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Digital Storyteller’s Kit⤴

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Camera flickr photo by NomadWarMachine shared under a Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) license

Today’s TDC asks us to say what’s in our digital story teller’s kit, so here’s mine:

  • GIMP, for serious photo editing
  • Giphy for quick gifs (add stickers to a photo for quick effect)
  • Lunapic, for a whole range of filters and effects
  • PPT, for a quick way of adding text to an image (I get this free through work, other slide packages would work just as well)
  • Clipchamp, for quick video editing (as above, I use this as I get it through work, there are alternatives)
  • Flickr, to upload my images and easily insert them into web pages
  • WordPress, to write my blog posts

And a whole load of other stuff: like my light box to draw over images; my pens, pencils and crayons to doodle; my cameras, to take pics as I wander around; my scanner, printer and PC …

Digital storytelling is , and I think the Argos kit for toddlers is great.

TeachMeetLothians11⤴

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Thanks to @nwinton for the photo. Here is my talk on Digital Storytelling and Dyslexia that I gave at TeachMeetLothians11 last night and here’s a wee summary for those of us who can’t bear audio files (me!): I talked about the false dichotomy between the purists who regard anything but print as being beyond the … … Continue reading →

Digital Storytelling – Are they Tall Tales ?⤴

from @ eCurriculum Blog

Digital Storytelling describes the practice of combining narrative with digital content. Consider how Broadcasters present history and current affairs now e.g. "The History of Scotland" and "Who Do You Think You Are". Take a look at The BBC project Telling Lives which illustrates the concept of digital storytelling.

Theoretically it is suggested Digital Story Telling could be applied to any subject area as a legitimate technique that can support learning & teaching. Integrating skills from a range of disciplines is an obvious possibility and provides a natural fit for e-portfolios. In addition Digital Storytelling could provide a means of introducing technology to areas of the curriculum that sometimes have difficulty of seeing how it can be applied in non-technical disciplines.

Someone with little technical background should be able to create digital stories. Typically, a project starts with a script and then digital artifacts are assembled or created to illustrate the story which is then pieced together to form a short movie.

It is argued that as well as enhancing the oral tradition of knowledge transfer through storytelling, the process also has an impact on learners by forcing them to think critically about the combination of the elements that construct the story.

There are many easy to use online tools to support the concept over and above well known applications such as photostory3, Windows moviemaker or iMovie. Timeline tools, genealogy tools and the excellent Museum Box which provides tools for you to build up an argument or description of an event, person or historical period by placing items in a online and virtual box.

http://www.learningtools.arts.ubc.ca/timeline.htm
http://www.geni.com/
http://museumbox.e2bn.org/index.php
7 things your should know about Digital Storytelling (www.educause.edu/eli )