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"Quite simply, digital storytelling is the act of using computer-based tools (desktops, laptops, tablets, cameras. and even smartphones) to tell a story. Used in the classroom, it is a lens that teachers and students can use to master the craft of storytelling and argumentative analysis. Digital storytelling might incorporate anything from storyboarding to script writing, revision, production and further editing."
Beth Dichter's insight:
Digital storytelling is a great way to introduce students to many skills. Students can learn how to create story boards, edit and revise their writing, select a digital tool and create a product. This post from Edudemic provides a guide that you may find useful if this is new to you. After introducing digital storytelling the post provides ten lesson ideas as well as additional resources. There are a few suggestions I would add to this list. One, the tool xtranormal, which is referenced in the second lesson idea, is currently not available. However, the good news is that another company has purchased the company and it will return. For younger children a good tool to help create a digital story is Little Bird Tales. The website Storybird is also a great tool to check out and they provide amazing images that students may use to create their story. This site may be used with younger students as well as students in high school. 
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This infographic has many ThingLinked activities and resources. To get to them click through to the post. The infographic includes five pieces of support material, including over 60 SAMR examples and resources. There are also four questions that may help you determine if the technology is an enhancement or transformative. One is below. * Does the technology/tool allow for collaboration (e.g. within a school, district, state, nation, globe, experts, PLN)? This post is chock full of information as well as introducing the new acronym SASSY (see infographic above).
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Learn how to use research to develop keywords to guide the pre-production process in part two of our storytelling workshop series with Stillmotion.
Beth Dichter's insight:
This is the second video of four that describe how to "write" a story that you will be filming. From this page you will be able to find the first of the four and links to the additional two. * People: Who is in the story? * Place: Where does the story take place? * Purpose: Why should anyone care about this? The second video discusses the need to do research and to find keywords that relate to People, Place and Plot. The third video moves on to the final preparation work that needs to be done before filming. The fourth video brings it together and provides a link to worksheets that you can download and use. If you are introducing storytelling to your students, or doing it yourself for the first time these videos provide a background that will help make your project successful.
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If you’ve got a story to tell, there’s never been a better time to find ways in which to enrich your work with digital storytelling.
Beth Dichter's insight:
After starting with a brief history of storytelling this post provides great resources as it explores digital storytelling in primary and secondary education, for higher education, for business and creative professionals, and storytelling for a new generation. In the section for primary and secondary education you will find links to great resources at the University of Houston which has a site dedicated to "educational uses of digital storytelling" as well as a site from the National Writing Project that provides many resources. A number of resources are also available in the section on higher education as well as as the section for business and creative professionals, which also suggests several Web 2.0 tools you might use to tell your story.
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Beth Dichter's insight:
This post from Mark Gleeson provides a great overview of Meograph, a fairly new Web 2.0 tool that allows you tell stories using images/videos, text, maps and a timeline, or as Gleeson states the "who/what, when, and where." In addition Gleeson takes the time to describe how to use the tool in words as well as a video, and also discusses some of the issues that he experienced. The Meograph website is geared to journalism and education. The education section states that the benefits of the site include "making learning fun with interactive content, easy for students to create their own projects, and perfect for history, literature and more." To go directly to the education site click http://www.meograph.com/education.
Noelia Sarabia's curator insight,
January 14, 2013 12:06 PM
aún en fase beta y con algunos detallitos, pero una herramienta interesante para quienes gustan de acompañar sus clases con narraciones 
Carol Thomson's comment,
March 22, 2013 9:34 AM
sadly doesnt work with ie which we have to use in school
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Storytelling allows us to make connections. We often turn to stories as a tool to teach (and reach) our students. "Stories bring information, knowledge, and truth to life." This post provides 30 great tips to help you engage your students with stories. A few of them are listed below. Within the post each tip comes with additional information. * You must have a hook in your opening * Use vivid language that kids can understand * Tell the truth, even when it's difficult * Appeal to their senses * Draw real world connections
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Twelve of the Pixar's Rules for Storytelling illustrated through the use of Legos...this may pull students into a discussion that might not happen with the infographic which lists all twenty-two.
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Qwikstory is a social network site that lets users create stories 1000 characters at a time. "The site provides great opportunity for use in educational environments in which classrooms can collaboratively and virtually work on concepts like writing. McFadden adds the site is also a good opportunity for non-English speakers to practice their reading and writing skills in a more connected manner. ...The story threads can also be made private and only accessible if invited by the creator."
