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Digital Story Telling
Mark Quinn
Overview of Discussion
• We will look at these four technologies as a basis to using in the classroom and reasons why to choose them:– Blogging– Photography– Audio Production (Podcast)– Video Production (Vidcast)
Blogging
• Blogging is the core starting point of digital story telling.– Consider the following blogging platforms:
• http://wordpress.com/– Allows self hosting on your own server as well as company
hosting
– Can be very customized, even to the point of serving as a website with little coding knowledge.
• www.blogger.com – Owned by Goggle and requires an account.
• Posterous– New service that allows social media flexibility
Blogging: An Overview
• Blogging by Common Craft:– http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NN2I1pWXj
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Classroom Use
• A blog gives a web publishing location that can serve as a linking point to all other content. They are very flexible in how they can be used.
• Blogs are primarily text driven, quickly searchable. Comments can be left to allow students or greater school community to critique or share additional views.
Photography
• The old adage “A picture is worth a 1000 words”. Do you believe it?
• Combine a photograph with a well written story on your blogs to communicate even more.
• Consider assigning a photo essay about a topic as a way to brainstorm writing ideas as a differentiation in a lesson.
Is an Image Worth 1000 Words or just the right one at the right time?
General Rules to Photography
• Learn to See The Light– Shoot with the light off to a side. This adds depth to
an image.
• Perspective– Focus on the subject of your image.– Make it different than everyone else sees it
• Get close, then get closer.– Faces, Eyes, Details all make good images
• Presentation– Add a frame for a polished look
Editing
• The industry leader in photo editing is Photoshop. The price, complexity, and computer requirements prohibit many from editing their photos.
• Cloud computing is changing that:– http://fotoflexer.com/
• Loads in browser and works around many firewall issues.
Podcasting
• Learning to work with audio can open a whole new dimension to your classroom– Interviews– Students tell their own story– Share your story with any size audience.– Give the writing process a tangible example
• Common Craft Summary Video– http://www.commoncraft.com/video/podcastin
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Steps to Podcast
1. Plan Writing Process - Storyboarding
2. Original Content.
3. Get to The Point.
4. Consistency.
5. Articulate Words.
6. Optimize Podcasts.
7. Listener Expectations.
8. Archive.
Online Audio Editors
• The link below lists an article with a good summary of 7 online audio editors:
• http://www.effware.com/content/top-7-free-online-audio-editing-tools
• If you are looking for more complex editing, consider Audacity. Requires a download, but is free.
• http://audacity.sourceforge.net
Podcasting: Getting Started
• This discussion is captured from an article on my podcasting blog:
• http://markquinn.net/blog5/2010/08/05/the-10-steps-to-making-a-podcast/
Video
• “A photo captures a moment in time, video captures time itself.”
• Video is king of digital story telling took kit.
Camtasia
• Quick and Easy video production from movie clips, and images.
• http://www.techsmith.com/camtasia.html?gclid=CPix3M-_hKwCFUJrKgodC2tR-Q