About the Facilitator

BY DANIEL CHURCHILLCREATIVE

INTERACTIVE WORKSHOPLEARNING

©2006

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom and Beyond

About the Facilitator

THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG Faculty of Education

Dr Daniel Churchill Assistant Professor

Email: [email protected]: +852.2859.1141Web: http://www.learnactivity.com


About the Workshop What is Digital Storytelling? How to design educationally effective digital

stories with user-friendly technologies? How to implement digital storytelling with

students?


What is Digital Storytelling? New way of expression supported by

capabilities of contemporary technology It supports students’ engagement, creativity,

multimodal thinking & expression, collaboration, project work,…

It lead to development of traditional literacies and digital fluency (new literacies)


Power of New Media The World has changed ---

Powerful Digital Storytelling and other multimedia expression tools and distribution channels in hands of individual

Everyone has an opportunity to tell own story in his or her own way

Loose ChangeLoose Change

The Finns' parody, Star Wreck: In the Pirkinning, was viewed by 3.5 million people in less than two months. They spent very little and used their PCs to create elaborate special effects before putting the results online

Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4757941.stm


Growth of Visual Information


Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4123536.stm

Digital Citizens - "the most informed and participatory citizens we ever had or are likely to have" - represent a critical emerging group for today and tomorrow.

(Source: http://www.wired.com/wired/reprints/digicit.html

)


Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/5020364.stm


Examples Digital Stories by a School Students

Examples of Digital Stories form University of Houston’s “Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling”http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/examples.htm

Some of my students’ Digital Stories[ HK Museum ] [ Wash Your Hands ] [ How to Wake Up in the Morning ] [ What can we teach our kids ] [ Construction of Parallel Lines ] [ Hot to wrap a book ] [ Story of the sad book ] [ Soldering ] [ Puppies ] [ Extracurricular activities in my school ] [ Egypt Trip ] [ My School ]

Interactive Narratives – Professional Digital Stories: http://www.interactivenarratives.org/

Digital Stories bySchool Students


Kinds of Digital Stories Character Stories – explore how we love, who

we are inspired by, our relationships Memorial Stories – memories of people who are

no longer with us. Stories about an events in or lives …adventure

and accomplishment stories Stories about places in our lives Stories about what we do Other personal stories…recovery, love,

discovery storiesSource: Lambert, Joe (2003). Digital Storytelling Cookbook and Traveling Companion. Berkeley: Digital Diner Press. Available at

http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf


Kinds of Digital Stories Personal stories…creating living memories Kinship stories…family stories of who we are Hyper-interactive stories…groups, diverse Personal expression…thoughts, feelings… Myths, legends, tales…past, present, future Expository stories…info beyond words… Persuasive stories…influencing others… Itza wrap…stories of lessons learned… Future vision stories…imagining the future

now….Porter, Bernajean. (2004). Digitales: The Art of Telling Digital Stories. Sedalia: Porter Publications.


Story Development -- Technical

Wave Sound

Add Background Music and Record Narration

Add transitionsAdjust Image Adjust Image


7.7. Deliver StoryDeliver Story

6.6. Export VideoExport Video

5.5. Develop StoryDevelop Story

4.4. Collect MaterialCollect Material

3.3. Design StoryboardsDesign Storyboards

2.2. Conduct ResearchConduct Research

Story Development -- Process

1.1. Select Topic Select Topic

Assemble Material Set Transitions Add Narrations Add sounds Test Prototype Post-production

Assemble Material Set Transitions Add Narrations Add sounds Test Prototype Post-production

Record Interviews Scan Images Take Photographs

& Videos Collect Clipart

Record Interviews Scan Images Take Photographs

& Videos Collect Clipart

Internet – web pages, blogs,…

PC, DVD, CD Rom Handheld Devices

Internet – web pages, blogs,…

PC, DVD, CD Rom Handheld Devices


Storyboarding

What is a Storyboard? Various Examples


Storyboarding


Beneath story: storyboards, story maps, scripts, photos, footage, music, logs, media lists, narratives, treatments…lots of writing “under the radar”…if it ain’t on the page…

Final digital story is just tip of artifact/assessment iceberg…

Assessing Digital Stories of Students

Source: Digital stories, http://www.jasonOhler.com


Creating Digital Story Contemporary Tools allow easy creating of

Digital Stories I recommend Microsoft Photo Story because it

is powerful enough, free of charge and extremely user-friendly

You can also explore possibility to use Windows Moviemaker (also free)


Delivering Digital Story


Free Stuff…


Let’s Try Photo Story Download media from:

http://www.learnactivity.com/ds/ThailandImages.zip

Open Photo Story and let’s begin… You can download and install Photo Story form

Microsoft for free:http://www.microsoft.com/photostory/


Task for YouCreate a digital story on a topic of your

choiceOnly condition is that it must be

something useful for students in your school or employees’ learning in your workplace, …(e.g., instruction on some aspect of subject matter, illustrated synopsis of a novel, instruction on conducting research in library, induction for new employees)


For Further Reading and Research Photo Story Tutorial from The Laboratory for Innovative

Technology in Education: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/PhotoStory3-Tutorials/PhotoStoryTutorial.pdf

Digital Story Cookbook by Joe Lambert

http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf University of Houston’s Educational Uses of

Digital Storytelling: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/

Digital Stories.zip

Here are some more links to interesting Digital Stories and other stuff

Documents

About the Facilitator