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"Oh Noah!, (formerly known as Noah Comprende) is designed to teach Spanish to children ages six to eight through animated videos with embedded games that help build vocabulary. In each three-minute video, a misunderstanding launches a comic misadventure. Kids learn language better when they can put it into meaningful context. Although – like Noah – they may not understand all the Spanish dialogue, kids can comprehend the story told through rich visual storytelling, much like a silent movie."
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Reboot Stories uses experimental education projects to keep kids in low-income areas engaged with learning. "Harnessing storytelling, technology and design science to form an innovation engine for digital literacy, cross-generational learning and social change." This article is from Mashable. To go directly to the Reboot Stories website: http://rebootstories.com
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The Plot Diagram is an organizational tool focusing on a pyramid or triangular shape, which is used to map the events in a story. This mapping of plot structure allows readers and writers to visualize the key features of stories.
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Storytelling Timeline built in Javascript. This new tool allows you to pull in media from different sources. You can create a Timeline by filling in a Google spreadsheet, or use JSON (which provides a more detailed timeline). It is an open source project, free to download, and provides best practice to use (as in keep it short, pick stories with a strong chronological narrative, and include events that build up to major occurences). There are also many examples to view.
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A creative studio space to explore storytelling and the moving image. Download free video, images and sound and upload your own media. Create your own storyboards and share them online.
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"Stories have captivated us as a species since the dawn of man. Through stories, we have passed on traditions, remembered the past, and carried information across the millennia. And it's not just our ancestors who harnessed the power of stories, either. Stories still work to reach people, which is why we see businesses turning to the power of storytelling in branding efforts, marketing campaigns, corporate strategies, and even eLearning courses and business presentations."
Beth Dichter's insight:
How can we engage eLearners? How about using storytelling techniques. Stories engage us and they will also engage students. This post explores this, providing an infographic as well as discussing the power of stories before moving on to explore ways to bring storytelling into eLearning. There are six components that are discussed: 1. Know your audience. 2. Use a structure. 3. Appeal to emotions. 4. Intensify the story with visuals. 5. Make the stories relevant to the course. 6. Pay attention to detail. As always additional resources are linked to in most of the six components with more at the end of the post. The components shared in this post also apply to teaching in a face2fact classroom, or blended classroom. As you work on new lessons this year consider using these components to help design the lesson.
niftyjock's curator insight,
August 24, 2014 6:16 PM
Once upon a time... Narratives are a great way to get information across. 
Jo Blannin - The Know Tech Teacher's curator insight,
August 25, 2014 8:00 PM
Do you work with older students? Then you will enjoy this article about storytelling in learning. Great for introducing studnets to the need to structure online presentations as well as traditional, writing tasks. Reading a good online presentation (from TED maybe) and then asking students to map the presentation to the story outline in this article will reinforce this learning for them. Let me know if you give this a go - I've done similar activities with videos and story structures in primary schools and the students loved investigating the hidden structure!
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Let's talk about the power of visual communication and the age of infographics. Here's why infographics are so appealing and popular.
Beth Dichter's insight:
The statistics in this video appear to be accurate to me based on an infographic that was published earlier this year. You can find the infographic with commentary by Mark Gleeson on this Scoop.it (search infographic and look for July 2013) or you can go directly to his post for more information at http://mgleeson.edublogs.org/2013/07/14/2760/.
Ruedi Grob's curator insight,
August 2, 2013 6:22 AM
Visuelle Reize sollten vermehrt und besser genutzt werden! 
Sue Alexander's curator insight,
August 3, 2013 11:09 PM
Great information about the power of visual communication. Artists since the dawn of man have known and used this power; technology raises the bar. 
Kimberly House's curator insight,
August 11, 2013 7:30 AM
Tap into the power of visual learning! I love infographics and I'm happy that they are becoming more and more plentiful and easier to find.
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From structure and plot to heroes and characters, your story must have everything in place if it's to connect with the reader. Follow our guide to storytelling success.
