and Scripts
• Rough Drafts
• Plan, plan, plan!
• Task students to explain to cooperative learning groups/teacher
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Storyboards
Draw or List Images Here
Describe Scenes
here
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Scripts
• Workshop
• Formative Feedback
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Production
• Gather Sounds
• Gather Images
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Software
• Inspiration/Kidspiration
• Photoshop/Elements
• Movie Maker/
• Audacity
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Digitizing the World
• Harvest from Internet
• Digital Cameras: cellphones, point and shoots, computers
• Scan, Scan, Scan: Flatbed, Document or your phone
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Image Caveats
• Be Aware of Copyright
• Make sure resolution is minimum 600x480 (800x600 is even better but not too big)
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Video Cameras
• Flip, Hand Helds etc.
• Cell Phones
• Video Cameras
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Video Tips
• Determine your audience and then your resolution
• Try a Green screen
• Use External Microphone
• Light up your “stage!”
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Video Advantages
• Students can “perform” scripts
• Interactivity
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Video Disadvantages
• Technology requirements are higher
• More time consuming
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Hispanic Celebration Digital Storytelling
Project
• Students had to find images and music from their home countries
• Students had to write an essay celebrating their home country
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Questions?
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Thank-you!
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Digital Storytelling Resources
Web Sites:
www.storycenter.orgwww.digitalstories.orgwww.techlearning.com/article/8030http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/digitalstorytelling/www.techlearning.com/article/3536http://wiki.wesfryer.comhttp://creativecommons.orgwww.inspiration.comhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.htmlhttp://www.nextexit.comwww.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.htmlhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/teacherstories.htmlhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.htmlwww.techlearning.com/article/3536/www.digitales.ushttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/res.tips.faqs.htmlwww.sgaconsulting.orgwww.jasonohler.comtech-head.com/dstory.htmtechszewski.blogs.com
Tools:
Adobe.comApple.comKidspiration/Inspiration
Books:
Frazel, Midge (2010-11-10). Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators (p. 19). International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Kindle Edition.
JVB NECC ‘05Copyright@ 2005
Digital Storytelling in a Nutshell…
• Introduce and provide many samples in written and digital format of the intended genre in
which you anticipate students will be creating digital stories.
• Understand the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling (http://www.storycenter.org).
• Discuss, critique, and identify the Seven Elements within the samples selected.
• Share scoring guide (rubric) and provide clarification if needed prior to the start of writing.
• Are your expectations clear? Focus should be the process NOT the product!
• Brainstorm! Students list ideas on paper or using visual mapping software such as
Kidspiration or Inspiration while considering the types of visual images and music (royalty-
free or self-created) to include that will enhance the story.
• Student selects one idea and begins first draft following formatting guidelines of one page,
double space, Palatino font, size 12.
• Student and peers review first draft and student makes revisions.
• Teacher conferences with student about written script regarding purpose and awareness of
audience, as well as depth and complexity of idea, supported by rich and engaging details
for a succinctly written piece.
• Student self-edits and requests additional peer-editing and teacher conferencing.
• Final draft should be able to stand alone as a 'proficient' or 'distinguished' piece, per
Kentucky Holistic Scoring Guide.
• Student creates a storyboard for visualization and sequence of digital story.
• Student uses digital video-editing software to record voiceover. (iMovie, Premiere,
MovieMaker 2, Pinnacle Studio DV, Final Cut Pro, MovieWorks, etc.)
• Student manipulates images with applications such as Photoshop, ImageBlender, Twist,
etc.
• Student adds royalty-free music such as Soundzabound, FreePlay, Sounddogs, and/or
may choose to engage others to create and record unique music.
• Student exports finished digital story as a QuickTime movie, WMP, etc.
• Student saves finished product for inclusion in an electronic portfolio (user folder on
server).
• Written script is submitted as one of the required written portfolio pieces for the KY state
assessment in grades 4, 8, and 12.