Digital+Storytelling

Digital storytelling can help students acquire vocabulary, practice communication skills, and express their own views in any target language. Digital storytelling reaches more students with a diverse set of learning styles and a larger audience. Create original artwork on your Promethean board to use to illustrate the stories and/or record the stories with student voices using the Promethean recorder.

Process for Creating a Digital Story (Lauren Rosen)
 * 1) Select a topic. Storyboard the idea.
 * 2) Research and save any images, audio, and other content you will incorporate
 * 3) Choose how you will present it and the tools needed.
 * 4) Prepare your script.
 * 5) Enter your content into the tools and save.
 * 6) Post your story to reach a broader audience.

Resources for digital stories
 * Tools you might already have
 * iMovie
 * MS Photo Story
 * MS Movie Maker
 * Slideshow and Image tools
 * Poster creators
 * Timeline makers
 * Comic creators
 * @http://www.dipity.com - creative an interactive timeline that displays photos, videos, news and blogs
 * @http://www.ourstory.com
 * @http://xtimeline.com
 * @http://glogster.com
 * @http://www.stepeflix.com
 * @http://www.animoto.com
 * @http://www.voicethread.com
 * @http://storify.com
 * How to use Google Earth - @http://tbarrett.edublogs.org/2008/12/01/google-earth-is-our-paper-part-5-a-week-in-review/
 * @http://www.myplick.com

Create flipbooks or comics to tell your story
 * @http://storybird.com
 * @http://simplebooklet.com
 * @http://littlebirdtales.com
 * @http://www.kerpoof.com
 * @http://makebeliefscomix.com
 * @http://www.xtranormal.com
 * Bitstrips – described as the YouTube for comics where you can make your own avatar and create comic strips! @http://www.bitstrips.com/
 * Pixton - Pixton introduces the world to Click-n-Drag Comics™, a revolutionary new patented technology that gives anyone the power to create amazing comics at http://www.pixton.com
 * Witty Comics – make a comic at @http://www.wittycomics.com/