Digital+Storytelling-Software+and+Tools


 * Digital Storytelling: Software and Tools **

Now that you have learned about the benefits of using Digital Storytelling in the classroom, students can get started by using some of the following software and tools. Listed below are some internet tools and software students can use that Silvia Rosenthal Tolisano lists in Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators as well as in the University of Houston: The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling.
 * Software and Tools **
 * 1) For Text
 * 2) [|Wordle] : can use it to tell a story, make a summary, write a poem, showcase characteristics of a protagonist in a book, essay, collaboratively work on a word cloud as a group
 * 3) [|Google Maps]
 * 4) Can use [|Google Maps]  for story prompts and use pushpins and invite collaborators to map
 * 5) Google LitTrips This site is an experiment in teaching great literature in a very different way. Using Google Earth, students discover where in the world the greatest road trip stories of all time took place.
 * 6) Find a Story-Map a Story-Tell a Story -There is an interesting relationship between place, story and community. As we revisit these places in our memory, we realize how stories naturally attached themselves to places from our past and how they shape us in the present.
 * 7) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">We Tell Stories //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The 21 Steps //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> is told by following the story as it unfolds across a map of the world
 * 8) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For Audio
 * 9) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">ccMixter <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> is a community music site featuring remixes licensed under <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Creative Commons <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> where you can listen to, sample, mash-up, or interact with music in whatever way you want.
 * 10) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">SoundzaboundRoyalty Free Music for Schools
 * 11) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Jamendo
 * 12) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Audacity
 * 13) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Goldwave
 * 14) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Adobe Audition
 * 15) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For Images
 * 16) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Photostory <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students can use a Windows program to create and narrate a story made up images.
 * 17) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Mixbook <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: A tool that allows anyone to tell a story by creating and publish it as a book. It allows collaboration among many authors on the same book.
 * 18) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">PhotoPeach: Create slideshows with pictures and music.
 * 19) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">VoiceThread <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: “A VoiceThread is an online media album that can hold essentially any type of media and allows people to make comments in 5 different ways- using voice, text, audio file, or video- and share them with anyone they wish.”
 * 20) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Flickr <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Images by public
 * 21) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Compfight <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: A Flickr Search Tool
 * 22) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Wikipedia
 * 23) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Stock.xchng <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Free stock photography site
 * 24) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Dorling Kindersley Clipart  <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Free clip art
 * 25) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Adobe Photoshop/Photoshop Elements
 * 26) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">For Video
 * 27) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Moviemaker <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Microsoft program to make movies
 * 28) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kids' Vid: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Video Production for Students
 * 29) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">iMovie
 * 30) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Adobe Premiere Elements


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tips from Bernajean Porter **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Depending on the images, video, sounds, transitions, or special effects that students include, the message is affected.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The images that students choose should show the information.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">According to her, there are image guidelines: images should not be displayed for the same duration of time
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Images should be displayed 3-4 seconds so that the viewer sees them but is not bored by them
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Using pan and zoom is a good tool
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Font color and size should be chosen wisely
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">There are four different types of sounds: narration, guest voices, ambient sounds, and music.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Well-performed voices make the meaning come alive for the audience
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">She explains that students should be asked whether their media: decorate, illustrates, or illuminates the message (with illuminating being the goal!)


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Web 2.0 Tools that help create digital stories: **
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Zooburst <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students can create 3D pop-up books by uploading or using the database of images, record their voice, and share their stories.
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Storyjumper <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students can create, share, and even publish their own stories.
 * 3) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">My StoryMaker <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Allows students to use characters and items in the site to create a story. This site would be appropriate for younger students who need help creating their stories.
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Storybird <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students can collaborate to create and share their stories.
 * 5) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Kerpoof <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Students can create their own story, yet must use the characters and images that the site offers. This site would be appropriate for younger students.
 * 6) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Batalugu <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: Create a story using illustrations already made, and students can print their book or buy a hardcover version or eBook.
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Little Bird Tales : Students can upload their artwork, record their voice, add text to each page, and email their completed stories.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Some blogs that teachers can visit to learn more about Digital Storytelling include:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Blogs **
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">A <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|blog] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> created by Wesley Fryer, a known teacher who has been featured in virtual conferences of Discovery Education.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Tom Banazewski has a <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|blog] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> about digital literacy and a <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[|site] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> that includes samples of digital stories.
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Silvia Rosenthal Rolisano also has her own blog that teachers and parents can visit and learn more about Digital Storytelling.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Some Wikis that have been created about Digital Storytelling include:
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Wikis **
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> by Wes Fryer
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[]
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://juliazanglcolby.wikispaces.com/Digital+StoryTelling+Info
 * 4) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">http://couros.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling


 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">More tools and resources **
 * 1) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> A Blog post that offers teachers a compilation of 31 Tools for Digital Storytelling.
 * 2) <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Compilation of articles and tools.

<span style="display: block; height: 1px; left: -40px; overflow: hidden; position: absolute; text-align: center; top: -25px; width: 1px;">Now that you have learned about the benefits of using Digital Storytelling in the classroom, students can get started by using some of the following software and tools.