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Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling

Teach Story » Digital Storytelling With the rise of electronic entertainment, we are seeing games reach a very prominent status in everyday life. Modern culture is increasingly dominated by electronics, and the new games that electronics have made possible are compelling creations that suck away huge amounts of time. At such a time of adjustment, it’s a good idea to go back to the roots of games, and think about why they exist in every human culture, why children of all ages play them, and what important role they play in the development of our brains. – From Raph Koster’s Theory of Fun I’ve been to a lot of conferences. The WOW STUFF: Carnegie Mellon Professor Jesse Schell’s talk. Gaming Literacy. Games that support writing development. Scotland’s Consolarium. Games and Simulations. TOOLS for making your own games. There’s much more to review here, but for me it was the ideas that I took away that are most important to share. And now the games. Games for Health Education?

CogDogRoo - StoryTools 50 Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story (return) Note! 50+ Ways is no longer being updated here but over at the new site for 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story-- It has more organizational features and includes ways for you to add content to the site once you join the new wiki. Below you will find 50+ web tools you can use to create your own web-based story. Slideshow Tools Generates content that allows linear playback of a series of images, some with ability to add audio. 2. Upload images from computer or flickr or upload PowerPoint files. 3. "...effortlessly combine photos and video clips with words and music to personalize your story. 4. "RockYou! 5. "Slide lets you use photos and other digital content to publish and discover the people and things that matter to you." 6. 8. Creates horizontal slide shows from flickr sets ) no text or audio.

Digital Storytelling Presentation A great way to begin learning about Digital Storytelling is by watching a digital story. One of my favorites is The Look, created by Craig Jacobson, which presents a personal reflection about how an educator teaches science fiction. The story is told in a humorous and interesting manner filled with little known historical information on the subject and combines still images, film clips and historical resources. Scissors and Polyphoto are digital stories created by British author, photographer and educator, Daniel Meadows, who defines digital stories as "short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart." main

Is Fair Use a License to Steal? Many educators interpret fair use as freedom to use copyrighted materials as long as their use is restricted to instructional purposes. Are they correct in that belief? Not exactly! Copyrights and Copying Wrongs, the first part in the Education World series on copyright and fair use, set out a good rule of thumb for using copyrighted material -- when in doubt, ask permission. There are, as always, exceptions to the rule. The fair use doctrine was created to allow the use of copyrighted works for criticism and commentary, parody, news reporting, research and scholarship, and classroom instruction. Many educators, however, interpret the fair use doctrine as freedom to use any copyrighted materials as long as their use is restricted to instructional purposes. "They are not correct in that belief," said former copyright attorney Nancy Willard. "To determine whether a use is fair requires consideration of four factors," Willard added. The guidelines do not allow users to

Digital Histories jason ohler : Digital Storytelling - DAOW of storytelling The DAOW of literacy in a storytelling environment Digital, Art, Oral and Written literacies- the DAOW of literacy - are crucial for personal, academic and workplace success in the Digital Age and blend very well in a digital storytelling environment. In my digital storytelling workshops we address how oral and written storytelling, as well as storytelling using digital and art skills, are involved in the creation of digital stories, and how all these literacies and forms of storytelling can reinforce each other. Why is oral storytelling important in digital storytelling? Because it is how storytelling began and has endured for millennia. Why is writing important in digital storytelling? Because while writing may not be the final product of a digital story, it is the pathway students must take to create it. Why is art important in digital storytelling? Why is digital literacy important? Digital literacy = using technology effectively, creatively and wisely Media fluency.

Hyperlinked Writing in the Classroom- From Theory to Practice  This is the follow up post to the theoretical Wondering About Hyperlinked Writing. The post ended with Now…on from the wondering, theory and resources…to the practice in the classroom. I am ready to bring hyperlinked writing (and reading) as an important genre into the classroom! Can one just start “throwing” hyperlinked writing” at our students (or teaches for that matter) at any time, at any age? Hyperlinked writing is more than citing your sources, it is a direct manifestation of writing for an audience. A quick check-in with my Common Core Guru, Mike Fisher, author of “Cure for the Common Core“, told me that I was on the right track. You are actually addressing several capacities in what you’re describing: Capacity 3: Students respond to varying demands of audience, task, purpose, and discipline.Capacity 5: They value evidence. It shows the intent to guide the reader to: There are other reasons why we link digital content Why do people link in their online writing? Yarn Blogging Like this:

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