Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone knows how to communicate it Author Unknown

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Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone
knows how to communicate it-Author Unknown

• Digital Storytelling
• An on-going professional development experience

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Perhaps the most important aspect of Digital
Storytelling in the classroom is that the process
teaches students the importance of knowing who
their audience is as well as the importance of
knowing how to most effectively communicate with
that audience.
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Characteristics of Powerful Professional
Learning

• Establishes a culture of quality
• Honors the staffs professionalism, expertise,
  experiences, and skills
• Promotes inquiry and reflection
• Ensures some level of application

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• Context The environment that makes it possible
  for adults to learn and grow. Creating context
  is an on-going process.
• Process Critical Friends is a powerful design
  to support through professional learning
  communities
• Content Framework for problem solving and
  professional development
• Student focused questions (Written/Communication
  language skills, 21st Century skills)
• Teacher focused actions (Learn additional ways t
  teach written/communication skills, 21st Century
  skills)
• Professional Development Options for any step
  through CFG you will have support!

Powerful Designs for Professional Learning
National Staff Development Council
www.nsdc.org
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Prompts for Powerful Stories

• Tell the story of a mentor or hero in your life
• Describe a time when you felt really scared
• Tell the story of a first first kiss, first
  day on a job, first time trying something
  difficult, the first time you heard a favorite
  song.
• What was the most embarrassing thing that ever
  happened to you?

Digital Storytelling Cookbook Center for
Digital Storytelling
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Turn up the HEAT

• H igher order thinking skills
• E ngaged students in the learning process
• A uthentic learning experiences
• T echnology used seamlessly

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• 4 Step Process
• 1. Finding the story
• 2. Telling the story
• 3. Creating the Piece
• 4. Publishing the Work

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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• What is digital storytelling?
• Digital storytelling consists of a series of
  still images or video images, combined with a
  narrated sound track to tell a story. Many times
  an additional music track is added to invoke
  emotion.

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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Benefits
• Allows students to explore their world and
  communicate their discoveries
• Allows students to have an original way to
  demonstrate their knowledge
• Takes students through the writing process in an
  engaging way
• Sparks an emotional response in both the creator
  and the audience
• Reinforces both communication and literacy skills
• Supports 21st century skills

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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• According to The Center for Digital
  Storytelling, there are 7 key elements of digital
  storytelling.
• Point of View
• Dramatic Question
• Emotional Content
• Voice and Images
• Sound Track
• Economy
• Pacing

Point of View Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Point of View
• The goal of digital storytelling is to allow the
  writer to experience the power of personal
  expression. Students construct stories from their
  own experiences and understanding. The story is
  often told in first-person.

Dramatic Question Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Dramatic Question
• A digital story holds the attention of the
  audience by having a dramatic question that is
  resolved at the end of the story. This leads the
  reader to be invested until the very end. The
  payoff is at the end of the story.

Emotional Content Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Emotional Content
• The most effective digital story evokes an
  emotion from the audience. These emotions from
  the audience can be tremendously rewarding to
  student writersit validates their efforts and
  creativity.

Voice and Images Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Voice and Images
• Digital storytelling allows students to be
  heard. Students record themselves narrating their
  owns scripts. This is one of the most essential
  elements that contribute to the effectiveness of
  digital storytelling.

A picture is worth a thousand words This saying
holds true in digital storytelling. The use of
still images or video not only help tell the
story, but also engage the audience. The power of
narration and great images was made popular by
Ken Burns in his popular PBS documentaries.
Sound Track Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Sound Track
• Properly used, music can enhance and underscore
  the accompanying story.

Economy Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Economy
• Digital stories are powerful, but short. This is
  the most difficult part for the creators. The
  author must express their ideas in two to three
  minutes. This sharpens the focus of the story
  while at the same time creating a manageable
  process for a school project.

Pacing Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Pacing
• This is the art of storytelling. Rhythm and
  voice punctuation cause the audience to get
  into the story. For the narrator, it is not
  merely speeding up or slowing down, but adding
  emotion to the content where appropriate.

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Value of Sharing Experiences
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Lunch on your own!
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Starting Place

• First step is to Identify your Purpose
• What is it that I want my kids to know?
  (standards)
• What is it that I want my kids to understand?
  (DOK, HEAT to frame assessment)
• What attitudes / habits do I want my kids to
  develop? (Establish Real World Context)
• What do you want your kids to be able to do or
  create? (Establish a Product)

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Align Instruction Sequence

• How will you give kids a glimpse of what is going
  to be going on in this learning experience?
  (Hook)
• What is the best way for students to practice?
  (peer reviews)
• How will students work to gather information?
  (group work, small group instruction, lecture,
  individually)
• How will students know they know? How will
  students demonstrate insights learned?
• What will students produce to demonstrate their
  understanding? Will students have a choice?
  Will students work independently or in groups?

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Analyze your Expectations

• Select Criteria for Assessment Build a Rubric
  (2 pieces of student work)

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Expectations Day 4 May ?

• Arrive with 3 levels of the best High, Average,
  Low (best success story)
• Arrive with scripts collected, and final movie
  pieces.
• Arrive with reflection logs (no more than 1 page)
• Fish Bowl Looking at Student Work