In essence, Digital storytelling is a process of creating a short movie that combines a script or an original story with various multimedia components, such as images, video, music and a narration, often an author’s own voice.
Digital storytelling combines the art of storytelling with a variety of multimedia components, such as sound, music, digital pictures, video clips and text. Digital stories usually last between two and ten minutes. Topics used can include personal tales, retellings of historical events, teaching/introducing a specific subject to an audience, and various other purposes.
Digital storytelling is an educational technology tool that utilizes skills students are expected to have in the 21st century. Information literacy, visual literacy, being creative and taking risks, and using the latest technology to communicate effectively can all be achieved when students actively participate in the creation process of digital storytelling.
SAMPLE STORIES:
Find more samples at "The educational uses of Digital Storytelling website from University of Houston" http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/
FAQ's:
How can I create one?
You can follow DIGITAL STORYTEELING PRODUCTION GUIDE (also available under Documents) when you are creating your digital story. You will need to have digital images (ideally taken by your own camera or copyright-free images found on the internet (see Resources page for a list of copyright-free images and sound files)) to illustrate your point, a script, some multimedia components such as sound clips, music, and gift of your own voice to narrate your story. Please check Tutorials page for more information on how to create a digital story.
What is the process of creating a Digital Story?(Jakes and Brannon (2005))
| Writing | |
| Script | |
| Storyboarding | |
| Locating Multimedia | |
| Creating Digital Story | |
| Sharing | |
What are the types of Digital Stories?
While Digital Stories can be on any subject , in general Digital Stories can be categorized in three major areas: Personal Stories, Stories that instruct and re-telling of historical events.
How long should it be?
Digital stories usually last between 2 and 10 minutes. Be careful about how much time you want to use in the story. Don't make your story too long otherwise you might bore your audience.
What are the elements of a Digital Story? (Lambert, 2003)
How can I find additional resources on Digital Storytelling?
Start from DISTCO's Resources webpage.
