News Literacy Project
Fact-Check It!
Here's a lesson designed to help learners develop their digital verification skills. First, expert groups study specific digital verification skills, and in a jigsaw activity, share what they have learned with classmates. The jigsaw...
Google
Adventure on the High Seas
Ahoy there! A fun computer science lesson challenges pupils to write a program that creates an ocean wave. They then develop stories to accompany their projects. All of this takes place within the Scratch coding program.
Google
Storytelling: Your Innovation Story
Explore a trailblazing way to talk about innovation. Using the Scratch coding program, young computer scientists create innovations and write stories to accompany them. They include some of the add-ons they mastered throughout the unit.
Curated OER
Springfield Digital Storytelling Project: Landform Riddle
Creative projects and collaborative learning are hallmarks of 21st Century learning skills. Using an iphone, 6th graders create an iMovie which shows a student composed riddle. The riddle needs to be about one of the landforms they have...
Curated OER
Digital Storytelling Lesson Plans Bring Stories to Life
Students can use technology to enhance and improve their stories using digital storytelling lesson plans.
Curated OER
Digital Time Capsule
Students discover ways to pass on stories to future generations by creating a time capsule. In this history preservation lesson, students utilize a digital camera/camcorder to record their daily lives which is turned into a compact...
Curated OER
Culture Creation vs. Culture Consumption - Finding Voice Through Digital Storytelling
Ninth graders explore the power of media in culture and Gandhi's philosophy of nonviolence. In this nonviolence and media instructional activity, 9th graders analyze Gandhi's nonviolent methods for social change and discuss the media's...
Curated OER
Cinderella - Digital Storytelling
Students analyze four versions of the Cinderella story. In this fairy tale analysis lesson, students read four versions of Cinderella and work in groups to identify the plot for each. Students illustrate the stories and use Movie Maker...
Curated OER
Digital Storytelling
Sixth graders write a creative story and turn it into a digital storybook. In this digital storytelling lesson, 6th graders write a creative story, illustrate the story, and then use computer technology to turn their story and...
Curated OER
Digital Storytelling
Students write a personal narrative and convert the story into digital format. In this digital storytelling lesson, students write a personal narrative, record the story, create images for the story, add animations or transitions, and...
Other
The Whale Hunt
An interesting display of the modern epic of a whale hunt by Inupiat Eskimos. Follow the hunt from preparation to the end in these pictures from Jonathan Harris. Be sure to click on the topics on the left of the screen to read about how...
Other
Delaware Art Museum: The Art of Storytelling
Experience the image collections of the Delaware Art Museum through storytelling. Read and/or listen to stories that others have told about artwork in the museum. Use interactive media to tell or picture a story. Includes lesson plans...
Other
Jakes Online: Digital Storytelling
David Jakes has compiled a very useful list of articles, tools and examples to help you learn about digital storytelling and use it with your classes.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
University of Houston
University of Houston: Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
This useful resource offers a broad general background for using digital storytelling for a variety of educational purposes. Also included is information about studies on the effectiveness of digital storytelling as an educational tool.
Education Development Center
Digital Media Arts: Introduction to Visual Arts and Digital Media
Digital media curriculum for teaching high school students how to communicate through media. Students learn the fundamentals of art and design and the technical skills to prepare them for careers in the arts, media, and entertainment...
South Carolina Educational Television
Etv: Bell South Digital Storyteller: Generations of Heroes
Information and advice for participating in a digital storytelling project that documents the experiences and memories of those who have served the United States in war or other military conflicts. Step-by-step instructions, useful...
University of Minnesota
University of Minnesota: The Elements of Digital Storytelling
Learn the theory and elements of digital storytelling, with plenty of real-world examples provided for each element. While the purpose of the site is not specifically to instruct teachers how to use digital storytelling in the classroom,...
Other
University of Virginia: Welcome to Digital Storyteller
Helping classrooms to utilize more technology, the University of Virginia has developed this website to provide a source for building digital storytellers.
Other
Farmers' Museum: Harvest of History: History of New York State Argriculture
Site compares and contrasts a farming village of 1845 to that of the present day. Students can make their own video online using clips, narrative, and music supplied by the museum.
Google
Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Storytelling Theme
A set of eight activities that teach young scholars basic computer science concepts using the programming language Scratch. Includes lots of additional supports for teachers. All materials are free and teachers sign in to create a class....
Tech4Learning
Tech4 Learning: Digital Storytelling in the Primary Classroom
This article presents lots of excellent ideas for having students create digital texts, both fiction and nonfiction. Examples of student work, narrated by the students, are provided.
REMC Association of Michigan
Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 18. Digital Storytelling
This tutorial is made up of five quests. Students first explore the elements and planning process of a digital story, then decide on an idea for their own story. They write and edit a script using a storyboard, search and choose media...
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Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling
Educause answers 7 questions on Digital Storytelling, from "What is it?" to "Why is it significant?" and "The implications for teaching and learning."