DIGITAL STORYTELLING TO DIGITAL INSTRUCTION
"Once upon a time, an Economics professor took a Digital Storytelling Summer Institute..."
What is Digital Storytelling?
I've noticed that a lot of people get hung up on the "storytelling" component of "digital storytelling," thinking, "I don't want to tell a story, I want to share subject matter with my students." But in the course of your teaching, don't you constantly tell stories to impart the content of your discipline?
Note that the Educause description broadens the concept to encompass "instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective" stories. While my own initial experience with digital storytelling was in a Summer Institute with a focus on personal stories, I soon realized that the same techniques and concepts could be easily translated to teaching concepts in my discipline area. Above, you can see one of three personal stories that I created in that original summer institute, as well as my most-viewed Economics instructional video. I followed the same 5 basics steps outlined below to create both of these videos.
Note that the Educause description broadens the concept to encompass "instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective" stories. While my own initial experience with digital storytelling was in a Summer Institute with a focus on personal stories, I soon realized that the same techniques and concepts could be easily translated to teaching concepts in my discipline area. Above, you can see one of three personal stories that I created in that original summer institute, as well as my most-viewed Economics instructional video. I followed the same 5 basics steps outlined below to create both of these videos.
Digital Storytelling in 5 Steps
Once you have an idea for the story that you want to tell, write a short (say, 2 to 5 minute) script.
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Storyboarding your script just means that you come up with some image concepts to illustrate the story you want to tell.
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"Collect" multimedia could be creating your own, or gathering existing media from openly licensed sources.
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This is the stage where you combine and sync all of your media into a cohesive story.
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Publish your story and share with your audience!
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The 5 Basic Steps to Any Digital Story:
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Using the 5 Steps to Make Econ Videos:
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