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In The Art of Digital Storytelling, I will hopefully define the "Art of Digital Storytelling" as the bases to which digital media is used as a tool to tell stories. In the "Art of Digital Storytelling" an emphasis will be placed on the creative techniques of how digital mashups of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and/or music is used to develop personal tales.
These personal tales can range from recounting historical events, to exploring life in one's own community or the search for life in other corners of the universe, and literally, everything in between. |
Elements of A Digital StoryTo construct a digital story there are a few elements in design to consider. First a digital story as an end product is usually 2-5 minutes in length that includes a combination of narrative personal writing, photo images and a musical soundtrack. Daniel Meadows states that “There's strictness to the construction of a Digital Story: Two hundred and fifty words, a dozen or so pictures, and two minutes is about the right length. These strictures, I find, make for elegance. Digital Stories are a bit like sonnets in this respect, multimedia sonnets from the people (only it's probably better when they don't rhyme).” With the design elements defined the next question to answer would be “What is an effective process to consider when constructing a digital story?”
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Examine Historical Events
Digital Stories that examine historical events are records of events which chronicle the life or development of people or institutions and often include an explanation or commentary on them: a history of the Vikings; a formal written account of related natural phenomena: history of volcanoes; a log of a patient’s medical background; or a posted pattern of behavior: inmates with histories of substance abuse. Then there is the branch of knowledge that records and analyzes past events: “History has a long range perspective” (Elizabeth Gurley Flynn). This might include events relating to something in particular such as the history of their rivalry is full of intrigue.
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Stories that inform or instruct are meant to impart information or make the viewer aware of something such as a change in plans or reinforce rules or policies. They also acquaint us with knowledge of any given subject. Information and instruction grants form or character to the story giving it quality or essence like "The Flower That Shattered the Stone" gives us a story of life in nature.
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Embedding Code
Multimedia like sound, music and video files add some energy and interest to pages. Using code that has been available for years now, you can embed any number of different types of multimedia files. Without all that fifing around with embeds and non-standard code, the easiest way to put a video on your site is simply to upload it to YouTube and then embed their version of the video on your site. On the side of most YouTube pages is a snippet of code that will look something like this: |
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See Resource: Digital Story Rubric
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See Resource: Student Friendly Digital Story Rubric
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