I’m starting this list for the Golden Apple Digital Storytelling Seminar (July 30-Aug. 3 2007).  Please comment on any of these resource, or add new ones!

GENERAL DIGITAL STORYTELLING (OVERVIEWS, THEORY, GUIDES)
Overview of one classroom’s process.
Evaluating digital storytelling.
Comprehensive list of resource, relevant articles, examples, etc.
Comprehensive list of resources.
Really good four-part intro.  Parts 3 and 4 (technology/legal issues and assessment) are particularly practical.
eBook with tons of links to examples of digital storytelling. (free registration required).

EXAMPLES OF DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Great collection from the Center for Digital Storytelling.
Capture Wales digital stories: a major BBC initiative to collect stories in Wales.
Digital stories by teachers.

TECHNOLOGY TUTORIALS AND HOW-TOS
Screencast tutorials for iMovie, Moviemaker, and PremierePro, as well as overviews of key digital media concepts.
Screencast Audacity tutorial.
How to use a Mac if you’re a PC user.

IMAGE/VIDEO/AUDIO RESOURCES
Creative Commons. A gateway to materials with “some rights reserved” that are intended to be shared and used.
Flickr for images and photos. In the advanced search, make sure to check “only search within Creative Commons licensed photos.”
ccMixter for sounds and music. Creative Commons licensed.
United Streaming for video. For use in digital stories, be sure to use the advanced search and choose “include only editable titles.” Free 30-day trial.
PacDV for sound effects.

Hi Digital Storytelling seminar grads, and anyone else interested in digital storytelling!

Here are some local (non-digital) storytelling resources from Syd:

The Celtic Knot Pub in Evanston
They have a calendar of events held there, including storytelling events. You can check out the storytellers on line.

storytelling.org
They have a calendar of storytelling events held in Illinois. There is a storytelling festival on August 12th in Spring Grove, Illinois (about an hour away.) I’m doing about thirty minutes in the afternoon. Go to site for more info.

storynet.org
This is the site for the National Storytelling Network. Great resources, calendar, and lots of info.

August House
The best source for published storytelling material

Lynn Rubright, Beyond the Beanstock.
Favorite book of ideas of how to use storytelling in the classroom.

Jane Yolen, Favorite Folktales from Around the World
Favorite book of folktales.

Our guest speaker Joe Brennan is a great resource.  Check out his digital storytelling blog. And be sure to look at the Aug. 2 post!

Because the Storytelling aspect of this program is so important, I think a great resources is Vocalo. On this site there are many short stories told by the average person (under the “Everybody tag). It’s amazing what a little background music and a few sound effects can do for a story even before you add in visuals and the ever important Ken Burns Effect.

Here’s a low-tech way to create digital stories using images or photos.  VoiceThread

is an online media album that allows people to make comments, either audio or text, and share them with anyone they wish. A VoiceThread allows an entire group’s story to be told and collected in one place.

Lisa,
VoiceThread seems like a great resource. I loved the thread you made. What a great way to welcome a new class! It allows kids to get a feel for what your room will be like before they ever come in.
I wonder, though, why you didn’t use a voice recording for each slide. The quote bubbles that popped up for the pictures with no voice was great, though. Is it possible to use both full captions and a voice over?

DanL is interested in integrating digital storytelling into his work this year, but wanted some resources specifically for schools using PCs, not Macs.

One tool we didn’t discuss in the workshop is Microsoft Photo Story 3.  This seems to be a free download.  It looks like a great, easy-to-use interface for putting together photos, voiceover, music, and captions.  JoanKane swears by it.  I hope she’ll chime in with some tips!

To do digital storytelling the way we did it in the workshop, or if you want to be able to include and edit video clips, PC users will need Windows MovieMaker (standard with Windows XP).  This site has a video tutorial introduction to MovieMaker.

MovieMaker has a quirk, which is that it only has one audio track. If students want to make digital stories with both voiceover and music, you will have to pre-mix the audio track.  Audacity is a good free audio editor. This site walks you through the download and has video tutorials on how to use Audacity.

There are other video editing packages for PC, some of which aren’t very expensive.  This guide gives a good overview.

One last tip for both PCs and Macs: don’t forget to invest in microphones! They make a huge difference in sound quality, and make it much easier to record multiple students when you have limited space.  These cost as little as $10, with good ones running about $20-25.  Check out Academic Superstore which has discounted prices for schools.

Here’s the full collection of “Teachers Telling Tales” digital stories from 2007.

A few new resources for this year, in addition to those listed in the first post: <br><br>

Good stuff from Adobe: scroll down for examples of digital storytelling projects across the curriculum, and classroom tips for managing a digital storytelling project.<br><br>

A nice comprehensive list of digital storytelling resources. If you scroll down, she has a lot of resources for using Windows MovieMaker (among a great number of tools), including step-by-step tutorials.<br><br>

Local digital storytelling expert (and HS Technology teacher) David Jakes offers some advice on making a case for digital storytelling in your classroom and “standards-proofing" your digital storytelling program.

Wikipedia has a good list of sources of public domain images (usually historical images, where the copyright has expired).

Hey, this might be a fun game that you can try to teach using Flickr. You can see it in action at this blog.

a. Type your answer to each of the questions below into Flickr Search.
b. Using only the first page, pick an image. (You can arrange by “Most relevant,” “Most recent,” or “Most interesting.")
c. Copy and paste each of the URLs for the images into fd’s mosaic maker.

The Questions:
1. What is your first name?
2. What is your favorite food?
3. What high school did you go to?
4. What is your favorite color?
5. Who is your celebrity crush?
6. Favorite drink?
7. Dream vacation?
8. Favorite dessert?
9. What you want to be when you grow up?
10. What do you love most in life?
11. One Word to describe you?
12. Your flickr name?

You could change some questions as needed! Make sure they search with creative commons checked and KEEP TRACK of the photos for attribution.

I just recently participated in a Lincoln Project that included voicethread. My students posted simple facts about Lincoln with a school in Palm Beach, Florida. Then, being a music teacher, I put on a fourth and fifth grade assembly which was videocasted down to Florida. This was a wonderful time to collaborate and tell the stories of Lincoln. Happy 200th Mr. Lincoln!

I’m curious if the digital storytelling class will be offered again this summer. I’d like to recommend it to colleagues if it’s available!