Digital Storytelling is the practice of combining narrative with digital content, including images, sound, and video, to create a short movie, typically with a strong emotional component. Digital stories can be instructional, persuasive, historical, or reflective.
A digital story typically begins with a script. The storyteller then assembles rich media to support the ideas and emotions in that script, including music or other audio effects, personal or public-domain images, animations or video, and other electronic elements. The storyteller pieces together and edits the digital story, creating a short movie, usually about two to four minutes long, in one of various file formats.
Educause: 7 things you should know about Digital Storytelling
New technology tools allow us to connect, communicate and collaborate easily with others around the world. Digital Storytelling is a tool that can support teaching and learning in any subject area.
How-To-Guide:Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators by Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano
Components of a Digital Story
- Storyline: Writing, Story-boarding, Scripting
- Choose or Create Media: Text, Audio, Images, Video
- Project: Import, Edit and Export Media
David Jakes Digital Storytelling 2.0: What’s Next
4 Components of Digital Storytelling:
- New Media
- New Tools
- New Messages
- New Networks
Resources for Digital Storytelling in the Classroom:
The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling Resources compiled by Dr. Alec Couros
Cybrary Man’s Educational Web Sites – Digital Story Telling
58 Sites for Digital Storytelling Tools and Information