DigitalStorytelling

**//What is Digital Storytelling?//**
Digital storytelling started at the [|Center for Digital Storytelling] in Berkley, California. Digital storytelling is a way to tell a personal story. It can be used for a variety reasons including: self-discovery, reflection, community building, education, program documentation, advocacy or entertainment. For this project, digital storytelling will be used as a vehicle for students to share with their journey into education. =// Why would students want to do digital storytelling? //= The main reason for creating a digital story is to relate a personal experience and make a connection to the reader. Whenstudents tell a story about their educational journey, they could make a personal connection to other students. This might also be an opportunity for students to inspire others about their passion.

//What is the easiest and cheapest way to create one?//
There are a couple of pathways to take when creating a digital story. For this particular project, I will be using a Web 2.0 tool called [|Voice Thread]. This is a free tool that is easy to use and allows the reader to respond to the story. However, there is some prep work to do before we start creating a Voice Thread.

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The script should be about 250 to 300 words or one page, double-spaced. Your narrative will be between three and five minutes. Consider your audience as you are creating your script. Before writing your story, it is a good idea to watch a few examples of digital stories.=====

**Step 2: Collecting images and artifacts to complement your script**
Photographs, letters, maps, items from your discipline are all things that can be used. You can use a digital camera for still photography or a flip cam for video. If making a video, keep it short and simple. Internet images can also be used, just be careful that you are using royalty free images. Images from the Internet are easy, but do not give the personal touch like a photo from you. When looking for music, it is important that you have permission. Create a folder with all of your images and music.

· Stock.xchng - [|http://www.sxc.hu]
 * Here are some sites for photos:**

· FreeFoto – [|http://www.freefoto.com]

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 * Here are two sites for royalty free music:**

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**Step 3: Create a storyboard from your script, images and music**
This is where you pull it altogether before you go to production. A storyboard template is a great tool for organizing your words and images. Chunk out your story into small bit and match them to the images you have collected. Example of a storyboard is shown below.


 * [[image:MJB_vsm.jpg align="center"]] || Hello, my name is Melody Buckner and I teach, therefore I am. Well… that is how I feel sometimes. Actually, I do live to teach, but where did my journey into to teaching begin? ||
 * [[image:smile.jpg width="101" height="95" align="center"]] || I could say that it started back in my childhood, because my mother was a teacher. However, I did not follow in her footsteps, because…well…I wanted to do something much nobler…make money! ||

Step 4: Create Your Voice Thread Account
Go to Voice Thread and create a free account. You will be allowed 3 free projects with 10 GB of space. Before you start your project, select the Browse Tab and check out some of the Voice Thread projects. Next, go the Create Tab and follow the instructions on creating your first Voice Thread Project. Here is the link: [|http://www.voicethread.com]

=Before you write your script, read the passage below:=

**Seven Elements of a Digital Story from the Center for Digital Storytelling:**
==== 1) **A Point (of View)** – Stories are not just a recitation of mere facts, there needs to be a story that is told. //For this project, instructors are to tell a key story about what inspired them to teach in this discipline.// ==== ==== 2) **A Dramatic Question** – Capture the audience’s attention at the beginning of the story and answer it by the end. //For this project, the question will be how or why did I get here? Was there a pivotal point that led me to teaching in this discipline?// ====

==== 5) **Power of the Music** – Music sets the tone for the story. It can convey the time and emotional setting. For this project, the instructor will choose background music for the beginning and end of the story. ==== ==== 6) **Economy** – Create a compact, fast moving digital story containing only necessary elements of the story to lead the audience through the experience. Leave some details out for the audience to fill in the blanks. //For this project, the story will be told in less than 3 minutes and contain only bits and pieces of an instructors journey to teaching in the discipline.// ==== ==== 7) **Pacing** – This keeps your audience engaged in the story. //For this project, we will be using Voice Thread, so the viewer will be the one in control of going to the next slide and making comments.// ====

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 * Digital Storytelling Rubric **

Tell me a fact and I’ll learn. Tell me a truth and I’ll believe. Tell me a story and I’ll remember it forever!

