Digital Storytelling
 
Basics Examples Images Sound Software Others
 

 

Basics
Jakesonline.org
http://www.jakesonline.org/storytelling.htm
Excellent Web site by David Jakes. Includes lots of resources, articles, examples, image links and more.

The Center for Digital Storytelling - A California-based arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling.
http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html

Digitales - Bernajean Porter Web site that is packed with many resources.
http://www.digitales.us/

Tips for Digital Storytelling - article
http://www.modelintelclassroom.com/resources_tips/tips_digital_story_telling

 

Examples
Laurent Clerc, National Deaf Education Center, Gallaudet University, Digital Storytelling Examples
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/TecEds/training/summer-2006/examples.htm

Digital Stories Website - High school in Illinois
http://www.digitalstories.org/

Digital Storytelling by students in Scott County Schools, Georgetown, Kentucky - K-12 examples.
http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html

EXAMPLE - personal narrative - "Almost Paradise"
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/almostparadise.htm

EXAMPLE - historical event - "Gettysburg Address"
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/gettysburg.htm

EXAMPLE - stories that instruct or inform - "Aging Well"
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/agingwell.htm

 

Images
FREE IMAGES - Flickr Storm - Use the advanced search and search for images in the attribution category. This category mean you to use them without being in violation of copyright as long as you give credit to the creator and provide the url where you can locate them.
http://www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm/

Directions by David Jakes for seaching Flickr
http://www.jakesonline.org/searchflickr.htm

FREE IMAGES - Pics4learning
Legal images for your classes to use in projects. Contains many topic categories.
http://pics.tech4learning.com/

American Memories - - over 7 million digital items from the Library of Congress. Primary source materials includes digital images, sounds files, documents relating to the history and culture of the United States.
http://memory.loc.gov/

Creative Commons - This Web page explains the varying levels of copyright that can be determined by the creator. The attribution category in Flickr Storm is explained.
http://www.flickr.com/creativecommons/

 

Sound
FREE MUSIC - good source for free music files
http://freeplaymusic.com/

 

Software
Microsoft's Photostory 3 for Windows (Note: You will need Window's Media Player 10 or higher in order to run.)
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

Window's Media Player 11
http://media-playerz.com/wmp/index.html

 

Others
Sonic - Burn your Movie to a DVD - Sonic Software - cost $19.99, adds a plugin into your Photostory software
http://www.sonic.com/products/Consumer/PhotoStory/

Zamzar - free tool that converts and changes file types. For example, you can convert a WMV (Windows Media file into a Quicktime file.
http://www.zamzar.com/faq.php