Tips For Digital Story Telling 11/1/2007 By: Jon Orech from Educators' eZine Not too long ago very few educators had ever heard the term "Digital Storytelling" and probably thought that "DST" just meant "Daylight Savings Time." Experts note that "Classic" DST focuses on seven elements for creation: Point of view, Dramatic Question, Voice, Pacing, Soundtrack, Economy, and Emotional Content. Developing Story topics: "You do have something to say" Most young, and even old, people feel that they have nothing extraordinary to tell. Writing the story: "show, don't tell!" Images: "quality, not quantity" When students begin collecting pictures to accompany their story, emotion often overtakes them, and they come to class with dozens, and dozens, and dozens of pictures that all have sentimental value. Digitizing: "Size does matter" To supplement their own pictures, students may search for images online. Storyboarding: "the visual outline" Storyboarding allows students to "structure" their story and "sync" images to words.
Digital Stories « Teaching Teachers Over the past 5 years digital storytelling has become the rage due to a number of intersecting factors. First is the human need to tell stories, it is the way we communicate. Second, the dramatice change in cost and sophistication of technology. Today the level of technology available to the consumer is remarkable. We can all be creators, directors, producers, distributors of media and so can our students – if we let them. Listen to Sir Ken Robinson, knighted for his work on creativity and education, speak about the importance of creativity in education at the 2006 TED Conference (check out some of the other videos from this amazing conference). Telling Tales with Technology 2/15/2005 By: The late Dana Atchley was a performer, an artist, and a storyteller. In conjunction with producer/friend Joe Lambert, he created powerful performance pieces that combined his voice and his insights with old photos, film footage, and anecdotes from his childhood. The result was a multimedia autobiography that was personal and compelling. Inspired by audience response to this work and intrigued by the growing power and ease of digital authoring technology, Atchley and Lambert set out to help others take their own personal stories and turn them into "media mementos." Today, CDS conducts workshops at their site in Northern California and around the country. And then there are the educators. Sara Armstrong, an educator and consultant who speaks about digital storytelling at K-12 events internationally, feels that this approach provides a powerful way for students to personalize their learning. Stories from Scott County Their optimism seems to have been warranted.
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