Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

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Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

• Larry Bedenbaugh
• Just Read, FloridaK-12 Leadership Conference
• August 2007

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Slates

• Students today cant prepare bark to calculate
  their problems. They depend on their slates,
  which are more expensive. What will they do when
  the slate is dropped and it breaks? They will not
  be able to write.
• Teachers Conference, 1703

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Paper

• Students today depend upon paper too much. They
  don't know how to write on slate without getting
  chalk dust all over themselves. They can't clean
  a slate properly. What will they do when they run
  out of paper?
• Principal's Association, 1815

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Fountain Pens

• Students today depend on these expensive
  fountain pens. They can no longer write with a
  straight pen and nib. We parents must not allow
  them to wallow in such luxury to the detriment of
  learning how to cope in the real business world
  which is not so extravagant.
• PTA Gazette, 1914

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Ink

• "Students today depend upon store bought ink.
  They don't know how to make their own. When they
  run out of ink they will be unable to write words
  or ciphers until their next trip to the
  settlement. This is a sad commentary on modern
  education.
• The Rural American Teacher, 1929

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Ballpoint Pens

• "Ballpoint pens will be the ruin of education in
  our country. Students use these devices and then
  throw them away. The American virtues of thrift
  and frugality are being discarded. Business and
  banks will never allow such expensive luxuries."
• Federal Teacher, 1950

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Technology

• While nobody will ever dispute the importance of
  a good education, meeting the needs of today's
  students has changed dramatically from what it
  was 10 or 20 years ago. Students today are
  exposed to a vast amount of information and
  technology early in their lives. Computers,
  electronic mail, long-distance learning, and the
  Internet have changed the dynamics of education
  here in our region and throughout world.
• Congressman Jerry Moran, 1999

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IRA Position Statement on Integrating Literacy
and Technology in the Curriculum

• The Internet and other forms of information and
  communication technology (ICT) are redefining the
  nature of literacy. To become fully literate in
  todays world, students must become proficient in
  the new literacies of ICT. Therefore, literacy
  educators have a responsibility to integrate
  these technologies into their literacy curricula.

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NCTE 1992Position Statement

• Teaching Storytelling
• Storytelling is relating a tale to one or more
  listeners through voice and gesture.
• Everyone who can speak can tell stories.
• Story is the best vehicle for passing on factual
  information.

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NCTE 2003Position Statement

• Resolution on Composing with
• Nonprint Media
• Encourage integrating multimedia composition in
  English Language Arts curriculum

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NCTE 2005 Guideline

• Multi-Modal Literacies
• The techniques of acquiring, organizing,
  evaluating, and creatively using multimodal
  information should become an increasingly
  important component of the English/Language Arts
  classroom.

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Florida Legislative Rule 6A-5.065

• The Educator Accomplished Practices of the
  Florida State Board of Education
• 12) Accomplished Practice Twelve - Technology.
• (a) Accomplished level. The accomplished teacher
  uses appropriate technology in teaching and
  learning processes.

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Consider This

• We need to prepare our children for a future
  that we cant even describe.
• David Warlick
• Technology Consultant Author

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Consider This

• Tomorrow's illiterate will not be the man who
  can't read he will be the man who has not
  learned how to learn.
• Herbert Gerjuoy
• Psychologist

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Consider This

• Whatever made you successful in the past, will
  not in the future.
• Lew Platt
• Former CEO, HP

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Consider This

• We need to prepare students for their future,
  not our past.

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Consider This

• We need to prepare students for their future,
  not their present.

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Digital Students

• Growing Up Digital The Rise of the Net
  Generation
• Don Tapscott, 1997
• This is the first generation to be bathed in
  bits since birth.
• Because of their access to the digital media,
  todays students learn, work, think, shop, and
  create differently than their parents.

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DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
http//www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
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DSL (Digital as a Second Language)
http//www.apple.com/education/digitalkids/
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Digital Students

• By providing digital students with opportunities
  to learn in ways that satisfy their needs, they
  will be more engaged in the learning process and
  in realizing their potential.

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Consider This

• Same story, same tool
• Same story, different tool
• Different story, different tool
• Bernajean Porter
• Technology Planner Author

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Consider This

• I know only one thing about the technologies
  that await us in the future We will find ways to
  tell stories with them.
• Jason Ohler
• Educator Author

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What is Digital Storytelling?

