Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

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Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling

• Dr. Larry Bedenbaugh
• July, 2008

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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 cant 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 todays
  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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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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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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Some Types ofDigital Stories

• Narrative
• Personal Reflection/Expression
• Work of Fiction
• Academic
• Documentary
• Public Service Announcement
• Interview
• Literary Interpretation
• Advertisement

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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
Petey and the Giraffe
To An Athlete Dying Young
The Canterbury digiTales Project
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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Digital Book Trailers
• Movie-trailer style videos about a favorite
  book
• Goal to entice and attract audience
• Presents central characters, themes, or issues
• Created with some combination of stills, text,
  video, music, soundeffects, and/or student voice

Monster
The True Story of the Three Little Pigs
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Examples ofDigital Storytelling

• Documentaries
• A Sacrifice For You
• Grass Born To Be Stepped On
• 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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Consider This

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

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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

Center for Digital Storytelling
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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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Basic Steps
Idea

• Purpose?
• Type of story?
• Point of view?

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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Basic Steps
Storymap

• Visual Portrait of a Story
• developed by Brett Dillingham, modified by Jason
  Ohler

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Basic Steps
Storymap
Fiona
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Basic Steps
Storymap
Thomas Banaszewski
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Basic Steps
Storymap
Tom Collins
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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Basic Steps
Write

• No matter how sophisticated our technology
  becomes, the future of digital storytelling will
  involve writing and conventional forms of
  literacy.
• Jason Ohler
• Educator Author

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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Basic Steps
Storyboard
Bernajean Porter
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Basic Steps
Storyboard

• Write your script for this scene here and insert
  the picture you are using beside it.

Scott Firenza
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Basic Steps
Storyboard
Scott Firenza
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Basic Steps
Storyboard
David Jakes
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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Basic Steps
Write Some More

• Edit
• Peer review
• Collect offline images sounds

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Basic Steps
Idea
Storymap
Write
Storyboard
Write Some More
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create
Share
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Basic Steps
Gather Resources
Computer Time
Create

• Images
• Background audio
• Voice over
• Peer review

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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

• Individual or Groups (2-3)
• Hardware/Software
• Tutorials
• Storage
• Microphone/Headset

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Scott County Schools
• http//www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitals
  torytelling/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/

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

• Microsoft
• http//www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalph
  otography/photostory/default.mspx
• http//www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemake
  r/default.mspx

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Digital Storytelling Resources

• Apple iLife
• http//www.apple.com/education/digitalauthoring/il
  ife.html

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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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Contact Info

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