What is Digital Storytelling?
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Learning Objective:
Students will:
- Learn to use the Internet to research rich, deep content while analyzing and synthesizing a wide range of content;
- Develop communication skills by learning to ask questions, express opinions, construct narratives and write for an audience;
- Increase their computer skills using software that combines a variety of multimedia including: text, still images, audio, video and web publishing.
The 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
The Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) in Berkeley, California is known for developing and disseminating the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling, which are often cited as a useful starting point as you begin working with digital stories.
1. Point of View What is the main point of the story and what is the perspective of the author? 2. A Dramatic Question A key question that keeps the viewer's attention and will be answered by the end of the story. 3. Emotional Content Serious issues that come alive in a personal and powerful way and connects the audience to the story. 4. The Gift of Your Voice A way to personalize the story to help the audience understand the context. 5. The Power of the Soundtrack Music or other sounds that support and embellish the story. 6. Economy Using just enough content to tell the story without overloading the viewer. 7. Pacing The rhythm of the story and how slowly or quickly it progresses. |
The specific requirements of an educational digital story differ slightly from the original Seven Elements for Digital Stories. Working with the Seven Elements that CDS developed, we added a few new items to make them more applicable to the types of digital stories created by students. The modified elements are shown below.
1. The Overall Purpose of the Story 2. The Narrator’s Point of View 3. A Dramatic Question or Questions 4. The Choice of Content 5. Clarity of Voice 6. Pacing of the Narrative 7. Use of a Meaningful Audio Soundtrack 8. Quality of the Images, Video & other Multimedia Elements 9. Economy of the Story Detail 10. Good Grammar and Language Usage |
Story |
Poem |
Students will begin brain storming ideas for their Digital Story
USE Bubble.US do begin your idea maps.
you must have:
Turn it into google classroom.
USE Bubble.US do begin your idea maps.
you must have:
- at least 5 branches (5)
- at least 2 extensions on each branch (10)
- Your name must be in the center bubble. (5)
- Save it as a Jpeg (5)
Turn it into google classroom.
Script Writing
The script for a digital story is one of the most important components that students will create. You must realize that a good digital story must first be a good story and that no matter how much expertise a student has with technology, a poorly written story will not be improved by fancy transitions and other digital effects.
Scriptwriting can be difficult for many students and is certainly more work and less fun than some of the other tasks associated with creating a digital story, like searching for images or adding music. However, digital storytellers at all levels should understand that a well thought out, well written script is an absolute requirement for a good digital story. You are to begin writing the script for your story before you begin work on creating the digital story. The script should stand on its own merits, even if there are no visuals, narration, music, animations, or other components that will eventually add interest to the digital version.
Scriptwriting can be difficult for many students and is certainly more work and less fun than some of the other tasks associated with creating a digital story, like searching for images or adding music. However, digital storytellers at all levels should understand that a well thought out, well written script is an absolute requirement for a good digital story. You are to begin writing the script for your story before you begin work on creating the digital story. The script should stand on its own merits, even if there are no visuals, narration, music, animations, or other components that will eventually add interest to the digital version.
Intro
Today you will write a one paragraph intro to your story. This should be how you grab your audience's attention.
You will use google docs to write your 1st paragraph of your story and turn it into google classroom. You will continue working on this document throughout the week.
You will use google docs to write your 1st paragraph of your story and turn it into google classroom. You will continue working on this document throughout the week.
Script
Today you will complete your script for your Digital Story. Your script should be 2-4 minutes worth of content. Remember that your story will be including pictures, and or video and audio so your script will need to adjust for this.
TIPS FOR A GREAT SCRIPT
https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorysite/process/create-script
TIPS FOR A GREAT SCRIPT
https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorysite/process/create-script
Storyboarding
You need to create a storyboard for your script.
A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.
A storyboard is a graphic organizer in the form of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of pre-visualizing a motion picture, animation, motion graphic or interactive media sequence.
Gather your Materials
You will need to create a folder on your desktop, home drive, or google drive to save the files and media you've gathered for your digital story.
Your media may include but not limited to:
Your storyboard can help guide you in choosing the right media for your Digital story. Check out the RESOURCES tab to find links to free media.
Your media may include but not limited to:
- Audio Recording
- Personal Photos / Videos
- Copyright Free Stock Images / Video / Music
- Your own created media
Your storyboard can help guide you in choosing the right media for your Digital story. Check out the RESOURCES tab to find links to free media.