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Information about Creating Digital Stories Using a Written Script

1.  Online Resources

1. Center for Digital Storytelling
2. Digital Storytelling Cookbook
3. Digital Stories as Electronic Portfolios

These tools can be used for both the oral storytelling model and the written composition approach.

2.  Tutorials

1. Audacity - Recording
2. Photo Story 3 Tutorial
3. Other PhotoStory Tutorials
   • David Jakes' PhotoStory ScreenCast Tutorials
     • David Jakes' Tutorial
     • Tutorial 1 - Beginning the digital storytelling process, corresponds to pages 1-2 of the tutorial handout.
     • Tutorial 2 - Removing black borders from images, corresponds to page 3 of the tutorial handout.
     • Tutorial 3 - Adding text to a title slide or image, corresponds to page 4 of the tutorial handout.
     • Tutorial 4 | Adding your voice narration.
     • View all eleven screencasts at David Jakes' site

3.  Image Sources

1. Search Creative Commons
2. FlickrCC - a great, easy resource for accesing creative commons Flickr images.
3. Flickr Creative Commons - inappropriate images may be encountered
4. Ms. Griffin's Photos
5. National Geographic Mapmaking

4.  Audio Resources

1. Partners in Rhyme Royalty Free Sound
2. Creative Commons Audio
3. FreePlayMusic
4. CCMixter: Songs licensed for remixing
5. The Free Sound Project
6. Magnatune: Permits use of audio files in podcasts with attribution
7. Penmachine Podcast: Free MP3 Instrumental Songs
8. Acid Planet's 8-pack
9. Acid Planet's 8-pack

5.  Audio-Editing Tools

• Audacity
• MP3DirectCut

6.  Digital Story Creation Tools

6.1  Software

(You can use one or all of these depending on your purpose. Moviemaker, imovie and Photostory are free while Final Cut Pro and Premiere must be purchased)

• Microsoft MovieMaker-How to Use
• iMovie Tutorial
• Final Cut Pro Express (Macintosh)
• Adobe Premiere (Windows)

6.2  Web-based

• Voice Thread is another tool to use to create a digital story.
• SlideStory enables you to store images and add audio narration.

7.  Other Web Site Resources

• Listen to an audio interview with Joe Lambert, Director of The Center for Digital Storytelling
• Listen to an audio interview with Bernajean Porter
• The Center for Digital Storytelling
• 7 Elements of Digital Storytelling
• Digital Stories in a 4th Grade Classroom
• The Art of Telling Digital Stories: This web site includes a variety of resources, especially Seven Steps to Creating Digital Stories.