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= Digital Storytelling Resources =

Name of Site: Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation
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Annotation: // Oliver Dreon, Richard M. Kerper, & Jon Landis. //In today's culture, the noise of information can be deafening, and competing for students' attention can be a matter of broadcasting on the frequencies to which they are listening. The digital story, which dials into digital natives and connects them with the curriculum, represents one of our most powerful instructional tools today.

Posted by: Kevin Kacel

Name of Web Page: How to Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom URL: []

Annotation: This Edutopia article by Jennifer New discusses how to use digital storytelling to inspire student creativity. It also discusses looking at commercial motion pictures and determining what things make the movie effective. Students can then try and incorporate some of that knowledge into their own projects. The article also discusses allowing students to teach each other while they are working on these projects with the teacher as the executive producer there only to guide appropriateness of content and giving production assistance when needed.

Posted by: Chris Bauerle

**Name of Web Page**: University of Houston – The Educational Uses for Digital Storytelling **URL**: @http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/index.html **Annotation**: The University of Houston Webpage on Digital Storytelling offers a fairly complete picture of the medium. The site addresses uses in education, along with essential characteristics, copyright issues, and tips for completing projects successfully. Besides all this the site includes many samples from a variety of subject areas, along with tools and even grading rubrics. The site is a comprehensive collection of just about everything one might need to get started in creating a digital storytelling project. **Annotated and Linked by**: Melanie Forbes


 * Name of Web Page (Digital Story Telling): ** Digital Storytelling: A Tool for Teaching and Learning in the YouTube Generation
 * URL: ** http://www.amle.org/publications/middleschooljournal/articles/may2011/article3/tabid/2409/default.aspx
 * Annotation: ** The article begins by using a first year Math teacher (Tyler Binkley) as an example of how he uses YouTube as a resource for his Math lesson videos. Students refer to the videos when they are in need of an explanation on a Math topic. The writers of this article, Oliver Dreon, Richard M. Kerper, and Jon Landis, explain of importance of digital story telling in the 21st Century classroom. Tyler’s videos are not only instructional but also incorporate humor. He adds characters and plots to his videos to engage students while he speaks of complex Mathematical material. The article points out the seven elements of digital storytelling and how involved the creation process is. The article ends with the connection of theory, practice and its application.
 * My Name: ** Louise Williams


 * Name of Web Page:** Digital Storytelling with the iPad
 * URL:** @https://sites.google.com/site/digitalstorytellingwiththeipad/
 * Annotation:** This website contains information on using the iPad and digital storytelling in the classroom. The site discusses ways to convert your students' writing into a digital story. The site also lists different story telling apps, storyboarding, images, writing, and audio.
 * Name:** Stephanie Normand

Name of Web Page: Center for Digital Storytelling URL: http://www.storycenter.org/ Annotation: The Center for Digital Storytelling assists people in sharing a first-person narrative. They provide workshops and give participants the room to expand their creativity in storytelling. This website is used to improve communication throughout the world. Posted by: Jessica Potter Binko

**Name of Web Page:** Digital Storytelling 2.0: Connect, Create and Collaborate

**URL:@http://web2012.discoveryeducation.com/blog/index.cfm/2011/4/27/Digital-Storytelling-20-Connect-create-and-collaborate** **Annotation:**The folks at Discovery never cease to amaze me with their quality educational products and expertise. This web site gives some outstanding guidance and suggestions for the educator looking at Digital Storytelling for the first time as a possible teaching tool. Perhaps my favorite suggestion out of many is to let the story come first then move on to the technology.
 * Name: ** Christopher Schobert

**URL:** @http://www.livebinders.com/play/play_or_edit?id=36524
====**Annotation:** This article about digital storytelling was written by David S. Jakes. The article talks about how the process of digital storytelling works and all of the steps that one should follow inorder to provide a good story. It also discusses what students learn when making a digital story and it provides many good websites to use for the process.====

**Name:** Nicole Stokes

 * Name of Web Page:** The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
 * URL:** @http://digitalliteracyintheclassroom.pbworks.com/f/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf
 * Annotation:** This article written by Bernard Robin describes what digital storytelling is all about and their different types. The main point of the article is to tell how digital storytelling can be used in the classroom and its benefits. It is said to improve many different literacy skills. The article also discusses the challenges and other issues that educators need to be aware of when trying to include digital storytelling within their classroom.
 * Name:** Holly Archeval


 * Name of Web Page:** Digital Storytelling Resources for Educators
 * URL:**[]
 * Annotation:** This is a collection of resources to help educators create powerful digital stories. This is also a suggestion for a book that would be helpful. This collection give examples, ideas, and even templates. I feel this would be a great web page for educators to use for digital storytelling.
 * Name:** Sarah Allen