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Digital Storytelling (all)
Digital storytelling is a way to share a story told by using a combination of video, images, voice, and/or music or other sounds. In this course you will learn how to tell a digital story using these elements
Overview
Digital storytelling is a way to share a story told by using a combination of video, images, voice, and/or music or other sounds. In this course you will learn how to tell a digital story using these elements. You will learn how to identify the software most appropriate for your project and hardware. Scripting and storyboarding will be the process tools you will use to plan your digital story. Additional skills to be learned include setting the timing and transitions for your story and selecting or creating sounds, images, and music.
Goals and Products
This online course will enable participants to understand
- how digital stories may be used as teaching tools and learning products
- how to plan a digital story using scripting and storyboarding techniques
- how to recognize and apply copyright regulations when using images and video resources
- locate, select and obtain digital images and /or video clips for use in digital storytelling
- create a digital story
- evaluate a digital story
As a final product, participants will create a multimedia presentation to share procedures and information with students and/or parents at the beginning of school
Format and Requirements
| Session 1 | Using Digital Storytelling to Communicate |
| Session 2 | Pulling a Digital Story Together: Scripting and Storyboarding |
| Session 3 | Assembling and Importing Visual Resources |
| Session 4 | Obtaining and Creating Audio Content |
| Session 5 | Putting it All Together |
| Session 6 | Completing and Refining the Digital Story |
Prerequisites
This workshop is for teachers, technology specialists, curriculum specialists, professional development specialists, or other school personnel. Participants are expected to have regular access to computers. In addition, participants should be proficient with using email, browsing the Internet, and navigating computer files.
