Digital Storytelling 

 

What is it!?!

"Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else who has ever wanted to be the next Ken Burns or Steven Spielberg. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing" (http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/introduction.htm).

 

 

 

 

This course will use Photo Story 3 to create a digital story, but there are many ways to create digital stories and programs that can be used.

 

Download Photo Story 3

 

Examples of Digital Stories

 

DigiTales and HERE!!!

 

Marco Torres Collection

 

Marco Torres iCan

 

An example of a digital story from Lori Brouillette's students at Adams Middle School:  Messy Room

 

 

Tutorials

 

Photo Story 3 Import Pictures

 

Photo Story 3 Add Titles

 

Photo Story 3 Record Narration

 

Photo Story 3 Add Music

 

Photo Story 3 Saving

 

Photo Story 3 Creating A Basic Digital Story (Large 30 MB File - Be Patient to Download and Play)

 

Photo Story 3 Atomic Learning Tutorials

 

.pdf Photo Story Tutorial From the University of Houston

 

GIMP Creating a Title Picture to Add to Photo Story 3

 

David Jakes Photo Story 3 Tutorials and Resources

 

Other Ways to Make Digital Stories

 

PowerPoint & Slideshare (Open Office is a FREE "Office" Suite that allows the creation of PowerPoint-like presentations)

 

Windows Movie Maker

 

Inspiration

 

Kidspiration

 

Picasa

 

Audacity

 

GIMP

 

Music Resource:  Free Play Music (http://www.freeplaymusic.com)

 

Resources

 

University of Houston Getting Started With Digital Storytelling

 

The Center for Digital Storytelling

 

The Art of Digital Storytelling

 

Copyright

 

Copyright, Fair Use, Intellectual Property & Podcasting

by Wes Fryer