After reading the article, "Telling Tales with Technology", check out the list of resources at the end. Choose one of the links to peruse through and report back on what the site presented. What sample stories did you view? What educational resources did you find to take back to your classroom/workplace? Since there are 10 of you, and 8 sources, we suggest that you read the comments first to see who commented on what site, and then pick one that was NOT discussed yet.
This may take a bit of time, so plan accordingly. The Scott County link doesn't work, but if you 'google' it, you can find the site.
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ReplyDeleteDigital Storytelling in the Scott County Schools
On the left side there are links that show the process Scott County went through as they became involved in digital storytelling. I looked through the Dana Atchley stories and watched the “world of coca cola” about the store in Vegas(which even has it’s own digital storytelling theatre in the store). There was another one about coca cola collectors and one about a man whose good luck charm was a bottle of coca cola. Dana Atchley seemed to specialize in creating digital storytelling for different venues and purposes like a digital postcard one that was cute (down under).
The Dana Atchley site was how the Scott County site was started. They were trained by trainers from the Center for Digital Storytelling. There are examples of stories that the teachers who were trained did. There’s a good one about an art teacher who taught in a prison. I was struck by just how many different ideas can make a digital story.
The next section on the site had stories done by the students. There is a cute one done by a third grader called “practice makes perfect”. There are a few about Sept. 11 and heroes. The art teachers in class might like the one about Art Education. The “what is love” one is a cute one where they used the kid’s photographs and narrative to tell the story. The story and narrative in the “does the mom know best” one is amazing, honest and touching, especially coming from a child. The ones that I felt were examples that my students could do were the first grade vowel one, “what is love”, and the favorite holiday one.
I think that the quality of writing you would receive by students who were given the opportunity to make their story into a digital one would be amazing and so motivating. I loved all of the examples. The teacher relection video tells of how a second grade started a digital storytelling club and how they made it work. There is a link to kid vid which has some resources about video production for kids. The Scott County site also has a good list of resources for a teacher including a sample permission slip. Overall, cool resources and great ideas.
Sue
I perused the Center for Digital Story Telling site. This site is a non-profit site designed to train and assist people in using digital media, research organization, project development and digital media to tell meaningful stories of their lives. The site has spanned globally for 15 years. While on the site you can link to the open workshops the CDS offers –educators workshops specifically designed for k-12 classroom teachers most held in California.
ReplyDeleteI viewed a dozen or so stories on the site. Most of the stories were VERY depressing. Sofas, a child who lost his parent grew up with his grandma until the age of 13. She passed away then he began to live in a shelteer then on the streets on a sofa. Untitled, about a 23 year old man who is giving away his belonings because he wants to kill himself. I did however get to 2 that I really did feel were spiritually inspiring Limbo and Healing. There were not any that I feel I could use in the classroom as examples for my students. The site does have the stories organized by categories which I thought was really a good way to be able to view them.
One resource I would take back to my classroom would be the The Digital Storytelling Cookbook the manual CDS uses for their workshops. I believe we talked about this in class already. I will defiantly print this off at school tomorrow. Inside they do a great job of going over the 7 elements. Talk about how to down load music step by step and so on …. Excellent resource..kel
Julie Niezwaag:
ReplyDeleteThe link I perused was www.digitalstories.org. I found this to be a VERY informative site. It was very easy to navigate through. This site was created by Bernajean Porter, she is a writer, speech and debate coach, and digital storytelling guide. Bernajean Porter offers workshops and camps for people interested in learning about digital stories. Ms. Porter uses her gift of teaching story telling using technical tools to help her student’s incorporate images, graphics, music and sound to compliment their stories in a more creative way so they can share themselves, families, ideas, and experiences with others. This gives the author’s audience a new way to communicate a part of themselves with others around them.
The site is full of samples of digital stories, resources, ideas, and so much more. I highly recommend anyone to visit this site…..Again, this site has a nice layout.
The educational resources I plan to take back to my classroom are some of the resources and examples of digital stories.
There were so many wonderful stories I viewed – The stories I viewed all had a narrative and were very well done. All of the stories I viewed had a strong story foundation before they even tackled the technical aspect - the technology helped convey the story in a more powerful way.
The sample stories I viewed:
Flowers for the Living:
Story on how in 2nd grade a teacher touched a boy’s life. When the boy grew up he searched out his 2nd grade teacher to thank her.
