7 Easy Steps to make a wonderful Digital Storytelling

Step 1: Decide on the Story You Want to Tell - Begin thinking of the purpose of your story. Are you trying to inform, convince, provoke, question?


                   

Step 2: Gather Your Materials - Select the images resources for your story, including: pictures, drawings, photographs, maps, charts and audio you would like to use for your digital story.

 

     
 

Step 3: Begin Writing Your Script - Write a script that will be used as narration in your digital story AND provides the purpose and point of view you have chosen.
                                         

Step 4 : Create a Storyboard - A storyboard will help you visualize how the content chunks relate to each other and will help to shape the direction of your efforts as you create your project

 Step 5: Prepare Your Equipment - A desktop computer or laptop. A scanner, if you want to include traditional photos in your story Additionally, if you plan to record interviews, you'll need A recording device such as microphone and video recorder.

 

Step 6: CreateYour Digital Storytelling - Decide on software and start putting all resources you got together. Combine the sound and the images together in a video editing program. Then add Background Music, Titles, Transitions, and Effects.            

                                                           

Step 7: Share Your Story- share with your classmates, friends and family. Moreover, you can  publish them on the Internet such asYoutube.



Ref : http://www.techsoup.org/learningcenter/techplan/page5897.cfm

Making your own digital storytelling book

Would you like to create one Digital storytelling book? I found 'My Story Maker' in carnegielibrary website. It let's you to create charecters ,objects and also write sentences for you. But you still have to edit and create any type of story you like.

 First, choose main character. Second, choose your main character's goal. For example, If you choose Travel then you have to select the location. After that you just write the story and add objects you like.

Ready to get students excited about writing? Ask students to create story that  focus on character (who the story is about), plot (what happens in the story), and setting (where or when the story happens).

Once you are done with your story, you can print it out.  Moreover, You can share your story with your friends by telling them your magic number of your story.

 

Ref: http://www.carnegielibrary.org/kids/storymaker/storymaker.swf



How powerful of Digital Storytelling in Education?

Why is Digital Storytelling significant? As everyone commented on my blog that we learn and know many thing. Therefore, I think it would be beneficial for students if teachers use Digital    Storytelling as a learning tool. Let's share your idea what do you think about using Digital Storytelling  in Education. What is the benefit?

      

Digital storytelling has many benefits, many of which my students experienced while completing their digital stories. 

• Helps develop visual and multimedia literacy.
• Provides students with a competitive and compelling voice.
• Helps students write more effectively.
• Encourages self-directed, self-motivated learning experiences.
• Teaches technology, information, and visual literacy.
• Allows students to learn and present in their individual learning style
• Learning taking place at the upper level of Bloom’s Taxonomy.
• Addresses Texas Technology Application TEKS, specifically under the communication strand.
• Encourages cross-curricular learning.

Ref: http://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7021.pdf

A picture is worth a thousand words

Do you agree with this Adage? Let's see this following video that my school used to present new Assumption Collge Rama II Campus". This will give you the idea on what I would like you to know about Digital Storytelling and share your idea.