Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone knows how to communicate it Author Unknown

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Everyone has a story to tell, but not everyone
knows how to communicate it-Author Unknown

• Digital Storytelling
• An on-going professional development experience

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Characteristics of Powerful Professional
Learning

• Establishes a culture of quality
• Honors the staffs professionalism, expertise,
  experiences, and skills
• Promotes inquiry and reflection
• Ensures some level of application

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• Context The environment that makes it possible
  for adults to learn and grow. Creating context
  is an on-going process.
• Process Critical Friends is a powerful design
  to support through professional learning
  communities
• Content Framework for problem solving and
  professional development
• Student focused questions (Written/Communication
  language skills, 21st Century skills)
• Teacher focused actions (Learn additional ways t
  teach written/communication skills, 21st Century
  skills)
• Professional Development Options for any step
  through CFG you will have support!

Powerful Designs for Professional Learning
National Staff Development Council
www.nsdc.org
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Framework

• The framework guides professional development
  content using a process within the context of a
  learning community.

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Writing Exercise

• In our lives, there are moments, decisive
  moments, when the direction of our lives was
  pointed in a given direction, and because of the
  events of this moment, we are going in another
  direction. Poet Robert Frost shared this concept
  simple as The Road Not Taken. The date of a
  major achievement, the time there was a
  particularly bad setback, meeting a special
  person, the birth of a child, then end of a
  relationship, the death of a loved one are all
  examples of these fork-in-road experiences.
  Right now, at this second, write about a decisive
  moment in your life.

Digital Storytelling Cookbook Center for
Digital Storytelling
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Prompts for Powerful Stories

• Tell the story of a mentor or hero in your life
• Describe a time when you felt really scared
• Tell the story of a first first kiss, first
  day on a job, first time trying something
  difficult, the first time you heard a favorite
  song.
• What was the most embarrassing thing that ever
  happened to you?

Digital Storytelling Cookbook Center for
Digital Storytelling
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Turn up the HEAT

• H igher order thinking skills
• E ngaged students in the learning process
• A uthentic learning experiences
• T echnology used seamlessly

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Compare Photo essays to Digital Stories

• Photo Essay 1
• Photo Essay 2
• Photo Essay 3

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Looking at Student Work
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Looking at Student Work
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Looking at Student Work
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Looking at Student Work
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Let's get started!
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• What is digital storytelling?
• Digital storytelling consists of a series of
  still images or video images, combined with a
  narrated sound track to tell a story. Many times
  an additional music track is added to invoke
  emotion.

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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Benefits
• Allows students to explore their world and
  communicate their discoveries
• Allows students to have an original way to
  demonstrate their knowledge
• Takes students through the writing process in an
  engaging way
• Sparks an emotional response in both the creator
  and the audience
• Reinforces both communication and literacy skills
• Supports 21st century skills

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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• According to The Center for Digital
  Storytelling, there are 7 key elements of digital
  storytelling.
• Point of View
• Dramatic Question
• Emotional Content
• Voice and Images
• Sound Track
• Economy
• Pacing

Point of View Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Point of View
• The goal of digital storytelling is to allow the
  writer to experience the power of personal
  expression. Students construct stories from their
  own experiences and understanding. The story is
  often told in first-person.

Dramatic Question Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Dramatic Question
• A digital story holds the attention of the
  audience by having a dramatic question that is
  resolved at the end of the story. This leads the
  reader to be invested until the very end. The
  payoff is at the end of the story.

Emotional Content Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Emotional Content
• The most effective digital story evokes an
  emotion from the audience. These emotions from
  the audience can be tremendously rewarding to
  student writersit validates their efforts and
  creativity.

Voice and Images Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Voice and Images
• Digital storytelling allows students to be
  heard. Students record themselves narrating their
  owns scripts. This is one of the most essential
  elements that contribute to the effectiveness of
  digital storytelling.

A picture is worth a thousand words This saying
holds true in digital storytelling. The use of
still images or video not only help tell the
story, but also engage the audience. The power of
narration and great images was made popular by
Ken Burns in his popular PBS documentaries.
Sound Track Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Sound Track
• Properly used, music can enhance and underscore
  the accompanying story.

Economy Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Economy
• Digital stories are powerful, but short. This is
  the most difficult part for the creators. The
  author must express their ideas in two to three
  minutes. This sharpens the focus of the story
  while at the same time creating a manageable
  process for a school project.

Pacing Explained
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BENIFITS
SKILLS
SUMMARY
INTRO
ELEMENTS

• Pacing
• This is the art of storytelling. Rhythm and
  voice punctuation cause the audience to get
  into the story. For the narrator, it is not
  merely speeding up or slowing down, but adding
  emotion to the content where appropriate.

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Lunch on your own!
Lunch
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Value of Sharing Experiences
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Its time for a break!
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Photos
Sounds
Clipart
Movies
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• How to create folders
• Right click on an open area of your desktop, or
  in an open area of Windows Explorer.
• Then left click New
• Then left click Folder.

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Once your folder appears either on your desktop
or in Windows Explorer you will notice that the
folder name is highlighted. This is giving you
the opportunity to name your folder. It is always
best to give your folder a very memorable name
that accurately describes its contents.
Type in the name you want to give to your newly
created folder, and then hit Enter to complete
the process.
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• The importance of Debriefing!

Delayed debrief better for shellshock Wednesday,
8 November 2006 by Hamish Clarke Cosmos Online A
de-brief some time after returning from Iraq may
be a better method to help this soldier deal with
his experience. Image iStockphoto
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Expectations Day 2, August 28

• Arrive with materials provided today
• Arrive with the final draft script
• Arrive with most assets collected (will provide
  on site scanners, printers, Internet
  connectivity)