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Digital StorytellingFrom Start to Finish in the L2 Classroom

David L. Smith, Columbus City Schools

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What is Digital Story Telling?

• Telling Stories

• With Words

• and Pictures

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Student Examples

• Low or High tech

• Here’s a Low Tech Digital Story!

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Digital Story as Icebreaker

• Create 3-5 Images that tell a story

• Beginning, Middle and End

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Brief L2 research base for digital storytelling

• Cummins’ Task Difficulty (context embedded AND cognitively demanding)

• Krashen’s Affective Filter Hypothesis

• Swain’s Output Hypothesis

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• Provide authentic opportunities for production

• Engage Learners with technology

• Personal and Powerful

Why I Love Digital Storytelling

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Elements of Digital Story Telling

• Sound & Vision!

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Digital Images

• Digital Cameras

• Scanners

• Video Cameras

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Digital Audio

• USB Microphones

• Digital Recorders

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The Project: Start to Finish

• Preparation, Production and Presentation (Frazel,2010)

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Preparation

• Present the Project or the Problem

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Projects

• Content Area Explorations

• Science, Math, Social Studies, Language Arts

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Storyboards and Scripts

• Rough Drafts

• Plan, plan, plan!

• Task students to explain to cooperative learning groups/teacher

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Storyboards

Draw or List Images Here

Describe Scenes

here

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Scripts

• Workshop

• Formative Feedback

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Production

• Gather Sounds

• Gather Images

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Software

• Inspiration/Kidspiration

• Photoshop/Elements

• Movie Maker/

• Audacity

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Digitizing the World

• Harvest from Internet

• Digital Cameras: cellphones, point and shoots, computers

• Scan, Scan, Scan: Flatbed, Document or your phone

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Image Caveats

• Be Aware of Copyright

• Make sure resolution is minimum 600x480 (800x600 is even better but not too big)

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Video Cameras

• Flip, Hand Helds etc.

• Cell Phones

• Video Cameras

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Video Tips

• Determine your audience and then your resolution

• Try a Green screen

• Use External Microphone

• Light up your “stage!”

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Video Advantages

• Students can “perform” scripts

• Interactivity

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Video Disadvantages

• Technology requirements are higher

• More time consuming

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Hispanic Celebration Digital Storytelling

Project

• Students had to find images and music from their home countries

• Students had to write an essay celebrating their home country

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Questions?

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Thank-you!

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Digital Storytelling Resources

Web Sites:

www.storycenter.orgwww.digitalstories.orgwww.techlearning.com/article/8030http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/digitalstorytelling/www.techlearning.com/article/3536http://wiki.wesfryer.comhttp://creativecommons.orgwww.inspiration.comhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.htmlhttp://www.nextexit.comwww.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.htmlhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/teacherstories.htmlhttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.htmlwww.techlearning.com/article/3536/www.digitales.ushttp://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/res.tips.faqs.htmlwww.sgaconsulting.orgwww.jasonohler.comtech-head.com/dstory.htmtechszewski.blogs.com

Tools:

Adobe.comApple.comKidspiration/Inspiration

Books:

Frazel, Midge (2010-11-10). Digital Storytelling Guide for Educators (p. 19). International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Kindle Edition.

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Digital Storytelling in a Nutshell…

• Introduce and provide many samples in written and digital format of the intended genre in

which you anticipate students will be creating digital stories.

• Understand the Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling (http://www.storycenter.org).

• Discuss, critique, and identify the Seven Elements within the samples selected.

• Share scoring guide (rubric) and provide clarification if needed prior to the start of writing.

• Are your expectations clear? Focus should be the process NOT the product!

• Brainstorm! Students list ideas on paper or using visual mapping software such as

Kidspiration or Inspiration while considering the types of visual images and music (royalty-

free or self-created) to include that will enhance the story.

• Student selects one idea and begins first draft following formatting guidelines of one page,

double space, Palatino font, size 12.

• Student and peers review first draft and student makes revisions.

• Teacher conferences with student about written script regarding purpose and awareness of

audience, as well as depth and complexity of idea, supported by rich and engaging details

for a succinctly written piece.

• Student self-edits and requests additional peer-editing and teacher conferencing.

• Final draft should be able to stand alone as a 'proficient' or 'distinguished' piece, per

Kentucky Holistic Scoring Guide.

• Student creates a storyboard for visualization and sequence of digital story.

• Student uses digital video-editing software to record voiceover. (iMovie, Premiere,

MovieMaker 2, Pinnacle Studio DV, Final Cut Pro, MovieWorks, etc.)

• Student manipulates images with applications such as Photoshop, ImageBlender, Twist,

etc.

• Student adds royalty-free music such as Soundzabound, FreePlay, Sounddogs, and/or

may choose to engage others to create and record unique music.

• Student exports finished digital story as a QuickTime movie, WMP, etc.

• Student saves finished product for inclusion in an electronic portfolio (user folder on

server).

• Written script is submitted as one of the required written portfolio pieces for the KY state

assessment in grades 4, 8, and 12.