Tell Me A Digital Story! A special project for my special students

What will I learn? What is digital storytelling? Why digital storytelling? How does this work with our class? Examples of digital storytelling The tools to create your digital story

What is Digital Storytelling? Let’s Watch! MOMNOTMOM - A Story –( A personal tale –( Holocaust –(

What did all the stories have in common?

Why Digital Storytelling? “a short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart“ (Daniel Meadows) form of digital expression, stories can be created by people everywhere, on any subject, and shared electronically all over the world. digital stories are "multimedia sonnets from the people to tell the bigger story of our time, the story that defines who we are.“ (Daniel Meadows)

Your Project Choose a person, place or event that you want to research and then tell its story Research Write the story Download the graphics Put it all together using storytelling software

Content Tells someone or something or some place’s story Told from the perspective of the person telling the story NOT a report; this is their STORY

Length You only have 1 written page and 3 total minutes to tell their story Succinct and to the point Pictures display a tone, feeling, and communicate beyond what you are saying

Examples Dust Bowl –( A Personal Tale –( Coal Mine Explosion –(

Tools Brainstorming worksheet (KWQN) KWQN with your research notes Storyboard Script Graphics Narration Music Photo Story 3 or i-Movie Creativity and hard work! click here to go to end of show click on words for a visual of tool

Technology is always secondary to the storytelling

Tell me a fact and I’ll learn Tell me a truth and I’ll believe Tell me a story and I’ll remember it forever