Storytelling
Storytelling Lesson Plans and Rubrics
Digital storytelling is....
Seven Steps for Digital Storytelling
Our students are ready to read and write information beyond words — to use the media technologies of our era for effective communication. Here are the steps that will help them do it.
Digital StoryTelling Tools
Powerful and Engaging K - 12 Projects with VoiceThread
VoiceThread - A school-wide project - excellent instructions on how to up a VoiceThread with several identities.
VoiceThread in the Classroom - A great SWOT analysis of the tool along with suggestions for use in the classroom. Some examples also provided.
VoiceThread and Comic Life - the Curriculum Consultants from the Living Sky School Division explain a joint project with a grade 2 class using Comic Life.
VoiceThread for Education - a wiki full of examples from K - College
Using VoiceThread for Digital Conversations - Everything you could ever want to know about VoiceThread - with excellent examples.
Video
Make Internet TV - This guide has step-by-step instructions for shooting, editing, and publishing online videos that can be watched and subscribed to by millions of people.
Video in the Classroom - digital storytelling in the elementary grades... and beyond!
Cartoon and Comic Book Tools
Comiqs - a wonderful easy to use online comic generators
More Comic Creators from Stephen's Lighthouse
More Tools
Alan Levine's 50 Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story
School-based Professional Development
Bready School Staff Development: Digital Storytelling Using a Variety of Tools