This may be a new type of assignment, and you might be wondering how your digital story’s quality will be assessed. We have provided a "rubric", which is a set of criteria for assessing quality and targeting areas for improvement. The digital story rubric below is the framework within which your final assignment will be judged. You may want to refer to it often as you develop your script and storyboard -- it will help you stay on track and come up with ideas for improvements.

focus for most of the presentation. || There are a few lapses in focus, but the purpose is fairly clear. || The focus is unclear and the purpose is difficult to figure out. || The viewer is left with thought-provoking questions. || Content is interesting. The viewer is left with thought-provoking ideas. || Some surprises and insights, but content is not engaging or interesting. || Predictable and content is not very engaging or interesting. || diversity, multiple perspectives,  integrative thinking.) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Well written making <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">important points. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Speaks to some of the course themes (e.g., cultural diversity, multiple perspectives, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">integrative thinking.) || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Adequately written, but sometimes meanders or is confusing. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Poorly written and difficult to understand the point of the story. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">title, setting, narration and sketch or description of visual. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard is missing one (1) of these items. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard is missing two (2) of these items. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard is missing three (3) of these items. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">matches the story. The meaning of the story is transformed by the use <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">of images. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Interpretive: Images <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">create an atmosphere or tone that matches some parts of the story. The story relies on images to convey meaning. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Illustrative: An attempt was made to use images to create an atmosphere, but needs more work. Images are decorative. The story is not altered by the use of images. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Inappropriate: <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Little or no attempt to use images to create <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">an appropriate <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">atmosphere or tone. Images interfere with the story's meaning. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">relate to the story. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Occasionally speaks too fast or too slowly for the story. The pacing (rhythm and voice punctuation) is relatively engaging for the audience. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Tries to use pacing (rhythm and voice punctuation), but the pacing does not fit thestory. Audience is not <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">consistently engaged. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">No attempt to match the pace of the storytelling <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">to the story or the audience. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">the piece somewhat <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">matches the story line. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of the piece is distracting and does not add to the story. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of the piece is inappropriate OR absent. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">typically good, though it <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">seems to drag somewhat OR need <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">slightly more detail. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The story seems to need more editing. It is noticeably too long or too short. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The story needs <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">extensive editing. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">It is too long or too short to be interesting. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">are appropriately credited. <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Permission has been obtained <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">for images <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">and audio. ||  ||   || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">People, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">organizations, <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">quotes, and <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">contributors are not <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">credited. ||
 * **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Final Project **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Digital Storytelling ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Performance **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level - A **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Exceeds Expectation ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Performance **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level - B **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Above Expectation ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Performance **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level - C **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Meets Expectation ** || **<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Performance **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Level - D **
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Below Expectation ** ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Point of View || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Establishes a purpose early on and maintains a clear focusthroughout the presentation. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Establishes a purpose early on and maintains
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Dramatic Question || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Content is engaging.
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Script || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Compelling and well written. Integrates the course themes into the story. (e.g., cultural
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard includes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Storyboard includes
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Audio || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the entire (100%) presentation. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible throughout the majority (80%) of the presentation. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Voice quality is clear and consistently audible through some (70%) of the presentation. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Voice quality needs more attention. ||
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Images || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Illuminating: Images create a distinct atmosphere or tone that
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pacing || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The pace (rhythm and voice punctuation) fits the story and helps the audience really
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotion || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of the piece matches the story well. Viewers are drawn in to care about the story. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotion || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of the piece matches the story well. Viewers are drawn in to care about the story. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Emotional dimension of
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Economy || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The story is told with exactly the right amount of detail throughout. It does not seem too short nor does it seem too long. || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The story composition is
 * <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Credit || <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All people, organizations, quotes,ideas, music, and contributors

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Rubric categories adapted from the Center for Digital Storytelling's "Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling" as outlined in the Digital Storytelling Cookbook.