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Tell me a story daddy! Jokes, George and the cherry tree, Honest Abe. A great story is at the core of education.. Kids love to tell stories so much so we have to cut them off in class. They say,"can I just tell you.... " give them a device and have them save it for later refinement.... It is still writing when they dictate it to a device and the device does the typing... Let's get them published! We will look at the hows of great story telling as well as the tools that get children to share them with you, classmates, family and the world.
Andrew Stanton on Telling Stories:
1. Make me care
2. Make a promise that the story will lead to a worth while place.
3. Make the audience work for their meal.
4. Organize an absence of information
5. The Unifying theory of 2+2-- That is, make them put it together.
6. The main character must have a spine-- acknowledge what drive you.
7. Change is fundamental in story.
8. Drama is anticipation mingled with uncertainty.
9. Like your main character.
10. Story has a theme, a meaning.
11. can you invoke wonder?
12.Use what you know -- capture truth from experience.
If there's no moral to the story there is no story.
A story is never done... it can be told over and over again
TOOLS for Story Telling
For Apple: iMovie
recesstec.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/IETC2014DigitalStorytellingHandout.pdf
Free Technology for Teachers: Ten Great Tools for Telling Stories With Pictures - A PDF Handout
Lulu.com --buy their first book so they can see it as a avenue of creativity and commerce
Storyboardthat.com --Telling Stories With Storyboards - YouTube--Copy of Storyboards In the Classroom - Spring 2016 - Google Slides
Story board that - Webinar Recording --new features slides--Engage Your Students with our In-Depth Teacher Guides!
Three Platforms for Writing Choose Your Own Adventure Stories - A Comparison
15 Digital Storytelling Tools | A Listly List
TenGreatToolsforTellingStoriesWithPictures.pdf - File Shared from Box
Free Technology for Teachers: 5 Online Tools for Creating Picture Books
Storytelling for perfectionists
a great telling of David and Goliath, Malcolm Gladwell
How to tell a story | Playlist | TED.com
Tracy Chevalier: Finding the story inside the painting | TED Talk | TED.com
Digital Storytelling: Helping Students Find Their Voice | Edutopia