Wessington Springs School District Digital Storytelling Charlotte Mohling

Wessington Springs School District GOALS What is digital storytelling? Correlation to 21 st century skills and NETS Equipment and software Process Project ideas Sample projects

Wessington Springs School District Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. - Leslie Rule, Center for Digital StorytellingCenter for Digital Storytelling

Wessington Springs School District Art Digital Digital Storytelling combines… Oral Writing

Wessington Springs School District 21 st Century Skills

Wessington Springs School District Correlation of NETS

Wessington Springs School District Correlation of NETS

Wessington Springs School District Equipment Computer Digital camera Scanner Microphone Digital video camera Music keyboard

Wessington Springs School District Software Movie/Media Editor iMovie Movie Maker Photostory Adobe Premiere Elements

Wessington Springs School District Software Image Editing GIMP Photoshop or Photoshop Elements Audio Editing Audacity Garageband ACID

Wessington Springs School District Getting started Start with personal story develop skills, sense of story flow, and emotions connected in creating original story Use story form as vehicle for learning and critical thinking

Finding and organizing ideas worth communicating 1. Write the script 2. Plan the project (storyboard 1, storyboard 2)storyboard 1 storyboard 2 3. Organize folders (text, images, sound, music, final product)

Gathering and preparing digital media 4. Record voice over 5. Gather, create and edit media sources

Putting it all together 6. Create ROUGH cut first and FINAL cut last

Applause! 7. Product is completed and distributed to others

Wessington Springs School District Lewis and Clark - Be one of the explorers and tell the story from their perspective Historical event - Groups of students tell their version of what happened making connections to the other student’s stories (weaving in the events bringing out the connections) Our community - Meet our community - Looking at our town, how have we changed? - Important people that have shaped our community Our community Social Studies Projects

Wessington Springs School District Inventions - Explain how inventions and discoveries are important to others - Simple machines, how have they changed the world? Animals - Tell the story from the butterfly’s point of view - How have animals adapted? Farming - Tell the story of the fading small farmer - Challenges then and now - Technology on the Farm Science Projects

Wessington Springs School District Authentic student writing - Students write stories and then illustrate or act out - Family tree stories (think about point of view of someone else) - Take a character to court, students are judge, jury etc. Fiction - Change the setting, how would it be different today? - Compare and contrast fairy tales from various regions - Change an ending to a favorite tales - Bring a set of characters to life and act out the story - Give a book report Fiction Language Arts Projects

Wessington Springs School District - Take a geometry walk and show and tell what you found - Math is all around the town, really where? Split up in groups and find out - Explain to others a concept like adding fractions using real life examples - Act out math problems using various strategies Math Projects

Wessington Springs School District Teachers Teachers - Tell stories from the front line - Moments you will never forget - Moments you wish you could forget! Re-enact - A piece of literature - A picture book - An event in history - Study and debate issues important to students in the class Character - Emphasize selected character trait Character General Projects

Wessington Springs School District Sample Rubric 1 Sample Rubric 2 Evaluation of Stories

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