digital_storytelling

=Digital Storytelling=

Basic digital Storytelling - A great starting point
[|How to create simple digital stories] A resource page by Helen Barrett Ph.d Narrate a Powerpoint presentation and Digital Storytelling: Animated Powerpoint Tutorial Easy digital stories with Animoto Create a simple photo story with Photostory 3 Use Voicethread to create some easy digital stories, interviews and much more.

Teaching Inference with images (recommended by Jane)
 * Making meaning with images/ Visual Literacy**

AIS Resources
See the //**copyright friendly resources**// link on this page which includes images, audio and more AIS Cyber Awareness links for teaching digital citizenship [|Software agreements] The AIS has negotiated a number of software agreements which provide independent schools with education pricing on selected products. See information on the right side of [|this page] for further information.

Video Conversion tools
You may need to convert your video files using one of the programs below. Here is a link explaining [|video file formats] [|SUPER] (Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer) A free tool that does formats such as H.264 and flv and a wide array of audio codecs. [|Prism Video Convertor] [|Any Video Convertor] [|Any DVD Convertor] (This is the program we used to convert problem .Mov files to .mpeg or other format) [|Wondershare] (recommended by Amelia)

Irfanview (freeware) Adobe Photoshop (Automate > Batch)
 * Image Batch Conversion tools**

Sample Video Links
[|"Star" with Madonna and Clive Owens (BMW Ad)] [|Hostage 007 (BMW Ad)] [|Pleasantville trailer] [|The Piano] [|Terminator 2] [|Scary Mary Poppins] [|"Mankind Is No Island"] Tropfest NY 2008 winner by Jason van Genderen [|Marry Me] Tropfest Australia 2008 winner [|Teenage Affluenza] (40 hour famine ad)

Commercials
[|Telstra Bigpond "Rabbits"] [|Peugot 206 commercial India] [|Cadbury "Gorilla"] [|Cadbury "Eyebrows"]

Animated short films
[|Reach] computer animation. Tim Burton's animated feature film 'Nine' uses a similar concept in the opening sequence. Here are our notes about teaching with this resource on a [|google doc] Max and Mary and [|Harvie Crumpet] by Adam Elliot [|Wallace and Gromit] by Nick Park

[|Pamplemousse Video Clips]
 * Music Video effects examples**

Animation Software
[|Monkey Jam] free open source animation software [|Stop Motion Pro] available as a trial or purchase version. Lots of educational links, tutorials and examples also.

Transmedia Digital Storytelling
Inanimate Alice Have a look at IFTTT (If This Then That) website for some interesting Transmedia Storytelling possibilities.

Storyboarding Links
There are plenty of good example storyboards on the web [|such as this] [|this] [|and this] [|Storyboard] information from [|Ohio State University Advanced Computing Centre for Art and Design - Digital Animation Program for Young Women] Non-linear Multimedia Storytelling (such as making a website) - Start to finish [|Storyboard Page from Knight Digital Media Center] [|Storyboarding examples from Roller Marche]and on this same site [|watch how storyboards come to life]

Chroma Key/Green Screen Links
Final Cut Pro X Green screen tutorial [|Sony Video Vegas Chroma key tutorial] Green screen tutorial Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Green screen tutotrial for Pinnacle 16 [|Joel Budd's Class Website] - Chroma Key Teaching Resources [|Stargate studios Showreel] shows examples of commercial green screen use.

Assessment for Digital Storytelling
Think about what you are assessing. how long will your finished movie be? Here are some tools that may help you create the perfect rubric for assessment [|Rubristar] create your own assessment rubrics or use or modify those of other educators. Book Trailers - Assessment Rubric has some good assessment criteria for digital storytelling.

Other Useful Links
[|Xtranormal] Make your own mimi movies with pre-made characters, music, gestures and more. [|Roller Mache] Rollermache is a digital initiative aimed especially towards kids aged 8-15 focused towards showing children in city areas how to make their own content. The site provides a safe space to showcase creations it is free. All content that appears on the site has been watched and approved by an ABC moderator before it appears on the site. The site can also be used in schools to promote digital literacy, media production and safe interaction. [|Animoto] is an online movie making website. make short movies for free or pay for a subscription to make longer ones. PhotoStory is free software for PC for making simple movies from still images. [|Download here]

Software Downloads
Techradar.com - Best free video editing software: 9 top programs you should download Pinnacle Studio 16 Plus Trial version Apple Final Cut Pro X Studio 30 day trial SONY Vegas Video Pro 11 trial Adobe Premiere Elements 11 Trial Version

Tutorials
Look for tutorials on using different video editing software on You tube or on Atomic Learning (some free tutorials, others by subscription)

Other Resources
[|Colin Schumacher] Author of "Making Meaning Onscreen" has lots of links on his news page to resources. [|Teaching the Screen by Michael Anderson & Miranda Jefferson] [|Bristol Stories website] [|Storytelling resources from Roller Marche] [|Visions of Light, the art of cinematography](1993) documentary can be [|acquired through Amazon]

https://sites.google.com/site/aisnswanimation/
 * Animation Resources**

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