| Digital Storytelling Students as Directors of Learning : Digital Storytelling Students as Directors of Learning Jennifer Carrier Dorman
Central Bucks School District |
| Many educators believe in the ‘exceptionality’ of computers, viewing them as instructional talismans that can do for student learning what other reforms cannot. : Many educators believe in the ‘exceptionality’ of computers, viewing them as instructional talismans that can do for student learning what other reforms cannot. “Tools for the Mind” – Mary Burns |
| Technology & Student Learning : Technology & Student Learning This has resulted in the narrow focus on technology at the expense of the more important pillars of learning . . .
cognition,
instruction,
assessment,
and curriculum. |
| We are no longer teaching if what we teach is more important than who we teach or how we teach. : We are no longer teaching if what we teach is more important than who we teach or how we teach. (Carol Ann Tomlinson 2003) |
| What is digital storytelling? : What is digital storytelling? |
| What is digital storytelling? : What is digital storytelling? Digital storytelling is the process of writing about a story, and adding the multimedia elements of voice, imagery, and music to create a visual story. |
| What do students learn? : What do students learn? The process of digital storytelling provides a high-quality learning experience because the learning experience honors the writing process first.
The inclusion of the technology into the process represents a “value-added” approach where the inclusion of the technology extends the learning experience beyond what could be accomplished without technology. |
| Digital Storytelling . . . : Digital Storytelling . . . develops visual and multimedia literacy in students.
addresses the development of the interpretation of digital media and the application of that interpretation to a personal message or story. |
| Digital Storytelling . . . : Digital Storytelling . . . provides students with a competitive and compelling voice by enlarging the boundaries of who students can communicate with and by increasing the depth and power of that communication.
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| Digital Storytelling . . . : Digital Storytelling . . . permits students to recapture creativity, develop it and intensify it, apply it, extend it…
helps students write more effectively by permitting the visualization of the writing, resulting in an additional level of perception that extends the writing process to a place seldom reached. |
| Digital Storytelling . . . : Digital Storytelling . . . provides an authentic personal learning experience- as such; student investment is greatly increased resulting in greatly improved motivation and end product.
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| Digital Storytelling . . . : Digital Storytelling . . . teaches elements of technology and information literacy-students use many different computer applications and must be conversant about locating and managing visuals and video, as well as being able to do so in the context of copyright and fair use.
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| Why implement a digital storytelling program? : Why implement a digital storytelling program? |
| Differentiating Instruction : Differentiating Instruction Digital documentaries and digital storytelling tap into student interests and specific learning profile and allow teachers to customize content, process, & product according to students' readiness with background information and technological proficiencies. |
| I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. : I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand. -Confucius |
| Tell me and I forget. Teach me and remember. Involve me and I learn. : Tell me and I forget. Teach me and remember. Involve me and I learn. -Benjamin Franklin |
| Enduring Understanding : Enduring Understanding We learn. . .
10% of what we READ
20% of what we HEAR
30% of what we SEE
40% of what we both SEE and HEAR
70% of what is DISCUSSED with others
80% of what we EXPERIENCE personally
95% of what we TEACH someone else
--William Glasser |
| Why Digi Docs? : Why Digi Docs? One of the ways to move from data to understanding is to tell the story and make the relevant connections
Students sew the information together in an organized way that forces students to think about the entire body of information |
| Higher-Order Applications : Higher-Order Applications Digital video editing programs are higher-order applications
The nature of digital videos overcomes the limitations of more static demonstration software that can be episodic and disjointed |
| According to Bernajean Porter : According to Bernajean Porter Author of DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories
A documentary uses an abundant amount of primary sources
Multiple points of view are presented
The students make a personal connection and draw from a wider, global view |
| The Steps : The Steps |
| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Select and research a topic
identify topic and resources for research
gather research and maintain a working/annotated bibliography
analyze and select information for inclusion
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| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Prepare for interviews
conduct background research
prepare interview questions
conduct, record, and analyze the interview
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| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Gather media resources
still-frame imagery
video
audio
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| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Tell the story
create storyboard (narrative/script, visual, audio, etc.)
develop “point of view”
identify and cite supporting documentation
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| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Production
create film rough draft
add special media effects, transitions, audiovisual extras, etc.
edit final film
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| The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc : The Steps in Creating a DigiDoc Share the final products
premier films and enjoy the hard work of all filmmakers |
| Assessing a Digital Story : Assessing a Digital Story http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/scoring_guide.php |
| Scaffolding Steps : Scaffolding Steps Stories from one image
Stories from a sequence of images
Stories from a sequence of images with specified persona
Stories from a muted video clip
Stories from a muted video clip or sequence of images with background sound
Stories with student-found images and set narrative
Stories with student-found images and student-created narrative |
| Finding Resources : Finding Resources Gathering media content |
| unitedstreaming : unitedstreaming Professional Development > Best Practices > “Creating Movies with unitedstreaming content” or “Using Images to Make Movies” |
| unitedstreaming : unitedstreaming Search for editable clips
Video .asf files
Audio .mp3 files
Images .jpeg files
Import media into Windows Movie Maker |
| Library of Congress : Library of Congress The Library of Congress has Image Libraries, Video Libraries, and Exhibitions online
http://www.loc.gov/index.html
American Memory Collection contains historic media
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| Internet Archive : Internet Archive Moving Images
Texts
Audio
Educational Resources |
| Creative Commons : Creative Commons Audio
Images
Video
Text
Educational Resources |
| Sound Resources : Sound Resources http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ *
http://findsounds.com/
http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/pir/PIRsfx.html
http://www.garageband.com/charts
http://music.podshow.com/
http://www.podsafeaudio.com/
http://www.archive.org/details/audio
http://naturesongs.com/
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/
http://www.hpol.org/ |
| Getting Started : Getting Started Hardware
Digital cameras for still and video images
Scanners
Microphones
Computers with internal or external video/audio conversion interface devices Software
Video editing software
Word processing software
Image editing software
Internet access |
| Video Editing Software Packages : Video Editing Software Packages iMovie (MAC)
Pinnacle Systems Studio DV
Pinnacle Systems Avid Liquid
Pinnacle Systems Dazzle
Windows Movie Maker
Adobe Premiere
Avid FreeDV
Cyberlink’s PowerDirector
Unlead VideoStudio
Roxio VideoWave
Unlead DVDMovie
FactoryCyberlink’s
Power Producer
Sonic MyDVD
WinDVD Creator
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| Video Editing Software : Video Editing Software Windows Movie Maker |
| Basic Vocabulary : Basic Vocabulary Collection
Project
Movie |
| Moving Between Media Collections : Moving Between Media Collections |
| Project : Project A project contains the arrangement and timing information of audio and video clips, video transitions, video effects, and titles you have added to the storyboard/timeline.
