Digital storytelling involves weaving together various digital media such as images, music, narrative, and voice to tell a story. It is a modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. The process of creating digital stories engages students and makes learning active rather than passive. Digital storytelling can be used across subject areas to give writing new purpose and engage visual and auditory learners. It follows typical stages of pre-production, production, and presentation and can be assessed based on content learned, technology skills, and creativity.

1. Digital Storytelling Midge Frazel, M.Ed., Presenter http://www.midgefrazel.net “ Digital Storytelling is the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling. Digital stories derive their power by weaving images, music, narrative and voice together, thereby giving deep dimension and vivid color to characters, situations, experiences, and insights. Tell your story now digitally.” - Leslie Rule, Center for Digital Storytelling

2. Subject to Change Educators Guide to Digital Storytelling

4. Video Narration Photo Music Anatomy of Digital Storytelling Text

5. Digital Story Time! Visit Historic Watch Hill, Rhode Island

6. Focus Areas of Digital Storytelling 4 Learning Teaching Family Community

12. Digital Storytelling Stages Pre-Production Production Presentation Assessment & Reflection 1 2 3 4 4

19. Resources

20. Unit Idea

24. Headsets and Camcorders Plantronics USB Foldable Headset About $ 36.00 from Amazon.com www.plantronics.com Flip Video Digital Camcorder About $125 from Amazon.com www.theflip.com/

26. Flickr Photo Hosting Web Site

27. Picnik Photo Manipulation Web site

29. Photo Story 3 (Windows)

32. Movie Maker 2 (Windows)

33. iMovie (Macintosh)

34. iMovie (Macintosh)

35. Scrapblog

38. Tony’s Movie Making

39. Digital Copyright Slider

40. YouTube

41. Vimeo

42. TeacherTube

43. http://kids.familytreemagazine.com/kids/

44. Links to the Past

45. LifeSnapz