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Digital Storytelling Sites

"DIGITALES- The Art of Telling Digital Stories"  A wonderful site created by Bernajean Porter.- author and digital storyteller trainer.  The pod cast interview is excellent and worth a listen.

http://www.digitales.us/

"CENTER FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING"- The Center for Digital Storytelling is a California-based non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization rooted in the art of personal storytelling.  They assist young people and adults in using the tools of digital media to craft, record, share, and value the stories of individuals and communities, in ways that improve all our lives.

http://www.storycenter.org

"Memory's Voices- A Guide to Digital Storytelling"  A really nice site worth viewing created by The Center for Digital Storytelling.

http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/index.html


"Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling" A website devoted to the educational uses of digital storytelling.  Great for teachers interested in using digital storytelling.

http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/

"Digital Storytelling" 
This site gives an overview of digital storytelling and walks through the stages involved in completing one.


http://www.teachingteachers.com/index.htm


"Tech Head Stories"- A nice list of links to key digital storytelling websites.

http://tech-head.com/dstory.htm
 




Using Microsoft Photo Story 3

"Microsoft Photo Story 3- Making Show and Tell Fun Again"  This site is where you can Download Photo Story 3.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx

'"FAQ about Photo Story 3"  This site contains answers to questions often asked about Photo Story.

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/faq.mspx

"Create Your First Photo Story with Photo Story 3 for Windows"  This page walks you through the basics of creating a photo story and shows you how easy and fun it can be!

https://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx

"Introduction to Microsoft Photo Story 3" by Marc Liron.  Learn the basics.

http://www.updatexp.com/microsoft-photo-story-3.html

"The Beginners Guide to Microsoft Photo Story 3" written by Mark Coffman.  Very nice and detailed site.

http://www.windowsphotostory.com/Guides/Beginner/importing-and-arranging-pictures.aspx

"Using Microsoft Photo Story 3" A very clear guide to Photo Story 3 created by a technology coordinator.

www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf



Articles on the Educational Uses and
Value of Digital Storytelling

"The Art of Digital Storytelling with Hall Davidson and Bernajean Porter"

http://www.digitales.us/files/digitalstorytellingarticle.pdf

"Digital Storytelling: Using New Technology and the Power of Stories to Help Our Students Learn and Teach"
Article written by Mark Standley.

http://its.ksbe.edu/dst/PDFs/Digital_Storytelling.p

"How to use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom" Article written by Jennifer New.

http://edutopia.org/magazine/ed1article.php?id=art_1418&issue=dec_05

"Technology and Education" article written by an elementary teacher who uses Photo Story 3.

http://ej.gaetc.net/instruction/photo3/photostory3.htm

"Reality Bites Digital Learners Have Their Own Tech Tales to Tell" Article written by Sara Barnard.


"Digital Storytelling Finds it Place in the Classroom" written by Tom Banaszewski.  Read about how this teacher used digital storytelling in the "Place Project."

http://infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm

"Success Stories- Digital Storytelling in Scott County"  Read about the success that this school district had when implementing digital storytelling into the curriculum.

http://www.ncrel.org/engauge/resource/stories/scott.htm

"What is a Digital Story"  This page describes what a digital story is and has many good links.

http://www.photobus.co.uk/dstory_pages/what_dstory.html

"Telling Tales With Technology"  written by Judy Salpeter.

http://www.techlearning.com/shared/printableArticle.jhtml?articleID=60300276

"Enriching High School English Through Storytelling"

http://www.gcnet.net/Newsletter_1.htm

"Digital Storytelling in the Language Arts Classroom" written by Glen Bull and Sara Kajder.  Appeared in Learning & Leading with Technology.

http://cs2.cust.educ.ubc.ca/csed/400/csed_readings/display%2024.pdf



Articles About Storytelling

"What Makes a Good Story"  Learn the elements of a good story in this article by Chris King.

http://www.creativekeys.net/StorytellingPower/article1004.html

"Why Has The World Gotten Interested in Storytelling?"

http://www.creatingthe21stcentury.org/Intro5-Why-storytelling.html

"The Power of Storytelling: How Oral Narrative Influences Children's Relationships in Classrooms" Article written by Robin Mello from the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater.

http://ijea.asu.edu/v2n1/



Digital Storytelling Examples

View all the digital stories my fifth grade students created in the spring of 2006.

http://edweb.fdu.edu/folio/FrancoE/digitalstories/index.html

"Digital Storytelling in the Scott County Schools"  Some of the best examples of multiple uses for digital storytelling.

http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html


"Digital Storytelling Education"












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