A saved project file in Windows Movie Maker has an .mswmm file name extension.
By saving your projects, you can open the project file later and begin editing it in Windows Movie Maker from where you last saved. |
| Movie : Movie A movie is the final project you save by using the Save Movie Wizard.
You can save a movie to your computer or to a recordable CD, send it as an attachment in an e-mail message, or save and send it to the Web.
The saved movie can be watched in a media player, such as Microsoft Windows Media® Player, or in a Web browser. |
| Rules of Thumb : Rules of Thumb Be sure to keep all your source files in one folder.
If you need to open your project on another computer, you need both your source files folder and Windows Movie Maker project file. |
| Capturing Video : Capturing Video |
| Importing Video Files : Importing Video Files |
| Importing Still Images : Importing Still Images |
| Capturing Images from Video : Capturing Images from Video Use this tool to take a screen shot from a video file. |
| Importing Audio : Importing Audio |
| Editing Projects : Editing Projects Using tools to edit your project |
| Editing a Project : Editing a Project You can use the storyboard/timeline to create and edit projects. The storyboard and timeline both display your work in progress, but each provides a different view of your work:
The storyboard displays the sequence of clips.
The timeline displays the timing of clips.
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| Editing a Project : Editing a Project After you add clips to the storyboard/timeline to create a project, you can do the following:
Rearrange the clips in the sequence you want.
Create transitions between clips.
Add video effects to video clips and pictures.
Trim the clips to hide unwanted segments (on the timeline view only).
Split and combine clips.
Add narration that synchronizes with the clips (on the timeline view only).
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| Storyboard View : Storyboard View |
| Timeline View : Timeline View |
| Video Clips : Video Clips |
| Zooming In and Out : Zooming In and Out To fit the timeline on the screen
On the View menu, click Zoom to Fit.
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| Splitting a Clip : Splitting a Clip Use this tool to split the clip. |
| Combining Clips : Combining Clips |
| Trimming Clips : Trimming Clips Drag the sides of the video clip to trim the length. |
| Trimming Clips : Trimming Clips |
| Transitions : Transitions |
| Video Transitions : Video Transitions |
| Working with Transitions : Working with Transitions |
| Video Effects : Video Effects |
| Video Effects : Video Effects |
| Working with Video Effects : Working with Video Effects |
| Transitions and Video Effects : Transitions and Video Effects Transition Video Effect Two Video Effects |
| Titles and Credits : Titles and Credits |
| Adding Titles and Credits : Adding Titles and Credits |
| Title Before a Clip : Title Before a Clip |
| Title Overlay Over a Video Clip : Title Overlay Over a Video Clip |
| Credit at the End of the Project : Credit at the End of the Project |
| Enter Text : Enter Text |
| Choose Animation : Choose Animation |
| Select Font and Color : Select Font and Color |
| Working with Audio : Working with Audio |
| Audio Options : Audio Options Some of the different audio-related tasks you can perform in Windows Movie Maker include the following.
Narrate the timeline.
Adjust audio levels.
Add audio effects.
Adjust the volume of audio clips.
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| Narrate the Timeline : Narrate the Timeline Narrate the timeline |
| Narrate the Timeline : Narrate the Timeline |
| Alternative Narration : Alternative Narration Instead of recording narration directly into Windows Movie Maker, you can record your narration with another audio editing program and import audio tracks as you would with music files.
Audacity Tutorial |
| Adjusting Audio Levels : Adjusting Audio Levels You can adjust the audio levels between the Audio and Audio/Music tracks (the audio that was captured as part of a video clip on the Audio track, and the audio that was captured or imported and added to the Audio/Music track). Adjusting the audio levels determines which audio will play louder than the other in your movie. |
| Audio Effects : Audio Effects |
| Adjusting Audio : Adjusting Audio |
| Making the Movie : Making the Movie Saving the final project as a movie file that can be shared |
| Save Movie Wizard : Save Movie Wizard |
| Finish Movie : Finish Movie |
| Save to My Computer : Save to My Computer Enter a file name for your saved movie
Choose a place to save your movie |
| Save Movie Wizard : Save Movie Wizard |
| Save Movie Wizard : Save Movie Wizard |
| Save to CD : Save to CD Enter a file name for your saved movie
Choose a place to save your movie
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| Send in E-Mail : Send in E-Mail Enter a file name for your saved movie
Choose a place to save your movie
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| Send to the Web : Send to the Web Enter a file name for your saved movie
Choose a place to save your movie
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| Send to DV Camera : Send to DV Camera Enter a file name for your saved movie
Choose a place to save your movie
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