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Digital storytelling is …
What is the most important thing in
digital storytelling?
Writing or technology?
Words or audio, visual, media effects?
Objectives
Upon completion
of Day 1 , the
1. explain universal elements of story and
participants are digital storytelling
expected to be
able to:
2. identify some Sundanese cultural aspects that
are relevant to middle year students
Climax
Challenge
Conflict
Setting
s0lution
s0lution
Resolution
35’
Chris King
http://www.creativekeys.net/storytellingpower/article1037.html
It touches it includes
human’s a point, It contains
What interests dramatic beginning,
makes a that others questions, middle, and
story can relate emotional end.
engaging? to content
5’
what do you have Who are involved?
in your mind when
you see this
Who?
picture?
Is it something
related to your
experience? What’s doing?
What
Or else? What’s happening?
In what situation?
Where,
Small When?
group
3’
5’
In Cairns we spent all our time at the pool.
The situation (status What is expected? What actions?
quo) ‘spent’ is general term
Process, A different
Establishing B conflict, E
M situation
a situation challenge
Powerful stories rest on powerful writing
Sensory terms
Stories observation
and description
He was mad.
Meaning is given by the writer
THE BEGINNING OF A
STORY
I had one student who wrote about My legs tensed as
an incident at a dance camp she
attended. Her story initially started I waited for my
with an entire paragraph explaining
location, how she got there, when cue; after all the
she went, and so on
sweat at camp, it
was Showtime
• http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com
/2012/articles/Getting_Started_with_Digit
al_Storytelling
Powerful stories rest on powerful writing
Sensory terms
Stories observation
and description
A good
Economical digital Concise Technical Skills Speaking
and visual
story
Personal
personal develop-
ment
Lunch - break
http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v06/articles/Advanced_Thinking
Our digital story
Why do we share the story?
What story will be engaging?
How will we tell the story to achieve this goal?
Let’s brainstorm and design!
20’
Small
10
Class
Select one idea and group Write an action plan, ’
determine what the focusing on ways to
Write the search and select Wrap up:
audience should narrative:
know and feel as a relevant Discussing the
a. elements of a a. Information
result of watching good story
action plan to
b. image, media, make the story
the story b. story chart sound effects
Small engaging
group Small
group
5’
15
’
Tips
Writing the narrative
second
third
a. who, what a. the situation
a. an event/ a
place b. what’s b. process, conflict,
doing/happening challenge
b. a point to tell c. where, when, c. solution, a
for emotional how different situation,
content d. what/how to personal comments
personalise the
story
place
event
To Be continued…
References
• http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html
• link to other digital storytelling resources
• http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v04/articles/Take_Six
• http://www.creativekeys.net/storytellingpower/article1037.html
• http://www.storybird.com/read/
Ideas to get started writing your story
http://creativeeducator.tech4learning.com/v05/articles/What_Makes_a_Good_Project
Indicators of good project design
http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/story-starters/adventure-writing-prompts/
How to brainstorm ideas for stories
http://www.tech4learning.com/workshops/kolk/digitalstorytelling#samples
Samples of students’ stories
http://boingboing.net/2013/03/07/pixars-22-rules-of-stor.html