Emerging Technologies 9/24/06

1. Emerging Technologies9/24/06

2. Digital Storytelling

3. Digital Storytelling • The Digital Storytelling Association defines Digital Storytelling as “the modern expression of the ancient art of storytelling.” • Throughout history, storytelling has been used to share knowledge, wisdom, and values. • Telling a story “digitally” means merging a short narrative, with corresponding audio, and various types of visual media, including photos, artwork, letters, and digital video. • http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Instructional_Technology/Digital_Storytelling • http://www.storycenter.org/whatis.html

4. Capture Wales • Capture Wales – a BBC project to share the richness of life in Wales through stories made by the people of Wales. Ongoing monthly public workshops are held around Wales to help citizens create their own digital stories. • http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/capturewales/

5. Amy’s Choice • True story of a 15-year-old girl who left home to meet in person with a man she first “met” online. It presents a powerful use of voice and media to warn other teenagers of a lesson learned: “You never know who that person (online) is and what he is capable of doing. I was lucky.” • http://www.netsmartz.org/resources/reallife.htm#realamy • http://www.netsmartz.org/

6. Telling Lives • Is a Non-Profit project with the BBC inviting teenagers, World War II veterans, and ordinary people from England to tell their stories. • http://www.bbc.co.uk/tellinglives/

7. Kinds of Personal Stories • Stories About Someone Important • Character stories • Memorial stories • Stories about an Event in My Life • Adventure or travel stories • Accomplishment Stories • Stories About a Place in My Life • Stories About What I do • Other Personal Stories • Recovery Stories • Love Stories • Discovery Stories

8. Stories for Non-Profits • Stories about the organization • Stories about how the efforts of the organization effects people • Donor stories • Community stories • Stories about organization projects • ?

9. Digital Storytelling According to Joe Lambert in his “Digital Storytelling Cookbook and Traveling Companion” document, a good digital story must contain seven elements. http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html • Point of View – Who is the narrator and why is he/she talking to us? • Dramatic Question – Desire, Action – Realization • Emotional Content – What are the emotions associated with your narrative? • The Gift of your Voice – What does your narrator sound like? • The Power of the Soundtrack – What music sets the mood for your story? • Economy – Keep it short and succinct. • Pacing – The rhythm of the story helps set the tone.

10. Digital Storytelling - Process • Developing idea, theme, message, voice, etc. • Scripting • Storyboarding • Digitizing Story Elements • Scanning Images • Editing images with Photoshop • Digitizing Video • Editing Video • Recording Voiceovers • Capturing Music and Soundtracks • Assembling Story Sequence • Output

11. Digital Storytelling • Creative Narrations - http://www.creativenarrations.net/site/index.html • Arizona Adult Education Digital Storytelling Institute – http://www.az-aall.org/AALL/DigitalStories/digital%20index.htm • Gathering of Digital Storytellers 2006 –http://communitydigitalstorytellers.blogspot.com/ • Case Studies - http://www.storycenter.org/casestudies.html

12. Digital Storytelling • Article: The New Community Anthology: Digital Storytelling as a Community Development Strategy – http://www.creativenarrations.net/digital.pdf#search=%22digital%20storytelling%20in%20non%20profits%22 • Article: Digital Tools Easier to Grasp – http://www.ojr.org/ojr/lasica/1034121182.php • DigiTales - http://www.digitales.us/index.php • NonProfits by design: Storytelling and the Brand: A Thousand Words…and Loads of Pictures - http://foundationcenter.org/pnd/npodesign/index.jhtml;jsessionid=3EMPFNWQRWYEDTQRSI4CGW15AAAACI2F • The Elements of Digital Storytelling - http://www.inms.umn.edu/Elements/index.php

13. Digital Storytelling Tools • Software Readers • Quicktime (QT) - http://www.apple.com/quicktime/ • Windows Media Player (WMV) - http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/default.mspx • Real Audio - http://www.real.com/ • Windows Movie Maker - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/moviemaker/default.mspx • Adobe Premiere - http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/ • Windows Photo Story 3 software - http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx • Apple iMovie - http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/ • Apple Final Cut Studio - http://www.apple.com/finalcutstudio/finalcutpro/ • Free music clips - http://www.freeplaymusic.com/ • http://www.tech-head.com/dstory.htm

14. Digital Storytelling • Questions?

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