Fusion: Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling Digital Storytelling is telling short stories with a mixture of images, text, narration, music, video, animation, and web publishing. It is the process of writing the story, and adding the multimedia elements to create a visual tale.
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Handouts	Digital Storytelling Handout Photo Story Handout Video tutorial on Photostory by Rushton Hurley Windows Movie Maker Handout VoiceThread Handout Audacity Handout Flip Video: Copy Video Files from Camera to Station handout Notes on Planning a Digital Storytelling Unit Storyboard Template Student Project Checklist Technology Checkout Contract \| View \| Upload your own
Software	Windows Media Player: free, plays produced stories, but also required for Photostory Photo Story 3: free, use when project does NOT include video Windows Movie Maker: free, use when project includes video, can also include images Audacity: free, audio recording and editing software; To export the project as an mp3, the lame mp3 encoder will also need to be installed. Voicethread: free and subscription services, online tool Aviary Myna Audio Editor: free, online audio recording and editing, includes a library of loops for creating original music
Hardware	Logitech Headsets Digital Camera Flip Video Camera Digital Voice Recorder Snowball Microphone (group recording)
Sharing	Vimeo: free, video sharing site; not blocked by filter Internet Archive: free site to upload/publish video, not blocked by the server WordPress.com: blogging platform which allows for moderated comments, but doesn't require an account to comment. It is easy to embed Vimeo videos in a blog post.
Examples	PhotoStory Voicethreads

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