Guidelines
“Anthropologists tell us that storytelling is central
to human existence. That it's common to every known culture. That it involves a
symbiotic exchange between teller and listener – an exchange we learn to
negotiate in infancy.” Frank Rose Business Magazine 2011
Storytelling
is as old as humanity. Whether it is
though gestures and body movements, through etched or sketched images on cave
walls, through oral interpretation, or through the written word, our need to
tell a story is what makes us human. It is through stories that we discover
meaning about our lives and about events in our world.
As we learn
more about Digital Story Telling, these requirements might change – you might
have better ideas that we can add but, for now, we will use the following as a
guide:
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REQUIREMENTS
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OPTIONAL
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Images
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Different Images – photos, drawings,
cut outs, art, etc
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Videos (news clips, sections from
movies, commercials)
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Create your own video to embed into
your story
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Narrative – written words to tell the story
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Oral narration
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5 to 10 minutes in length
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Music
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Must outline and/or storyboard your
story
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The guidelines
for this unit are basic.
For the storytelling part, follow a dramatic arc – go back
into your brown notebooks for a refresher, but here are the basics –
· STATUS QUO, RISING
ACTION AND CONFLICT, CRISIS, CLIMAX, AND RESOLUTION
· Tell a “small” story about how
Apartheid affected a person, a group of people (i.e. a family), in other words,
you are dropping fictional characters into a historical event.
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You
will outline or storyboard this story.
· Tell the story from the point of view
of a protagonist – write a compelling character that we care about. (We will
have a lesson about creating characters)
· Create an antagonist that is clearly
out to get your protagonist (remember – the system of Apartheid is going to be
some part of your antagonist, whether it’s a person, a law, or the system in
general)
· Follow one story line about how
Apartheid affected your protagonist. Keep it simple, yet poignant.
· You might have read a personal
account during your research about how Apartheid affected someone. You can use
that story, but you must fictionalize.
For the digital storytelling part, you must find a digital vehicle to
tell your story.
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Resources
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Slidestory
Slidestory allows you to combine picture slideshows with voice narration. Each picture in a slideshow has an accompanying voice narrated mp3 audio file, optional tags, and text caption. Isn’t this a very exciting way to make presentations and share them?
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Smilebox
Smilebox lets you quickly and easily create slideshows, invitations, greetings, collages, scrapbooks, and photo albums right on your computer. To get started, download and install the Smilebox application. Then simply select the photos you want to use, choose a template, add comments and music, and voila, you’ve made a Smilebox! With more than 1000 customizable templates to choose from, you’ll find inspiration around every corner. |
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Storybird
Storybird lets anyone make visual stories in seconds. They curate artwork from illustrators and animators around the world and inspire writers of any age to turn those images into fresh stories. Note that while making, sharing, and reading stories on Storybird is free, printing them or downloading them have various fees that are clearly explained with each option.
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ZooBurst
ZooBurst is a digital storytelling tool that lets anyone easily create his or her own 3D popup books. ZooBurst books “live” online and can be experienced on your desktop or laptop computer, or on your iPad via the free ZooBurst mobile app. Authors can arrange characters and props within a 3D world that can be customized using uploaded artwork or items found in a built-in database of over 10,000 free images and materials. The basic, free, account allows you to create 10 books of 10 pages each.
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Adobe Slate
Named App Store Editors’ Choice, Adobe Slate lets you turn your next newsletter, report, invitation, or travel adventure into a gorgeous visual story that delights readers on any device. Simply tap to select a unique look; beautiful fonts, color, and magazine-style design are automatically incorporated. Fluid movement and elegant motion are applied instantly. Create your Slate story and share the link anywhere.
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Puppet Pals
Create your own unique shows with animation and audio in real time! Simply pick out your actors and backdrops, drag them on to the stage, and tap record. Your movements and audio will be recorded in real time for playback later. This app is as fun as your own creativity!
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ShowMe Interactive
Whiteboard
Turn your iPad into your personal interactive whiteboard: ShowMe allows you to record voice over whiteboard tutorials and share them online. It’s an amazingly simple app that anyone can use; no matter how young or old.
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Toontastic
Toontastic is a storytelling and creative learning tool that enables kids to draw, animate, and share their own cartoons with friends and family around the world through simple and fun imaginative play! With over 2 million cartoons created in over 150 countries, parents and teachers rave about the app and kids can't stop creating!
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WeVideo
Make and share videos using WeVideo's online video editing software, available on Android, iPhone, iPad, Mac, PC, and Chromebook. In this cloud-based collaborative video creation platform, you can save your work to your hard drive, upload to the cloud, and pick up where you left off on another computer. Note that free accounts are limited to 5 minutes of published video time and 2GB of cloud storage.
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30hands Starter
A very easy and exciting way to tell a story, explain a concept, or flip a classroom. Create a multimedia presentation in minutes and publish it as a video to share. This tool was designed to be simple and fast, so it takes backseat to learning and expression. In a single class period, students can complete a video activity. Mapping these activities to a longer project helps students make PBL projects authentic and fun. Whether you are in Kindergarten or College, 30hands Storyteller helps you learn better by following UDL principles and getting you to think and create iteratively.
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EXAMPLES
Free Digital Storytelling Tools https://elearningindustry.com/18-free-digital-storytelling-tools-for-teachers-and-students
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