Digital storytelling involves using computer tools like video clips, images, and audio to tell stories. It can be used in classrooms to engage students and promote multimedia literacy in a fun way. Flickr is a site where users can upload and share photos under various Creative Commons licenses, which allow copyrighted works to be shared with certain conditions like giving attribution or prohibiting commercial use. Flickr and other tools like Photostory and Animato allow teachers and students to create and share digital stories and presentations.

1. Brittany, Whitney, Bhrielle, Eliza Digital Storytelling

2. What is Digital Storytelling? Digital storytelling: “the process of using computer based tools to tell stories.” Usually include video clips, text, audio, and images. All digital stories vary in length and content.

3. Digital Storytelling in Classroom Beneficial because it is a fun, different way to learn things Helps more visual learners Teachers use it to promote engagement and multimedia literacy

4. Flickr A site used to upload your photos Searching site for almost any topic “1-2 million photos are uploaded daily” (Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 100) Before you take an image, make sure to remember about the Creative Commons! Find friends on Flickr Compare photos of similar interests

5. Steps for Flickr Step One: Register with Flickr Need valid e-mail address Free if less than 100MB/month Step Two: Add images Click “Upload Link,” find image, click “Upload” Remember to edit image before uploading Step Three: Access your photos and others any time you want!

6. Creative Commons Creative Commons is a nonprofit organization According to their website, they ”…work to increase the amount of creativity (cultural, educational, and scientific content) in “the commons” — the body of work that is available to the public for free and legal sharing, use, repurposing, and remixing.” Creative Commons provides free and easy legal tools that give everyone from individuals to companies and institutions a simple, standardized way to grant copyright permissions to their creative work. The Creative Commons licenses allow people to be able to change their copyright terms from the default of “all rights reserved” to “some rights reserved.”

7. Creative Commons-Definitions Attribution means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your copyrighted work - and derivative works based upon it - but only if they give you credit. Noncommercial means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform your work - and derivative works based upon it - but for noncommercial purposes only. No Derivative Works means:You let others copy, distribute, display, and perform only verbatim copies of your work, not derivative works based upon it. Alike means:You allow others to distribute derivative works only under a license identical to the license that governs your work.

8. Flickr in the Classroom “Capture daily events or highlights and easily share those with parents, community, and colleagues” (Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms, 100)

9. Photostory and Animato Photostory is a free microsoft application that allows individuals or groups to create a “show and tell” presentation out of their digital stories. Animato is an application that can be found on the web. It produces videos from music and photos that the user chooses.