Digital+Storytelling

Photostory
Microsoft Photo Story is a free application that allows users to create a show and tell presentation. You can import pictures from you camera, use images from the net (check for copyright), do voice overs, import music (check for copyright), or select premade music that is included. This program is like 'Power Point Lite' and one will be able to create slideshows that you can upload or burn to a CD or DVD. Let's have a quick demo. Go here to get [|Photostory] Go here to get a quick overview handout [|photostory3.pdf] Here is a Photostory Tutorial Video media type="youtube" key="l15o89FIN4I" height="344" width="425"

Audacity
Audacity is a free, cross platform (MAC or PC), open source piece of software that creates and edits audio files. You can create audio plays, podcasts, news reports, basically whatever story you want to tell. You can export the files as .mp3 or .wavs, so you can make CDs, send audio files home, upload them on a wiki such as this one, or even upload on an iPod or mp3 player. Let's have a quick demo. Go here to get [|Audacity] Go here to get [|Lame] (mp3 encorder program for Audacity) Go here to get a quick overview handout [|audacity-quickstart.pdf] Here is an Audacity Tutorial Video Fix up your podcast using [|levelator]. media type="youtube" key="QXOOHOzCHHY" height="344" width="425"

VoiceThread
VoiceThread is a Web 2.0 tool where you can upload almost any digital media ranging from a photo to a powerpoint presentation and share it online. The neat thing about it is that it allows other viewers/users to make comments in 5 different ways. Comments can be made by using voice (microphone or telephone), text, audio file, or video. Let's have a quick demo. Go Here to get to [|VoiceThread] Go here to get a quick overview handout [|VTEducatorsGuide.pdf] or here [] Go Here to view a slideshow with Seventeen Classroom Integration Ideas and Tips for Using VoiceThread: [] Here is a VoiceThread Tutorial Video media type="youtube" key="nr0wod6JZIU" height="344" width="425"

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Fantastic web driven story publishing (Horizon School Student Sample) - Has a teacher dashboard and all accounts are managed by teacher.

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MyEbook - []

Guide your readers through an interactive journey of text, pictures and video in a very cool reader. The online book editor is very powerful! I love this one for older students .... a readable journey. The neatest thing is you can upload pdfs to publish online! Publish those iphotobooks! Freinds Sample!

media type="custom" key="3777503" TrakAX - a free garage band like tool! It does not have the band in a box idea otherwise very similar.

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Online Notebooks - create a notbook online (tinkered on but never used in ed setting) [|pocketmanila.com]

Animate A Story - create an animation [|goanimate.com].

Digital Story Telling Resources
Digital Stories : Your one stop shop for digital story ideas and resources [|Visual Literacy] : how to plan a success video project