1. Telling Our Stories

2.   Technical Requirements  Introduction to Digital Storytelling  Why Story  Digital Story as a Community Building Tool  Introduction to Story Development  Examples:  Story development  Story Circle  Individual Work  Finalize Script Agenda

3.  Gathering Media and the Basic Edit Using Creative Commons Recording Scripts Assembling Video Final Edit and Plans for Sharing and Feedback Apply Themes Publish Download published file Agenda

4.   Hardware  6-10 computers with current technical specs.  8GB Ram, Quad Core Processor, 100 GB Hard drive space  1-2 Flatbed Scanners  2-3 Digital Video Cameras  1-2 USB microphones (Snowball recommended)  Speakers for computers  Students should have their own external flash drives Technical Requirements

5.   Software  Either: Photo editors: Photoshop Elements, iPhoto, Picasa, Microsoft Picture Manager  Either: Video editors: iMovie, Movie Maker, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, WeVideo, Sony Vegas Movie Studio  Freemake Video Converter  Networking  All computers should be networked if possible  Central space to transfer  Websites needed for workshop unblocked Technical Requirements

6.   It comes naturally  It is the most effective way for us to store and pass on information  Our senses have evolved to work together  “We absorb information about an event through our senses, translate it into electrical signals (some for sight, others from sound, etc.), disperse those signals to separate parts of the brain, then reconstruct what happened, eventually perceiving the event as a whole.”-John Medina  Re-claim our stories Why Story

7.   What is community?  Show us how we are the same  Show us how we are different Digital Story as Community Building Tool

8.   Process  Bring your story 350-500  Share with the group  Revise your script  7 Steps of Digital Storytelling Introduction to Story Development Watch video here: Participant/ Observation by Wynne Maggi Participant/ Observation The 7 th Word by Tat’e Blackbear The 7 th Word

9.  1.Owning your insights 2.Owning your emotions 3.Finding the moment 4.Seeing your story 5.Hearing your story 6.Assembling your story 7.Sharing your story Applying the 7 Steps of Digital Storytelling Watch video here: Fruits and roots (Healthy Lifestyle) Fruits and roots Dayslow's FryBread (Creating Family Traditions) Dayslow's FryBread Mahmadullo (Conservation) Mahmadullo

10.   Get into a circle and share our stories  Inspire  Focus  Share  Ground Rules  Respect  Confidentiality  Step up, step back  No disclaimers  Jazzy Hands  If this was my story Story Circle

11.   Break off on your own and try to incorporate some of the feedback you received.  Regroup in a hour Individual Work

12.   Process of visually mapping out your story  Think about what you need visually  Small town girl goes to New York to pursue her dreams  What would this story need? Storyboarding Watch video here: How to: Storyboarding Storyboarding For People Who Can't Draw (Like Me!) : FRIDAY 101 Storyboarding For People Who Can't Draw (Like Me!) : FRIDAY 101 https://youtu.be/4uhaJhT25hU Resources: http://Celtx.com http://cinemek.com http://www.frameforge3d.com/

13.   What is Creative Commons?  standardized way to give permission to share and use your creative work — on conditions of your choice.  Images, Video, and Sound available for use  http://search.creativecommons.org/ http://search.creativecommons.org/  http://www.clipconverter.cc/ http://www.clipconverter.cc/ Using Creative Commons

14.   Control audio  Record in room with good acoustics  Use headset microphones  Check for ambient noise in the room  Fans, air conditioners, wind  Recording Audio  WeVideo allows to record directly to Narration track  Audacity is a free multi-track audio editor and recorder which can be used to record and produce high quality audio clips that can be imported into an audio track. Recording Scripts

15.   Do what is necessary to enhance the story  Feel free to present content in a different order than the events occurred  Use subtle transitions and effects, unless it will enhance the story. Assembling Video Watch video here: How to assemble your video

16.   Apply themes  WeVideo provides a collection of themes that allow you to quickly apply fonts, tint, and sound to your movie.  Add credits to your video  Be sure to credit and provide attribution to anyone who helped or any creative commons material that was used in the video.  Some licenses require that you share the remixed content in the same manner it was provided.  Making videos available  As a final step, it is good to download videos from WeVideo, to provide an copy for the participant and for the organization if applicable. Final Edit

17.   Audio Editor:  Audacity - http://audacityteam.org/http://audacityteam.org/  Tutorial: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorials.htmlhttp://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorials.html  Video Editor:  WeVideo – http://wevideo.comhttp://wevideo.com  Tutotials: https://www.wevideo.com/academyhttps://www.wevideo.com/academy  Movie Maker - http://windows.microsoft.com/en- us/windows/movie-makerhttp://windows.microsoft.com/en- us/windows/movie-maker  VideoPad Video Editor - http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/http://www.nchsoftware.com/videopad/  Free with limited functionality  Photo Editors:  Pixlr - https://pixlr.com/https://pixlr.com/  Gimpshop - https://www.gimpshop.com/https://www.gimpshop.com/ Additional Resources