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Telling Tales: introduction to digital storytelling. Combination of an oral ‘story’ with digital images and sometimes music or sound to create a ‘mini-movie’ that can be viewed via computer. Hardware computer headphones/ speakers microphone scanner &/or digital camera
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Combination of an oral ‘story’ with digital images and sometimes music or sound to create a ‘mini-movie’ that can be viewed via computer.
Hardware • computer • headphones/ speakers • microphone • scanner &/or • digital camera • digital voice recorder
Software Microsoft • MovieMaker2 • PhotoStory3 • PowerPoint Or for MAC users • iMovie Purchased • Adobe Premiere Elements • Audacity
old photos • greeting cards • post cards • jewellery • maps • documents • book covers • drawings • paintings • fabrics • medals Images
Sound Music www.freeplaymusic.com Sound effects http://www.a1freesoundeffects.com
Script • around 2/3 page or to run 2-4 minutes • needs to be created as an oral ‘text’ • read with an informal storytelling feel • focus on how few • words and pictures • you need to tell the • story
Uses in education • By teachers • reporting – ‘Moving Memories’ • marketing • developing teaching resources - Coffee • With learners • individual storytelling • group reporting • assessment
Benefits in an LLN context… • You do not need to be an experienced writer to create them or a reader to enjoy them • Give LLN learners a ‘voice’ – they become publishers • Fun, engaging, motivating – in fact addictive!
Technology skills are developed as a means to an end - not the focus ‘just in time – just for me’ ‘learning by stealth’