Digital Storytelling

Teaching Resources
Cathy Schrock's Guide to Digital Storytelling - http://www.schrockguide.net/digital-storytelling.html
Instructional Technology Media Guide for Digital Cameras. http://k-12.pisd.edu/multimedia/peripherals/camera/camera.htm
64 Ways To Tell a Digital Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways
Web 2.0 Stories http://web2storytelling.wikispaces.com/ 
Digital Storytelling in the Classroom - a list of resources.
Why Tell Stories?
Examples of Digital Storytelling
Meg Ormiston's Digital Storytelling Resources
Effective Storytelling
Fantastic Directions on Storyboarding

Print Materials
Digital Storytelling In The Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, And Creativity - Ohler

Telling Digital Stories with Drawings
http://www.commoncraft.com/making-election-video-behind-scenes

Learn More - Articles on Digital Storytelling
The Case for Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
How to Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
The Power of Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: Telling Stories with Technology 
The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place In The Classroom
An excellent article that is a must read! http://www.wtvi.com/teks/07_08_articles/mobile-digital-storytelling.html

Places to Post Digital Stories
http://prezi.com/ lets you make slide shows with text, images, audio and movies.

Tools for Creating Digital Books
Mixbook http://www.mixbook.com/ (Allows teachers to invite student who create accounts to collaborate on books.)
Tikatok http:www.tikatok.com / (Allows teachers to create student accounts to better manage the books.)
BookRix http://www.bookrix.com/ (Create and share ebooks and online stories.)
Panraven http://www.panraven.com/ (Create, share and publish digital books.)
Bookbuilder http://bookbuilder.cast.org/ (Allows you and your students to create virtual digital books online.)
PDF Flash http://www.pdfflash.com/ (Turns a PDF into a digital book.)
MyPublisher http://www.mypublisher.com/ (Turn photos and stories into real books.)
Tabblo http://www.tabblo.com/ (A tool for creating shareable online stories.)
Smile Books http://www.smilebooks.com/ (Turn photos and stories into real books.)
Blurb http://www.blurb.com/ (Turn photos and stories into real books.)
Lulu http://www.lulu.com/ (Create print or ebooks.)
Student Publishing - you may order copies of the stories in print form.
Storybird - Creating stories online with illustrations - you may order copies of the book.


Copyright Friendly Photos for Projects
Burning Well (http://www.burningwell.org/)Public Domain Photos
Free Nature Photos (http://www.freenaturepictures.com/) Public Domain Photos
Animal Picture Archive (http://animalpicturesarchive.com/ ) Free Animal Pictures
Public Domain Clip Art (http://www.princetonol.com/groups/iad/links/clipart.html) Links to public domain clip art.
Jon Maloney's Free Photos (http://members.carol.net/~jmaloney/animals.htm�44��45�An amateur wildlife photographer's collection.
Animal Pictures from South Africa. (http://www.bushveld.co.za/)PublicDomain. ORG (http://pdphoto.org/) Free public domain photo database.
Public Domain Images (http://www.public-domain-image.com/)
Pic4Learning - http://pics.tech4learning.com/ Copyright friendly images for teachers and students.


Directions for Making Podcasts in GarageBand
http://www.apple.com/support/garageband/podcasts/recording/

Documents to Download 
digitalStorytellingStoryBoard%5B1%5D.pdf
 Student Work Rubric.doc
 IamPoemAndRubic.doc