Digital Storytelling Lesson
Digital Storytelling: digital storytelling is the process of taking student writing, typically a narrative, preparing a script from that narrative, and then creating a video based on the script that combines still frame imagery, music, and the students voice to tell the story.
[http://www.jakesonline.org/dstory_ice.pdf]
Essential Question:
How does digital media enhance the stories we tell?
Student Objectives:
Students will be able to:
- Develop a story concept, write a rough draft, edit the story with feedback from classmates, and finally write and type the final script for the movie.
- Express individual, social, and cultural perspectives through story development.
- Research, gather, and organize multiple sources of print and nonprint information — such as photos, print media, drawn images and video found online or at home — in order to deepen understanding and integrate information and ideas across varied sources and content areas.
- Learn about copyrighting issues arising from using print and nonprint sources.
- Combine voiced script, music and images to create a digital movie of their story.
PART 1
Tell me your story! Writing the story
Digital Storytelling Overview –
READ *******************************************************
See Digital Storytelling Cookbook [pg 10-12] Stories about an important person, an event in your life (adventure or accomplishment), or about a place in your life.
7 Elements of Digital Storytelling:
http://atr.k12.hi.us/tutorials/tutorials/digstory/helpelements.htm
WATCH sample movies & discuss ideas ************************
- Mom & Kent
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/trent_t1.mov - Sisters
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/rachel.t1.mov - Movin’ Again
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/renee_t1.mov - Grandpa
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/erica_t1.mov - Piano Lessons
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/piano_t1.mov - A New York Minute
http://www.jakesonline.org/movies/davidjakesSOR.mov - Target – Dream in Color Videos:
http://sites.target.com/site/en/company/page.jsp?contentId=WCMP04-031800 - Collection of Student Videos – Niles Township
http://www.niles-hs.k12.il.us/digitalstories2/studentvideos.html - Examples – Digital Storytelling Web site
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
READ *******************************************************
Story Development & Script writing guidelines –handout
6 elements of a good story (Digital Kids Club)
When you have watched videos and read about how to develop your story:
- Open MS Word and write your story
- Create a folder in your grade folder in the Digital Story folder on the server to save your work.
All word docs, audio, music files, recordings and movie file must be saved to this folder. - Submit your story for peer & teacher review
- Make necessary revisions
- Develop storyboard – use handout or develop in MS Word
If you are working on the “I Am From” poem, see these Web sites for examples:
PART 2
Speak out! Narrating the story
- Intro to Audacity (saving & mp3 format)
- The Power of voice -handout
- Recording your story –handout
PART 3
Get the Picture! Finding and Enhancing Images for Your Movie
- Designing the Storyboard –handout
- Finding and Selecting Images –handout
- Preparing Images for the Movie –handout
PART 4
Put It Together! Combining Pictures with Words to Create Your Movie