digital+storytelling

What is digital storytelling? Digital Storytelling is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else who has ever wanted to be the next Ken Burns or Steven Spielberg. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing. the **[|Center for Digital Storytelling]**describes the [|Seven Elements for digital stories as having 7 components**]
 * 1) Point of View
 * 2) A Dramatic Question
 * 3) Emotional Content
 * 4) The Gift of your Voice
 * 5) The Power of the Soundtrack
 * 6) Economy
 * 7) Pacing

Pre-production is the cornerstone of building a digital story. It is the first stage of producing a video when idea sharing takes place, responsibilities are assigned, and when sketches and text seem to animatedly evolve as the storyboard is written. Therefore, organisation of roles and responsibilities is essential.

[|bubbleshare] - online digital story editor & sharing [|primary access] - web based tool that facilitates personal narrative digital stories with easy links to historical content

[|center for digital storytelling link - what is it?] [|examples of digital storytelling personal narratives]

[|spresent] - online alternative / sharing of PowerPoint presentations [| spresent how-to video from youtube] plenty of other "how to" videos are also on youtube [|sci-fi movie introduction] -what it is & isn't by Western Michigan University prof for his lit class, good example of a digital story to inform

Grandpa - 5th grader's digital story


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