Literacy Resources

For the month of January I thought I would focus in on resources that can help us develop digital storytelling in the classroom.

What is digital storytelling?  Well I think the easiest definition is story telling using tools on the computer which could consist of  sound or images or the orchestration of sound, moving and still images, voices over and text.  Digital storytelling originally started off as a way of recording ‘ordinary’ people’s life stories but in the classroom encompasses telling all sorts of stories, your own and others’.

I am going to assume that you have already mastered Powerpoint and adding sound to slides so will start with Photostory 3 as this programme takes you through step by step to create a film.

To find out how to download Photo Story 3 and to see a series of short films that show you how to use it go to http://www.deseducation.org/view_folder.asp?folderid=1821&depth=5&rootid=17&level2id=391&level1=17&level2=391&level3=1608&level4=1631&level5=1821

If you have used Photo Story in the classroom please let us know how it went and what your children produced.