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Agenda
Digital storytelling projectsAdvantages Students’ speaking skillsRationaleAssessmentChallengesExample
This questions can be divided into two sub-questions:
What is a project? A planned set of interrelated tasks to be executed over a fixed
period and within certain cost and other limitations. (Business Dictionary)
What is digital storytelling (DST)? The practice of combining still images with a narrated soundtrack
including both voice and music (Robin, 2008).
What are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster -----------
inquiry and ----------thinking while students work toward ---------possible resolutions to --------challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of --------stories.
Enhancing – authentic – digital – producing –critical –deep
So what are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster deep
inquiry and ----------thinking while students work toward ---------possible resolutions to --------challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of --------stories.
Enhancing – authentic – digital – producing –critical –deep
So what are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster deep
inquiry and critical thinking while students work toward ---------possible resolutions to --------challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of --------stories.
Enhancing – authentic – digital – producing –critical –deep
So what are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster deep
inquiry and critical thinking while students work toward producing possible resolutions to --------challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of --------stories.
Enhancing – authentic – digital – producing –critical –deep
So what are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster deep
inquiry and critical thinking while students work toward producing possible resolutions to authentic challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of --------stories.
Enhancing – authentic – digital – producing –critical –deep
So what are DST Projects?
Open-ended investigations intended to foster deep
inquiry and critical thinking while students work toward producing possible resolutions to authentic challenges. Students present their ideas in the form of digital stories.
So what are DST Projects?
The Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy
Video
Voice
Photo
Music
Digital Stories
Text
1. Point of view: the main point 2. Dramatic question: the key question 3. Emotional content: writing that will take hold of audience 4. The gift of your voice: narration of the text5. Soundtrack: thoughtfully selected sounds and music 6. Economy: a small number of images or video and a fairly short text7. Pacing: the rhythm of a story and how slowly or quickly it moves
Joe Lambert coined the Seven Elements of Effective Digital Stories (2007, p. 9- 19):
About Digital Stories
From individual to collective narratives For novice to advanced learners From text, audio to video files From 2-3 to 10-20 minute long From CD to web publishing
Why Digital Storytelling?
Storytelling – We love to HEARHEAR stories
Digital media – We love to SEESEE stories Social media – We love to TELLTELL stories Web publishing – We love to SHARESHARE stories
Power of Digital Media
How to create digital stories?
Five Steps(1) Write your story: drafting, revising and proofreading (2) Find images, sound, audio/video clips
Use of “Creative Commons” site; copyright issues (3) Create a storyboard: Planning a visual story (4) Select a digital tool to record your story
“Photo Story 3”(5) Share your story (e.g., YouTube)
Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3
Narration SoundMusic Narration Sound
Music Narration SoundMusic
Sound Music
Software
PC Photo Story 3Movie Maker
Mac iMovie Other tools
Audacity (audio only)
Photo Story 3
TechnologyTechnologyIntegrationIntegration Reflection
Project-Based
Learning
Diagram by Barrett (2006)
Student Engagemen
t
Digital Storytellin
g
Digital Stories for L2 Learners
• Put students at the centre of learning process• Allow self-expression and creativity • Enhance language skills; writing and
speaking • Use 21st century skills: digital literacy; self-direction;
problem solving
Ohler (2008) states that due to the “interplay between writing, speaking, and listening, digital story telling has great potential to help students learn language” (p. 51).
DST Projects & Speaking Skills
The rationale
1. Write a project challenge that requires deep levels of inquiry.
2. Tailor the challenge to your students’ needs. 3. Students investigate the challenge and propose
a resolution. 4. Students create their digital stories. 5. They present their digital stories to the class. 6. Rubrics are used to assess DSs7. Teacher-student interview
Assessment
Digital storytelling Rubric Teacher-student interview Peer-assessment Reflection
Challenges
Time Management Technology Engagement
Resources Edutopia http://www.edutopia.org/project-based-learning-getting-started-resources
How to Create Simple Digital Stories: http://electronicportfolios.com/digistory/howto.html
A sample storyboard http://www.printablepaper.net/category/storyboard
References Lambert, J. (2007). Digital storytelling cookbook. Retrieved June 23,
2009, from http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf Ohler, J. (2008). Digital storytelling in the classroom: New media
pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Robin, B. R. (2008). Digital storytelling: A powerful technology tool for the 21st century classroom. Theory Into Practice, 47, 220-228.
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