Day 8 Connected Educator Month: Digital Storytelling

Before the advent of online content and easy to use software, producing multimedia content required expensive equipment and technical know-how. But nowadays we can create compelling digital content with nothing more complicated than a Web browser or camera. Digital storytelling is simply telling a story using digital tools. Much like regular storytelling, telling a digital story should come from the heart, include personal experi- ence, and have a point of view. Here are a few activities to get you started with digital storytelling.

• Explore Alan Levine’s wonderful and comprehensive 50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story. He includes tips, tricks, and tools for getting your story across using online tools, video, and other multimedia platforms. According to Alan, it’s “As Easy as 1-2-3! - Outline a Story Idea, Find Some Media, andPick a Tool and Build Your Story.”
• Another popular approach to digital storytelling is the 5x5 project (25 second videos featuring five five-second clips put together to tell a story). Read more about the project and watch some examples.
• Think about a story you’d like to tell. It can be complex or simple, a deeply personal tale or an entry from a travel journal, you can narrate it or it can be silent. Tomorrow, you’ll dive right in with this, so be ready with some ideas!

This info is from the Connected Educator Starter Kit

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