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Digital StoryTelling by Bernajean Porter
The Art of Digital Storytelling
Getting Started with Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum
Take 6 Elements of Creative Design by Bernajean Porter
Take 6 Elements of StoryTelling from Creative Educator
Video Tutorials to help you get started with Digital StoryTelling
The full Digital StoryTelling Training Video at this link https://youtu.be/vF19uAOrf08 is a combination of the 5 listed videos below
Video: Got Story or Not? Do You Know the Difference? (Bernajean Porter shares the power behind StoryTelling)
Video: The Power of Story Starting Story
Video: Getting Started with StoryTelling…the Story
Video: Power of StoryBoard
Video: Power of Voice, Music, Sound
Video: Power of Image in Digital StoryTelling
Below are links to the 3 storyboards created from the poem We Give Thanks.
Each storyboard became a video with a different essence and flavor of the words in the poem. Videos can be used for student or teacher instruction and cannot be copied or reproduced.
We Give Thanks Video Version 1 https://youtu.be/mB4kXNP-pZ8.
Version 1 with explanation https://youtu.be/u3w_qjvR5K8
We Give Thanks Video Version 2 https://youtu.be/nBHjbMDxZFY
Version 2 with explanation https://youtu.be/YBvVzib0Gw8
We Give Thanks Video Version 3 https://youtu.be/b1rS1XXzCvE
Version 3 with explanation https://youtu.be/QQswTVYfi9w
Each area below links to a full page of descriptions and resources!
Genres of Digital StoryTelling - review descriptions for each genre of storytelling
Production Formats and Tools - list of production formats and tool options for each format
Video examples you can view and use with students.
Docudrama: Pangea....a first person narrative spoken from the voice of the tectonic plates moving and separating to form the current continents.
PSA/Poetry: Road Not Travelled - a recreation of Robert Frost's Poem from a personal perspective,
Personal Narrative: I Am Story - speaking from the Point of View of Story, Nancy Conklin created a personal narrative to explain the creative elements of storytelling.
Paper Slide Show Sample: Goldilocks and 3 Bears - an easy way to start storytelling. Draw the scenes for your story on paper. As a partner records you telling the story, drop a page for each scene. This is just a small portion of the story. Could also be done in a slide show format.
Green Screen: Spooky Halloween - Students created a Halloween Story and using Green Screen by Doink. Students found that they could create the vision of wind by drawing wind marks on green paper and moving it in front of the screen.
Visual StoryTelling: History of World in 2 Minutes - A visual storytelling product produced with purpose and intention. Visuals and audio only....no script.