Digital+Storytelling

Resources for the Digital Storytelling Project
Your assignment is to create a personal digital story using either Photo Story 3 or Windows Movie Maker software. The first step is to compose a compelling story. Once your story has been created, you will be ready to assemble the digital media to enhance your storytelling. Possible digital media might include:
 * Scanned photos, illustration or memorabilia
 * Digital photos
 * Images collected from the Internet (document sources and consider Copyright limitations)
 * Video clips
 * Music
 * Sound effects

Create a storyboard of the story. Consider what the audience will see and hear as your story progresses.



Add a project folder to your school directory (your Y drive). Collect your digital media and add it to this folder.

Watch the presentation explaining your project options.It includes directions for working with media.

 

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Movie Making Software **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic directions for using Photo Story 3.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic directions for using Windows Movie Maker.

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__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio Recording and Editing **__

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">While you are able to add audio files and record narration in both Photo Story 3 and Windows Movie Maker, you may wish to create your own audio files with narration, music, and sound effects using Audacity.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You can download **Audacity** software from [|here]. Make sure to also install the [|Lame software]that is needed to export .mp3 files.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Basic directions for using Audacity to create and edit an audio file:

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio and Video Conversion **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Supported audio files:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">__Photo Story 3:__ Windows Media Audio (WMA), MP3, or WAV format


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">__Windows Movie Maker:__ .aif, .aifc, .aiff .asf, .au, .mp2, .mp3, .mpa, .snd, .wav, and .wma


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 90%;">__Audacity__: Most audio files

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Supported video files in Windows Movie Maker:


 * __Windows Movie Maker__ support these video files:.asf, .avi, .m1v, .mp2, .mp2v, .mpe, .mpeg, .mpg, .mpv2, .wm, and .wmv
 * Use the YouTube Downloader to convert others to .wmv files.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio and video files can be converted using [|YouTube Downloader]software.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Directions for downloading video and converting video and audio files. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ripping Music from CDs **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Directions] Use Windows Media Player and format as an mp3 file.

__**Image Editing**__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Directions for editing pictures using **Microsoft Office Picture Manager**. Installed with Microsoft Office Suites.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">About [|Microsoft Office Picture Manager]. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Use this to rotate and flip images, crop, brighten and sharpen, remove red-eye, and compress the pictures.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Additional free online image editor called: [|picnik]

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Scanning Images, illustrations, and other memorbilia **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Consider adding scanned images, illustrations, and mementos. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Directions for scanning and cropping images at school are found posted above the scanner and below.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Uploading digital images and video from school cameras: **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Once you have taken the pictures on the camera you will need to upload them to your project folder. Use the directions below.



<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; line-height: 0px; overflow: hidden;"> __**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Resources for media files **__ __<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Audio Files __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Find Sounds] Locate sound effects. Copyright-free, but cite the source. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Free Sound Effects]Permission to use these for projects but not to distribute commercially. Cite the source. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Partners in Ryhme Sound Effects] Permission to use most for educational uses. Cite the source. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Freeplay Music]Many different types of music. Search by genre, style, or feel. Perfect for background of projects. Preview and then download mp3 version. Copyright permission granted for school projects distributed within the school.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Image Files __ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Pics 4 Learning] Copyright friendly images donated for educational use. Cite the source.

__**<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copyright law **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is important to acknowledge the intellectual property of others and to follow the copyright guidelines for usage. Fair Use allows a portion of work to be used as long as the source of the work is cited and it is distributed only within the classroom. Creative Commons copyright varies depending upon the rights the creator chooses to allow. Read information carefully from websites or e-mail the creator to ask for permission when in doubt. Always cite the source.

[|Information about copyright and multimedia for students]