Digital Storytelling: Creating an eStory

by Dusti Howell, Deanne Howell

Overview

Digital what?! Bring your storytelling into the 21st century! This exciting teaching tool includes tutorials with a step-by-step guide for building personal stories and creating digital videos, sounds, and images. Projects are easily adaptable for teacher and librarian collaboration, and students can learn to create or find digital videos, sounds, and images.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781586830809
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	01/01/2003
Series:	Technology and Its Application
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	136
Product dimensions:	8.40(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	3 Months

About the Author

Dusti Howell is assistant professor at Emporia State University in Emporia, KS.

Deanne K. Howell is an educator from Emporia, KS.

Editorial Reviews

Digital storytelling is the skill of creative writing in a digital format. This manual outlines how to create eStories with specific examples for different ages with five suggested software programs: Riverdeep's Kid Pix, Pinnacle Studio, Microsoft PowerPoint, Adobe Premiere, and Macromedia Flash. Certainly the organization and clarity within this book, and therefore ease of use, give the feeling of simple integration into units in technology and creative writing. Each project is organized under the same headings and follows the same writing process, including Materials Needed, Getting Started with a Storyboard, Building the Project, and Adaptations and Extensions. This guide, though otherwise a very useful tool in digital storytelling, has two shortcomings: specificity of software and timeliness of applications addressed. Can these skills be applied to other software programs? Will the tutorials in this manual still hold true for updated versions of the suggested software? I believe they provide the framework for digital storytelling that educators can now adjust to whatever programs are available in their facilities. The intended audience is teachers and library media specialists, and success with this text requires some computer skills and knowledge. The manual includes a clear table of contents, index, appendices, tips for successful digital storytelling, and low quality images and screenshots to illustrate technique. This will be a refreshing companion book to any professional collection intent on integrating activities to enhance information literacy for students. Recommended.” —Library Media Connection

From the Publisher

The authors take readers from simple to complex methods of creating stories with five distinct software applications. In the KidPix section, a child's dream of becoming a firefighter is agreeably prepared in a six-screen slide show, with imported pictures and ample use of the software's built-in capabilities. Next, readers are shown how to use Pinnacle Studio to create a "Student of the Week" story complete with video interview. Chapter four shows a PowerPoint presentation with many special effects not commonly used to illustrate how a simple game of soccer uncovered an unusual plant. The authors make use of Adobe Premiere to tell the story of Winston Churchill and Alexander Fleming (Churchill gave a poor farmer's son an education; that education produced penicillin, which later saved the benefactor's son.) Finally, those with an artistic flare can learn to use Macromedia Flash to create a cartoon. This book is easy to use for someone with a computer background. The ideas can be tailored to any presentation, not just storytelling. They give solid information on copyright and fair use, and frequently recommend seeking the expertise of a media specialist. Small and specialized, this tutorial will find plenty of use in the right hands.-Debbie Whitbeck, West Ottawa Public Schools, Holland, MI Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.

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