Digital+Storytelling

=Digital Storytelling and Scrapbooking = //"There is no agony like bearing an untold story inside you." // ~Maya Angelou As educators, we know that 90% of the brain’s sensory input comes from visual sources, so it stands to reason that the most powerful influence on learner’s behavior is concrete, visual images (Jensen, 1994). Research also reveals that simulations/role play increase meaning, are motivational, and facilitate transfer of knowledge (Wolfe, 2001). Difficult concepts will be easier to understand when our digital students become more actively and authentically engaged in the concepts being taught. Digital media is a great tool to help teachers do just this.

Glogster allows students to create online posters or glogs, which can then be shared on the Internet.
[|Tony Vincent's blog post on using Glogs in education] [|Mrs. Tolisano's TechCamp 2009 Glog] [|Tracy Blazosky's Glogster Tutorial] [|Check out this Glog on How to Create a Glog.]

Import images and video into Voicethread to begin online discussions. If your school subscribes to Discovery Education, you can use their streaming videos and images to create a VoiceThread.
Voicethread tutorial handout [|Voicethread.pdf] Voicethread Wiki with many examples Ideas for using VT in the classroom [|Thirteen_Interesting_Ways_to_use_Voicethread_.ppt] Handout to help students with making comments on a Voicethread discussion [|Follow Voicethread on Twitter]

**[|Animoto]**

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Animoto allows you and your students to upload images and sounds to create professional looking videos which can be downloaded and shared online. Animoto is free for educators.
[|Examples of Animoto in education] [|Math Exploring] [|Sign up for a free educator's account] [|Step-by-Step Guide] Animoto Tutorial Video for Teachers

__[|PhotoPeach]__
My example of using Discovery Education images to create a PhotoPeach movie media type="custom" key="4180409"

Get started with a free account at []

[|PictureTrail]
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Smilebox that my kids and I put together after our first cruise this year.
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= ** More Digital Media Links ** =
 * ==Create animated books with no registration at [|ClassTools]==
 * ==Digital Storytelling Storyboard Rubrics [[file:Storyboard.PDF]] [[file:Storyboard(2).PDF]]==
 * ==Use[| drop.io] to [|privately] share your media and collaborate in real time by web, email, or phone.==
 * ===[|Best sites to find public domain images and sounds for student projects]===
 * ===More royalty free multimedia resources can be found on Tom McGee's Wiki.===
 * ==[|Click on this link for many great resources on digital media at White Lake School District's website.]==
 * ==[|Check out the Digital Storytelling Classroom 2.0 Sharetabs for more resources.](Create your own[| ShareTabs] to put your links in one place.) ==
 * ===[|Self publish at Lulu] ===
 * ==[|Escrapbooking]==