Beth Dichter's insight:
If storytelling is part of your curriculum you should check out this infographic (and share it with your students). It provides a quick visual to help recall the seven steps of storytelling, with ideas for each step. The first step, Understand Your Story, is show in the graphic above. The additional steps are (each of which have additional information): * Choose Your Plot * Choose Your Hero * Choose Your Characters * Observe the "Rule of Threes" * Choose Your Media * Observe the Golden Rule (and is not the traditional Golden Rule)
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This post from Shelly Terrell focuses on tools and apps to help learners create storybooks.She states "Stories give learners a context for knowledge gained and a way to visualize concepts and ideas. Educators can use storytelling to teach any subject and engage students. In addition, teaching our learners to be great storytellers helps give them confidence because they are allowed to be creative and share a part of themselves." Seventeen web tools are discussed as well as seven apps. She also provides links to a recent webinar that provides lesson ideas as well as additional tools that help with storytelling. Storytelling is an art, and they help our learners understnad the world in new and different ways. If you would like your learners to be creating stories using technology this post is worth checking out!
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Storytelling is one of the most overused and underused techniques at the same time. In this post, we are revealing what storytelling does to our brains. Long before we had writing as we know it there has been an oral tradition of storytelling. This post looks at the science around storytelling. Learn about how a story "can put your whole brain to work" and why "our brains become more active when we tell stories." Find out why the brain "learns to ignore certain overused words and phrases" and much more. If you enjoy telling stories, writing stories, or listening to stories check out this post to learn more!
Audrey's curator insight,
December 19, 2012 4:15 PM
Just think about all the schemas (pockets of information) we have for everything we do. Even though we have never taken part in many activities, we could easily build plausible stories based on those schemas and even devise theories, which may be testable. This is imagination which is one example of brain power, audrey@homeschoolsource.co.uk 
44Doors's curator insight,
March 11, 2014 10:27 AM
"Anything you’ve experienced, you can get others to experience the same. Or at least, get their brain areas that you’ve activated that way, active too:"
"use simple, yet heartfelt language." "Quick last fact: Our brain learns to ignore certain overused words and phrases that used to make stories awesome"
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"Looking for a fresh way to create rich educational presentations? Meograph helps users create and share uniquely dynamic interactive projects, incorporating Google Maps and Google Earth to generate a story time line, which can be enhanced with images, video clips, text, audio narration, and links for more in-depth information." This is in Beta release, but you may sign up for an account. Currently it only works in Chrome but they say that versions for Firefox and Safari will be available.
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![Pixar’s 22 Rules to Phenomenal Storytelling [INFOGRAPHIC] | Eclectic Technology | Scoop.it](https://img.scoop.it/i_j248FFbvRV33HyvgFsTjl72eJkfbmt4t8yenImKBVvK0kTmF0xjctABnaLJIm9)
We've said it before: we love Pixar. Their stories are original, funny, and appeal to all audiences. They're masters. That's why Jess and I got excited when we saw Pixar's 22 rules to storytelling. An infographic plus the rules for storytelling in text form!
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"Our new video series goes inside the classrooms of educators who use technology tools in their lessons every day. Learn from their challenges, celebrate their successes, and share their resources in every episode." Current episodes include: * Free or Low-Cost Technology Tools * Video Games and Programming in the Classroom * Storytelling with Digital Video Production (video coming in July; resources posted) Along with a video there are resource links to additional materials.
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The Web site Figment—founded by Lewis and New Yorker staff writer Dana Goodyear in 2010—gives young writers a forum to freely publish their work. The site now boasts more than 220,000 registered users and has stocked a library of more than 350,000 individual pieces, ranging from reflective poetry to multi-chapter novellas. “Our mission is to not take amateur writers and make them pros,” he said. “We don’t want to set up a hierarchy. We just want these young writers to see how empowering it is to be able to share your ideas.”
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As educators, administrators and all those with a stake in education ponder, reflect, consider and urge a change in educational frameworks, there are other social changes happening as well. "Never have human beings had so much open contact with others throughout the world on a 24/7 basis, yet at the same time, they are increasingly isolated in their urban environments. Nevertheless, there are connections." A thought provoking article that looks at trends in education, types of networks that exist today and how their impact, and much more.
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When students create a movie or interactive slide show to tell their story, learning becomes personal.
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This site has a wealth of resources on ways to tell a story using Web 2.0 tools, a story that has "more than one type of media (images + text, audio + images) that are assembled on the web... You will find links to many resources, including video clips, slideshow tools, storybook tools, comic tools, audio tools, map tools and much more!
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