1. Telling Your Story with Windows Movie Maker Shuyan Wang, Ph.D. Department of Technology Education The University of Southern Mississippi

2. Overview What is digital story telling Why is digital story telling How to integrate digital story telling into classroom When is digital story telling Procedures

3. What is Digital Story Telling Uses new digital tools to help ordinary people to tell their own real-life stories is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. can be instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective. is normally 2-5 minutes long Can be effectively applied to nearly any subject

4. Why is Digital Story telling Facilitate the convergence of four student-centered learning strategies: student engagement, reflection for deep learning, project- based learning, and the effective integration of technology into instruction --- Dr. Barrett

5. Why is Digital Story telling Educators at all levels can use Digital Storytelling in many ways: introducing new materials, helping students learn to conduct research, synthesize large amounts of content, gain expertise in the use of digital communication and authoring tools, helping students organize these ideas as they learn to create stories for an audience, and presenting their ideas and knowledge in an individual and meaningful way. http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/goalsobjectives.htm

6. Some Examples from Classroom Family stories Stories about friends About teaching experiences Teaching science Teaching language arts Create a reflective tutorial

7. Family Story

8. Story about Friends

9. Teaching Math

10. Teaching Science

11. Teaching Language Arts

12. Create a Reflective Tutorial

13. When is Digital Story Telling Whenever, a teacher wants to Enhance student learning Enhance student motivation Enhances student engagement Build student technology skills

14. Procedures Make your plan: define your purposes, analyze your audience, and decide the tools to be used Write an initial script, plan an accompanying storyboard. Collect/create images and music Create your digital story Evaluate/modify your story Publish your story

15. Tools Microsoft Photo Story 3 still images and audio. Free but requires Microsoft Windows XP Operating System. Windows Movie Maker still images, video clips, and audio. Windows only. Free with Microsoft Windows Operating System. Apple iMovie still images, video clips, and audio. OS X Macintosh only. Free with Apply OS x Operation System

16. Resources Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/default.htm http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/default.htm What is Digital Storytelling? http://www.storycenter.org/whatis.html http://www.storycenter.org/whatis.html Digital Storytelling from Photobus http://www.photobus.co.uk/index.php?id=2 http://www.photobus.co.uk/index.php?id=2 The Art of Digital Storytelling http://digitales.us/files/digitalstorytellingarticle.pdf http://digitales.us/files/digitalstorytellingarticle.pdf A Multilevel Approach to Using Digital Storytelling in the Classroom http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/multilevel-approach.htm http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/multilevel-approach.htm The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf The Power of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom http://www.edutopia.org/power-digital-storytelling-classroom http://www.edutopia.org/power-digital-storytelling-classroom How To: Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom http://www.edutopia.org/node/1418 http://www.edutopia.org/node/1418

17. Resources Digital Storytelling: Who, What, Where http://www.annapolishigh.org/~media/DStories/dstories.ht ml http://www.annapolishigh.org/~media/DStories/dstories.ht ml The Elements of Digital Storytelling http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/ http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/ Another Look at the 7 Elements http://t3.k12.hi.us/t302-03/tutorials/digstory/elements.htm http://t3.k12.hi.us/t302-03/tutorials/digstory/elements.htm Facing Versions of the Self: The Effects of Digital Storytelling on English Education http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v6i2languagearts2.pdf http://www.citejournal.org/articles/v6i2languagearts2.pdf Preparing for Digital Story Telling http://www.aace.org/conf/site/pt3/paper_3008_744.pdf http://www.aace.org/conf/site/pt3/paper_3008_744.pdf

18. Resources Banaszewski, T. (2002). Digital storytelling finds its place in the classroom. Multimedia Schools 9(1), pages 32-35, online at: http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm Barrett, H. (2005). Storytelling in higher education: A theory of reflection on practice to support deep learning. Technology and Teacher Education Annual 2005. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, pages 1878-1883. PowerPoint slides online at: http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/Kean.pdf http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/Kean.pdf Bull, G., & Kajder, S. (2004). Digital Storytelling in the language arts classroom. Learning & Leading with Technology, Volume 32 Number 4, pages 46-49. Online at: http://cs2.cust.educ.ubc.ca/csed/400/csed_readings/display%2024.pdf http://cs2.cust.educ.ubc.ca/csed/400/csed_readings/display%2024.pdf Salpeter, J. (2005). Telling tales with technology. Technology and Learning (25)7, pages 18, 20, 22, 24. Online at: http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=603002 76 http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=603002 76

19. Contact Info Dr. Shuyan Wang Instructional Technology College of Education and Psychology The University of Southern Mississippi Telephone: 601-266-4446 Email: shuyan.wang@usm.edushuyan.wang@usm.edu