Webinars (CIC Website)
These are webinars conducted for CIC Teacher Educators in the spring of 2009.
Here is the website where these webinars are embedded.
The sub-pages provide the resources to support the webinars.
CIC Website launched: http://www.cic.edu/teach21/
NOTE: this website is no longer available, so it will be replicated here!
What is a Digital Story? A basic definition with examples created by Dr. Barrett and some of her students
What are the purposes for creating Digital Stories? A document that describes many purposes for creating digital stories, especially when used in electronic portfolios
Who Creates Digital Stories? How Are They Used? The different constituencies that can create digital stories in education, plus a statement about privacy (COPPA and FERPA)
How are Digital Stories Created? The digital storytelling process, using iMovie or MovieMaker2
How are Digital Stories Shared? How are they Assessed? A look at the many places where digital stories can be posted online, along with some ways to evaluate these stories
February 19 webinar (Thursday):
Why do digital storytelling?
Overview of the digital storytelling process
Different types of digital stories that could be incorporated into teacher education
Different tools that can be used to create digital stories
Assignment before next webinar: Script idea or outline, posted in GoogleDocs
Start collecting images
What story do you want to tell?
What images do you need to illustrate your story?
Recording the audio narration of your story
How to assemble a story using different tools
Online resources will be available for these tools:
Apple’s iMovie (Macintosh)
Microsoft MovieMaker2 (Windows XP or Vista)
Microsoft PhotoStory3 (Windows XP only)
VoiceThread (Web 2.0 online tool, any computer)
Assignment before next webinar: Record narration, select images, put together story using selected tool
How to prepare videos for sharing online (.WMV or .MOV formats)
Where to publish digital stories online using one of the video sharing sites
How to share these stories with each other