DigitalStorytelling

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5 Card Flickr
Promote visual thinking by playing [|Five Card Flicker], a Web 2.0 version of the [|Five Card Nancy] game.



PowerPoint Storytelling
media type="custom" key="4042189" By the time they high school, our students are PowerPoint pros. This group project for Spanish class demonstrates how, by losing the bullet points and insisting on a little creativity, the most ubiquitous of student hardware, the camera phone, can be used to create an interesting, grammatically correct story using the slideshow software.

Love online 3D animation options like[|Xtranormal]but don't have to bandwith or processor to make it feasible? Don't forget about PowerPoint! Using slides like keyframes can produce some surprisingly sophisticated animtation results. Check out this PowerPoint shared via Kathy Schrock: [|kathyschrock.net/storage/australia_ppt/09artist.ppt]

Digital Comic Creation


Bitstrips like these can demonstrate student comprehension of characterization and plot for any piece of literature, as well as reinforcing the visual literacy conventions which underpin comics.

Audio
Using [|Audacity] to create a narrative for a wordless picture book

Dial-A-Story Idea

 * Create a line for Dial-A-Story from the schools phone line. (Ex. Press 3 for the storyline in English, Press 4 for the storyline in Spanish)
 * Invite anyone from the school staff, parents, or students to read.

[|Voicethread]

 * Sample VTs by 1st graders at Monarch Academy, Oakland, CA
 * VoiceThread for Education Wiki A nice collection of K-College VTs and best practices

[|Animoto for Education]

 * Hawaii Blues Animoto Video- Blues collaboration between library and music classes.

Found Documentaries
Having students use Microsoft MovieMaker to create "found" documentaries related to subject content which test students' content comprehension, technical skills, and media literacy. This is a "found" documentary produced by one of Wendy's students in a single class period to describe the potential of stem cells and the controversy surrounding research in that area. media type="youtube" key="xD6BM4BqT0w" height="344" width="425"

Really Simple Machinima
Using Camstudio, the free screen capture software, and Windows MovieMaker, students can mash content into their own creations, like this animation and music combo. media type="youtube" key="dc9d3o-hQuw" height="344" width="425"

PhotoPeach
A student uses a [|PhotoPeach] slideshow to present research about koala bears. (via Melissa Techman, Twitter- [|@mtechman]) media type="custom" key="3990721"

More Resources

 * Digital Storytelling and Podcasting Resources (New Tools Workshop )
 * Charlotte Oglesby's Digitial Storytelling Wiki, with lots of information on fair use
 * [|Porter, B. Digital storytelling across the curriculum. Creative Educator 5.]
 * [|Glass, I. Storytelling. YouTube]
 * NECC LibrarySmackdown Resources

Raw Material
[|30+ Places to Find Creative Commons Media]

From Digital to Print Publication

 * [|Mixbook --Create Photo Books Online]

From Digital to Print Publication

 * [|Mixbook --Create Photo Books Online]