From a session by Gail Lovely Gail@GailLovely.com

1. A Teacher's Guide to Digital
Storytelling (Gr. K-8)
Gail Lovely
Gail@GailLovely.com

2. A Teacher's Guide to Digital
Storytelling (Gr. K-8)
Discover free tools for creating and sharing
digital stories that engage students and teach
them new skills. Learn how to use and combine
images, audio, video, and text into both fictional
and non-fictional stories. Gail guides you
through the process of how to capture each
student's knowledge, ideas, and creativity!

3. Take out your phone… or tablet.

4. Everyone has a story...

5. What engaged YOU?

6. "A story should be remembered for its
soul, not the bells and
whistles." Bernajean Porter

7. Simplified 4-Step Approach
1. Have a story idea
2. Plan your story
3. Create your story
4. Share, evaluate , reflect

8. Where to begin?
•What story do you have to share?
•Personal Stories
•Historical Truths
•Imaginative Tales
•Thought Provoking Questions

9. This is THE most important step

10. Where to begin?
•Plan…
•Brainstorm
•Write it down
•Draw storyboards
•Share and reflect

11. Resources for this step:
•Brainstorming Tools
•Kidspiration/Inspiration (software - $)
http://www.inspiration.com
•Bubbl.us (web – Free)
www.Bubbl.us
Popplet (app - $)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/popplet/id374151
636?mt=8

12. http://www.mesquiteisd.org/i
movie/monarchbutterfly.htm
Monarch Butterflies

13. Resources for this step:
•“Write it Down” Tools
Any word processor (software)
Sticky Note Tools
Stixy (online – Free)
http://www.stixy.com/
Sticky Notes for iPad (app – Free)
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sticky-notes-for-
ipad/id364899302?mt=8

14. Resources for this step:
•StoryBoarding Tools
Paper
http://www.printablepaper.net/category/storyboard
Software
PowerPoint Templates
Apps
Any drawing or note app which allows drawing and text.

15. Students and Real World
This is where they MAY be
a bit hesitant… stand firm.

16. What Next?
Plan some more
Consider the Lessons Learned
Consider the problems overcome
Consider the “so what” of it

17. And then?
Plan some more
Write it down
Write a script or your story
Share the story
Peers
Teachers
Self

18. THEN, make a Digital Story

19. Storybird
T+I
http://Storybird.com

20. Animoto
I+T+M
http://animoto.com/education (also an app)

21. http://photopeach.com/album/js60sr?r
ef=more
I+T+M
PhotoPeach
http://photopeach.com

22. Inklewriter
T
http://writer.inklestudios.com/

23. Little Bird Tales
T+V+I+A
http://www.littlebirdtales.com/

24. Voicethread
I+A+T+V
http://ed.voicethread.com/ ($) (app too)

25. Fotobabble
I+V
http://www.fotobabble.com (app too)
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http://www.fotobabble.com/m/TVN

26. http://blabberize.com/view/id/451000
I+V
Blabberize
http://blabberize.com/

27. Storyrobe App
I+V
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storyrobe/id
337670615?mt=8 ($)

28. Explain Everything App
V+T+I+
M
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/explain-
everything/id431493086?mt=8 ($)

29. SonicPics App
I+V
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/sonicpics/id3
45295488?mt=8 ($)

30. PuppetPals App
I+V
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/puppet-pals-
hd/id342076546?mt=8 ($)

31. StoryKit App
I+A+V
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storykit/id32
9374595?mt=8

32. Book Creator App
I+M+V+
T
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/book-
creator-for-ipad/id442378070?mt=8 ($)

33. Share
Have a festival
Share on a website (look for embed codes)
Make sure you are copyright-safe and image
safe (model-releases?)

34. Evaluating the Work
Rubrics!
http://www.digitales.us/evaluating/scoring_guide.php
http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

35. THE TWO Biggest Collections of
Resources
• http://www.livebinders.
com/play/present?id=74
14
• http://50ways.wikispac
es.com/Home

36. IMPORTANT!
Remember who owns the stories…
Let student-work BE student work.
It is about the content and the
meaningfulness of the content first,
and the technical accomplishments
second

37. So, What’s YOUR story?
Gail Lovely
Gail@GailLovely.com
http://LovelyLearning.com
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