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Teaching into the 21st Century: Using digital storytelling to create meaning

// Tell me a story and I’ll remember it forever //

 * “Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share knowledge, wisdom, and values. Stories have taken many different forms. Stories have been adapted to each successive medium that has emerged, from the circle of the campfire to the silver screen, and now the computer screen.”**
 * – The Digital Storytelling Association**

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[|Zoho Show] - collaborative, access anytime from anywhere, easy to embed [|Slide Rocket] - professional looking presentations [|Prezi] - a fun and unique way to create a presentation [|Voice Thread] - amazing application for digital storytelling [|Animoto] - use music, images, and text to create MTV-style video presentations
 * WEB 2.0 PRESENTATION TOOLS**

Digital Storytelling Links:
 * 1) Zoo Burst
 * 2) Storybird (we showed you this one... using artwork to create pages and tell a story)
 * 3) Storyjumper
 * 4) Myths and Legends (has multiple background images, characters, etc. to create a story)
 * 5) Storymaker
 * 6) Book builder
 * 7) Center for Digital Storytelling
 * 8) Digital Storytelling on Microsoft
 * 9) Photostory

[|http://voicethread.com/#q+sixth+grade+.b48881.i256668] - 6th grade poetry voice thread project [] - animoto example Slide Rocket Example below: Favorite Books digital Story A plethora of digital stories Here is Samantha's Storybird: [|La gatita y el ratoncito] by  [|SenoraMora] on  [|Storybird]
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 * EXAMPLES**
 * http://voicethread4education.wikispaces.com/**


 * Here are some example Photostories...**

This one is for a Spanish class but you can see how it could be effective in an ELL class: media type="youtube" key="HfuSnA27xig" height="315" width="420"

Photostory can be used by students with limited English skills as a way to communicate and tell a story with few or no words:

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Photostory is a great way for students to practice speaking and to share their stories:

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Here is a video a teacher made about 21st century skills using Animoto:

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**And what about Power Point?**
Learn more at Power Point in the Classroom Check out some of these fun, editable powerpoint games
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‍Assignment:
Create a Power (instead of a Pauper) Point! If you want, you could think of ways to make an assignment for your class. Once you have finished, go to http://www.slideshare.net/, create and account, and upload your presentation!

For students who don't have PowerPoint (or Microsoft Word) at home, OpenOffice is an amazing, free tool that students can download and use at home. I actually like it better than Microsoft, and you can save projects as Word or PowerPoint documents so that they can be opened at school.

Google Docs can also be used to create (simple) presentations that are easily embedded.

R**esources for Assignment Development and Assessment**
Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom http://www.infotoday.com/mmschools/jan02/banaszewski.htm Teach Story Blog and Teach Story http://techszewski.blogs.com
 * Banaszewski, Tom
 * Barrett, Helen "Digital Storytelling Research Design" (includes rubrics)http://electronicportfolios.org/digistory/ResearchDesign.pdf
 * Digital Directors Guild: How to Create a Digital Moviemaking Activityhttp://www.ddguild.org/how_pedagogy.html
 * Digital Storytelling Educationhttp://story.e2bn.net
 * Digital Storytelling: Using Technology to Tell Storieshttp://www.umass.edu/wmwp/DigitalStorytelling/Digital%20Storytelling%20Main%20Page.htm
 * EdTech Center (Northeastern University)“Digital Storytelling”http://www.edtech.neu.edu/interactive_tools/digital_story_telling
 * The Educational Uses of Digital Storytellinghttp://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/default.htm
 * Educause/ELI: Seven Things You Should Know About Digital Storytellinghttp://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7021.pdf
 * The Elements of Digital Storytellinghttp://www.inms.umn.edu/elements
 * Integrating Digital Storytelling into your Classroomhttp://its.ksbe.edu/dst
 * [|May, Kathie "Digital Storytelling as a Narrative Approach to Public Speaking"]http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/mlx/slip.php?item=1765
 * Digital Storytelling Tips and Resources, Page 6Middlebury Community Digital Storytelling Collaborativehttps://segue.middlebury.edu/index.php?action=site&site=collaborative
 * Ohler, JasonDigital Storytelling Overview http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling
 * Handouts http://www.jasonohler.com/resources/handouts.cfm
 * Widson Lists http://www.jasonohler.com/resources/educwisdom.cfm
 * Photobus: Digital Storytelling Tutorialhttp://www.photobus.co.uk/dstory_pages/find.html
 * Shewbridge, Bill “Intergenerational Storytelling as Process and Product”http://www.nercomp.org/data/media/NERCOMP%202007.ppt
 * Spinning Yarns Around the Digital Firehttp://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_1/huffaker
 * [|Rubistar]http://rubistar.4teachers.orgTip: In the "Find a Rubric" section, enter the keywords "digital storytelling," search type "match all of your words"
 * Thinking Spaces: Handouts (Templates, Revision Strategies, Elements of Narrative)http://www.thinkingspaces.org/resources_handouts.html
 * Visible Knowledge Project: Learning Technology Inquiryhttp://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/newsletter/0902/resources.htm
 * Visible Knowledge Project: Three Types of Grading Rubrics for Digital Storieshttp://crossroads.georgetown.edu/vkp/newsletter/0902/resources.htm#gr