• There are many different definitions of "digital
  storytelling," but in general, all embody the
  idea of combining the longstanding art of telling
  stories with any of a variety of available
  multimedia tools, including still images, audio,
  video, music, sound, text, animation, and Web
  publishing.

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Consider This

• "A story should be remembered for its soul, not
  the bells and whistles." 
• Bernajean Porter

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Good Digital Stories

• Are Personal
• Begin with a Story/Script
• Are Concise
• Use Readily-available Source Elements
• Include Universal Story Elements
• Involve Collaboration

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Seven Elements of Effective and Interesting
Digital Stories

• Point of View
• Dramatic Question
• Emotional Content
• Gift of Voice
• Power of the Soundtrack
• Economy
• Pacing

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Basic Steps

• Write a short story or script
• Collect images/video
• Import images/video
• Align images/video with script
• Add music and/or voice over

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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Skills Used in and Benefits of Creating Digital
Stories

• Writing
• Speaking and Visual
• Technical
• Personal Development
• Active, Participatory Learners
• Authentic Tasks

• Collaborative
• Creator of Knowledge
• Curriculum Linking/Integration
• Inquiry-based
• Reflection
• Research

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Considerations in Creating Digital Stories

• Student groups (2-3)
• Tutorials
• Resources
• Storage
• Microphone/Headset

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Types ofDigital Stories

• Personal Narrative
• Work of Fiction
• Academic Story
• Documentary
• Public Service Announcement
• Interview
• Alternative Ending to a Well-known Story

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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Multimedia Authors
• Digital Book Trailers
• Personal Narratives
• Digital Documentaries

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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Multimedia Authors
• Create a presentation of student original work
  that includes some combination of music, student
  artwork, graphical interpretation, and/or student
  voice

In The Ocean
September 11
The Canterbury digiTales Project
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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Digital Book Trailers
• Movie-trailer style videos about a favorite
  book
• Created with some combination of stills, text,
  video, music, soundeffects, and/or student voice

Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Documentaries
• Grass Born To Be Stepped On
• A Sacrifice For You
• Tragedy in a Bronx School Yard

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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Personal Narrative
• Acceptance
• Moving Again
• Being Empty Is What You Make It

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Scott County Schools
• http//www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstory
  telling/ds.html

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Digital Documentaries byTeaching Matters
• http//www.atschool.org/digidocs/

Personal Narrative
Informational Documentary
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Digital Storytelling Resources

• DigiTales
• http//www.digitales.us/index.php

Evaluating Projects
Resources
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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Digital Directors Guild
• http//www.ddguild.org

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• University of Houston - Educational Uses of
  Digital Storytelling Resource Page
• http//www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/default
  .htm

Getting Started
Evaluation
Resources
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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Adobe Digital Kids Club Digital Storytelling
• http//www.adobe.com/education/digkids/storytellin
  g/index.html

Classroom Tips
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Storying Around for 21st Century Skills
Getting Started Seven Steps for Digital
Storytelling
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Digital Storytelling Resources

• David Jake
• http//www.jakesonline.org/storytelling.htm

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Scott Firenza
• http//www.lubbockisd.org/sfirenza/

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Jason Ohler
• http//www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Apple iLife
• http//www.apple.com/education/ilife/

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Microsoft Education
• http//www.microsoft.com/Education/default.mspx

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Images
• flickr - http//www.flickr.com/creativecommons
• Pics4Learning - http//www.pics4learning.com/
• FreePhoto - http//www.freefoto.com/
• FreeStockPhotos - http//freestockphotos.com/
• Open Photo - http//openphoto.net/
• Stock Exchange - http//www.sxc.hu/index.phtml

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Sound
• Audacity - http//audacity.sourceforge.net/
• Freeplay Music - http//www.freeplaymusic.com/
• Freesound Project - http//freesound.iua.upf.edu/
  
• ccMixer - http//ccmixter.org/

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Digital Storytelling Demo
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Contact Info

• Larry Bedenbaugh
• FLaRE Center
• UCF - Teaching Academy Suite 403
• 4000 Central Florida Blvd
• Orlando, FL 32816-1250
• lbedenba_at_mail.firn.edu
• http//flare.ucf.edu