DigiTales+-+Digital+Storytelling+with+PhotoStory

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====Technology has open the doors to being able to share a story, experience, or thoughts using computer based tools.Digital Storytelling is every bit as powerful as traditional story times. Students are intrigured by the==== opportunity to use their own creativity when they are able to enhance such projects with sounds and images. "Make Your Story Come Alive"

A good story is one that touches people in some way. A good story has to have substance. A good story needs conflict and resolution. A good story creates vivid images. A good story is the story that is perfect for your audience. A good story is not "wimpy" A good story is a story you love and love to tell.


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Note that a Google search for examples of Digital Stories produces more than you can count!!

**//7 Elements of Digital Stories//**
 * Audience** - Stories have a particular audience in mind.
 * Purpose ** - Stories are trying to accomplish a task (inform, educate, entertain, scare, etc.)
 * Content ** - Content must be meaningful. Digital content adds to the story.
 * Voice ** - Stories are told from a specific perspective(s) and uses the tellers voice to enrich the story.
 * Technology ** - Technology is used to extend the story.
 * Connections ** - Good stories connect with the participants.
 * Economy ** - Stories tell enough to get the point across and no more.

=Planning=

Planning is critical to success in developing a digital story.

 * Storyboard your ideas.
 * Write a script for narration.
 * Collect and organize materials/resources/images/music.
 * Combine all in a PhotoStory project.
 * Always cite your sources.

[[file:storyboard4scene.pdf]] [[file:storybook11-v2-vps-extracts.pdf]] [[file:storydevelop-rubric-v3.pdf]]

 * Ideas for Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum **

· Be one of the explorers and tell the story from their perspective · Groups of students tell their version of what happened making connections to the other student’s stories (weaving in the events bringing out the connections) · Compare and contrast current events to historical events · The decades project adapted, but with various “voices” (Each decade needs to find people from that decade to interview and explain significant events) · Meet our community · Looking at our town, how have we changed? · Important people that have shaped our community · Midwest, what is it like to live here? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How does weather affect the way people live, work and play? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Tell the “wild weather stories” from Illinois <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Create a commercial and sell your region to the visitors bureau <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Mr. Mayor you should know this <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Explain how inventions and discoveries are important to others <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Simple machines, how have they changed the world? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Tell the story from the butterfly’s point of view <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Focus on descriptive words or anticipation <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Informational story, follow the monarchs etc. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How have animals adapted? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Tell the story of the fading small farmer <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Challenges then and now <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Technology on the Farm <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Students write stories and then illustrate or act out <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Family tree stories (think about point of view of someone else) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Take a character to court, students are judge, jury etc. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Change the setting, how would it be different today? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Compare and contrast fairy tales from various regions <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Change an ending to a favorite tales <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Bring a set of characters to life and act out the story <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Take a geometry walk and show and tell what you found <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Math is all around the town, really where? Split up in groups and find out <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Explain to others a concept like adding fractions using real life examples <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Act out math problems using various strategies <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How do we stay healthy? (Interview doctors, others) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Story from a different point of view, inside the heart, the opinion of the bones why we all like the circulatory system (tell the story about all working together) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Public service announcement about the importance of sleep, tell from the point of view of a sleepy driver, crabby sleepover breakfast, student in school. Embed science facts. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Nutrition portion size from what we should have to most restaurants, calories have two groups one healthy nutrition other fast food junkies, junkies try to get everyone eat not healthy. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Fitness, who cares? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· History of a sport <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Sell the PE teacher on something new <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Create an Eye Toy ad for the couch potato <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· There are artists everywhere, meet some of our local artists <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Meet the masters <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Our artist changed the world because.. <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· This is how graphics are created on the computer <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Tell stories from the front line <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Moments you will never forget <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Moments you wish you could forget! <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· A piece of literature <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· A picture book <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· An event in history <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Abraham Lincoln is more than a big statue in Washington <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Study and debate issues important to students in the class <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Gathering accurate information on the Internet <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Technology tools then and now <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How we have grown… <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Who were the teachers? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Scan some of the art projects <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Funny things students remember <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How the building changed <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· How has the world changed? <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· New products or changes (see the decade project) <span style="font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; mso-list: Ignore; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontsize: 12.0pt; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore;">· Interview where we hope to go **[]**
 * Social Studies **
 * Lewis and Clark **
 * Historical event **
 * Authentic stories **
 * Our community **
 * Regional or local stories **
 * Science **
 * Inventions **
 * Animals **
 * Farming **
 * Language Arts **
 * Authentic student writing **
 * Fiction **
 * Math Ideas **
 * Specials **
 * Health **
 * PE **
 * Art **
 * General Ideas **
 * Teachers **
 * Re-enact **
 * Technology **
 * Instead of just images of the students as they graduate **

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