Digital Storytelling Using PhotoStory 3

Jon OrechEnglish Department

Curricular Technology ConsultantDowners Grove South High School

jorech@csd99.org

Welcome! Name Where do you work? What do you do? Why are you here? What are you going to SQUEEZE

out of the twilight of summer?

“Cultural anthropologist Gregory Bateson was asked in the 1950s if he believed that computer artificial intelligence was possible. He responded that he did not know, but that he believed when you would ask a computer a yes-or-no question an it responded with “that reminds me of a story,” you would be close.

Stories are the large and small instruments of meaning, of explanation, that we store in our memories. We cannot live without them.”

Joe Lambert

Essential Questions… What is Digital Storytelling? How do I make one? How do I teach DST? What is the value of DST?

Center for Digital Storytelling

Joe Lambert: Berkeley, CAwww.storycenter.org

7 Elements of Digital Storytelling (Lambert) Point (of view) Dramatic Question Emotional Content Gift of your Voice Power of Soundtrack Economy Pacing

Good Digital Stories: Are personal Stem from a “story” or script Are concise Use readily-available source materials Include universal story elements Involve collaboration

(Judy Salpeter)

Steps in creating a Digital Story Find your story Write, write, and write some more Select and prepare images Revise to accommodate images Storyboard * Create movie using Photo Story 3

Brushes With Fame Coached 2 future NFL quarterbacks Had a fender bender with Sheryl

Crow Shook Muhammed Ali’s hand Taught Cindy Crawford

Story Circles “What I liked about your story

was…”

“If it were my story I would…”

Types of stories (Lambert):

Someone important Events in my life Place in my life What I do Others

Recovery Love Discovery

Write, write, and write some more 4x6 card Focus on a single event, image,

thought “show, don’t tell” (imagery) Word choice Finish with 1 page, 250 words

“I’m not a good writer”

Select and prepare images

Quality not quantity (15-20 MAX) From…

Photo albums Drawings Digital images Internet (Flickr.com)

Save as… JPEG Minimum 640x480 pixels* NO Punctuation or spaces in title

Stills vs. video Stills

Emphasis on “Story”

Compatibility Compels more

creativity

Video Emphasis on

“Film making” Increases time

Revise to accommodate images 1+1=3 Economy Change of focus

Tasks Finish story Harvest supplementary images

from the web Gather images to “Image” folder

REMEMBER: SIZE DOES MATTER!

Storyboard“Movie Outline”

Organizes and syncs v.o., images, soundtrack, transitions, effects

Reveals “holes” Promotes revision

Create movie using Photo Story 3 Import and manipulate images Add titles, text, and effects Record voice over Customize motion/ transitions Drop soundtrack Render

A word about all effects and transitions…

“Less is More.”

Polish Play entire movie several times Focus on one element at a time Critique others Keep perspective on the “Big” picture

“A project is never finished, it’s only put down.”

Presentation/ celebration“A story is not a story until it is shared.”

A few words… Viewing Feedback

Resources www.storycenter.org Center for

DST, Joe Lambert www.digitalstories.org Niles HS,

Guy Ballard www.digitales.us Bernajean Porter tech-head.com/dstory.htm Hilary

McClellan

I am available for 1,2,3, or 4 day staff development workshops on:

Digital Storytelling Digital Inquiry Adapting DST for low-achieving

students