STEAM Wattsburg Area Middle School
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Digital Storytelling in Plain English
Creating a Story
Students create a storyboard in which they write a story and provide pictures and/or video to illustrate their story.
Students can use pre-made pictures that either they own or are listed as copyright free. They may also include videos
that are free of copyright to help illustrate the point or idea of their overall story. From there, they organize their
pictures and/or video and incorporate them into one of the following software pieces. After the pictures/videos have
been added, students then add their narration in order to bring their story to life. The final stage is to add any
additional audio or music files and in some cases special transitions or movements throughout their movie.
Bloom's Digital Taxonomy Levels
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Applying
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Creating
Ideas
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Personal Narrative
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Math story problems
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Biographies or Autobiographies
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Geography Atlas - pictures of landforms
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Describe/narrate adventure from field trip
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How to - expository writing
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Detail/describe a science experiment
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Fantasy - write/narrate a make-believe story
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English - parts of speech
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Character analysis
StoryBoarding Templates and Processes
Storyboards are essential tools for transition planning moving the story or concepts (meaning-making) from text-based ideas to planning / designing the how the media will be danced together (media-making) into illuminated understandings. Every media element and special effect should have an important "job" in the story. The storyboard needs teacher sign off - and be expected to be visible - an "elbow tool" - during the production and post-production phase of collecting and mixing media assets. A well-planned storyboard saves time and ensures quality post-production. It is the last stop for check that rigor of content has made it from the written to the media format. If no storyboard NOT time for technology! Make the storyboard the golden "ticket" for using technology tools.
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Storyboarding Template
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Media-Making
StoryBird - Art inspired collaborative storytelling
Pinky Dinky Doo - Elementary Video Podcast Storytelling
Audacity is a tool to record audio. For directions click on the Audacity link.
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