What is digital storytelling?
"Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between." - The Educational uses of Digital Storytelling
"Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. Digital stories can vary in length, but most of the stories used in education typically last between two and ten minutes. The topics that are used in Digital Storytelling range from personal tales to the recounting of historical events, from exploring life in one's own community to the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between." - The Educational uses of Digital Storytelling
Types of Digital Stories
The Center for Digital Storytelling has identified three main types of digital stories:
Step 1: Watch & Analyze Digital Stories
Analyzing Digital Stories handout
Personal Narrative Examples
The Center for Digital Storytelling has identified three main types of digital stories:
- Personal Narratives: stories that contain accounts of significant incidents in one’s life
- Historical Documentaries (DocuDramas): stories that examine dramatic events that help us understand the past
- Instructional Stories: stories designed to inform or instruct the viewer on a particular concept or practice
Step 1: Watch & Analyze Digital Stories
Analyzing Digital Stories handout
Personal Narrative Examples
- The Center for Digital Storytelling
- Creative Narrations
- Surfing Personal Narrative (Required YouTube)
- Digitales DocuDramas
- Donner Party Historical Documentary (Requires YouTube)
- Jon Frusciante Red hot chili peppers (Requires YouTube)
Step 2: Create a Storyboard
- What is a storyboard?
- Create your own storyboard: Storyboard handout.
Step 3: Learn about Copyright & Cite Your Sources
NOTE! Search for images that are bigger than 640 X 480. Anything smaller will look grainy and pixelated in your video. Using the Creative Commons Google Image Search, conduct a search for ONLY large images (see pic below).
- Copyright: Am I allowed to use images and music that I find online for my project? Visit the Copyright for Students page to find out.
- Citing sources: Use the Digital Story Credits handout to document every image, sound effect, video, and song that you plan to use in your book trailer. You must include the Digital Storytelling Credits at the end of your video.
- Creative Commons: Scroll down the page to find links to CC images, music, and sound effects
NOTE! Search for images that are bigger than 640 X 480. Anything smaller will look grainy and pixelated in your video. Using the Creative Commons Google Image Search, conduct a search for ONLY large images (see pic below).
Step 5: Upload your video to Google Drive
- Go to Google Drive
- Login to Google Drive using your WPS Username and Password (Username: FirstLast@walthampublicschools.org; Password: set by you)
- Click the big red button that says New and then click File Upload (see below)
