There are so many different options for digital story
telling. There are programs that let you
record sound, video or create presentations including all of them. There are many options that are free to
use. In the future I would like to have my Western
Civilization students create a digital story about one of the people they
admire the most that they learn about. They can pick someone who they have the most
interest in learning more about or they can also decide to use a certain time
period or an event.
The students would have to make a multimedia presentation to
include sound, graphics, hyperlinks and video.
I will have them use Prezi for the presentation unless they have Power
Point or IMovie. I don’t want them to
have to purchase any software. I don’t
think it is fair to have student use software they may have to pay for when
there are so many free programs they can use.
I will also have them create a
storyboard to show their thought process.
I will introduce my class to a few different programs. The first one I will introduce is Prezi. Prezi is a great program to create multimedia
productions for no cost. When creating
a Prezi presentation you can include video, audio, text, animation and
links. Some of the other programs I will
introduce are:
1.
Animoto – Lets
you create video with graphics and sound.
You can pick the pictures you want from your computer or a social media
site then add music and\or your voice.
2.
Voice Thread
– Voice thread allows you to create a video with voice and graphics. It also allows people to make comments on
your project.
3.
Corkboard.me
– This is a program to help build a storyboard and to brainstorm.
4.
Audioboo – it records sounds whether it is a voice or
music you are creating.
5.
Spiderscribe
– Is a program to help with a storyboard or brainstorming. It allows you to work by yourself or with a
group.
First I will use the computer in my classroom and the
whiteboard to give them a sense of the programs I want to discuss. I will then use the computer lab in the
school to show my students the different programs and how to use them. This is the best place so I can have all the
students on the computer at the same time.
I will let them explore the programs and find out how they can best use these
programs.
The final project should be a multimedia presentation
showing video clips they find or created with sound clips of a story they feel
is important to their topic I want them to use at least 3 different types of
multimedia. This project will be
creative and fun and an add way of learning and showing what they learned. When I have all the presentations I will put
them together in time sequence and present them to the class as one
presentation.