Finding Cesar:
Story about a mother who was in search of her son’s birth parents in Guatemala
My Dream Car:
A man who compared a BMW to his baby son who was born on Dec. 28 (Blake Michael Wiles)
I looked at what others chose and I went to www.digitales.us. I watched and listened to Naughty but Nice first. It was interesting. The voice was very natural. Pictures were very appropriate. Was this a site for cognitively disabled people? I tried to listen to many other stories that seemed interesting like Ahhhh and Drumming but it always said Site not available. Try again later. I will try to catch a few more before class tomorrow but I might not have time.
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I looked at the blog site of Tom Banaszewski. He teaches digital storytelling to middle school kids. He created a template for them to use with the steps of a project, as well as provided them with a sample finished movie so they could see where they were headed. I like this idea in theory, but I think that the students need to make up the template themselves, this cuts out the planning stage of the movie process, which is important to flesh out the movie. He also had the students blog as they went, which gave him time to give feedback. Again, I like this idea in theory but in reality...who has the time to comment on all those student blogs?! His website had lots of links to DS websites, some worked and some did not. I tried to get to the templates for his worksheets on his wiki but could not, I would like to see what those templates looked like so I will try later from another computer! I would like to use them or adapt them with my middle schoolers. He certainly seems to have a love for digital storytelling that he wants to share.
ReplyDeleteI watched the story of Gordon's proudest moment. It was good for a 6th grade boy, telling about his proudest moment of winning a gold medal in table tennis. No music or major special effects, but his voice and the images created strong imagery. His blog was linked, the story he read on his movie was written in the blog first.
I first had to look at the Scott County site because my sister lives in Georgetown, KY! I then examined Sara Armstrong’s site. I’m amazed by the fact that someone can be a Digital Storytelling consultant! She specializes in several areas of technology, but she basically visits schools, businesses, and private individuals to train them in incorporating technology into their professional and personal lives. She has published three works, two which focus on digital storytelling. Her sample story did not work, but it was created in the early days of digital storytelling, 2003. Her site provided many interesting links. I was moved by the stories in the My Hero Short Film Festival. It’s similar to what the Scott County schools are doing. I looked at a young man’s dream of going to space and the astronauts he admires. Teachersfirst.com also is an amazing site with lesson plans integrating technology into all subject areas and grade levels. As I read these sites, I go back and forth from feeling inadequate to inspired. I think focusing on one element to bring into my personal life and one element to apply to my teaching will make it all seem feasible!
ReplyDelete~ Eden
I decided to look at the Techszewski site. Mr. Techszewski is a teacher who loves to go to techie conferences and spread the geek. If you have a Mac he put a bunch of links in one blog telling where resources are for Mac users.
ReplyDeleteI looked at a site he suggested called learnscratch.org. Itis a site that is a tutorial on using the program to create animations. I thought this was pretty cool, unfortunately, in order for me to try it out I would have to do several downloads and I don't have the time as it is already 10 pm. Hopefully, if I get some free time at school tomorrow I am definately going to check it out. Looks like fun!
He talked about a template to help students with their imove or movie maker projects, however I couldn't locate them on his site. I would be interested to see this.
He also includes links to a lot of sites, some of which are included in our handouts and articles and the Salpeter article. Agian, being on dial-up I couldn't look at any end products, download times.... I will try to view them at work tomorrow.
Techszewski wrote an article discussing his success with digital story telling in the classroom. He refered to his 4th and 5th graders becoming story tellers, even writers. And one piece of inormation that I second was "time tables and due dates don't work" with the younger students because they struggle with navigating the technology
I loved the enthusiasm of this educators and plan to explore more on his site!...Julie M
I went to jasonohler.com. I found this site to simple and refreshing. Considering I feel like I am on information overload, this site seemed to be easy to navigate and summed up questions quickley. The main idea that I found helpful was the concept of DAOW (Digital Art Oral Written). This concept explains why the oral part of digital story telling is so important and how the art becomes important to the oral. This section goes on to tell why the teacher is so important in the instruction of digital story telling. It tells about engagement vs. critical thinking and stories vs. reports.
ReplyDeleteThis section had a lot to over, but I think the most important was the fact that digital story telling has a purpose and a focus...it not just pictures to music. I'm sure given more time in a day, I would find that the other sites over great information as well. I would recommend going to this site for straight to the point information.
Paulette
I went to storycenter.org
ReplyDeleteI like how the web organized
i watched two stories, Iwent to some of there Resource site was verygood Resources, andI likethe way how they use the media for those two stories Iwatched, and I think its helpful for makeing digital story to go this web site to see some example