Week Eight Agenda

Part I | Digital Storytelling Voice-Over Narration, Storyboards & Workshop

Noteworthy:

• Reading for Week Nine:  –> please review last section on Audio: Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar for Teachers.
• Week Nine T/R (Thursday 22 March) | Assignment Due : (in class): BlogPost Six |  Script & Storyboard 
• Week Nine W (Wednesday 28 March) | Assignment Due : (in class): BlogPost Six |  Script & Storyboard 

Reading: Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 4: Assessing Digital Stories.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 83-91.

Workshop:  WeVideo: video production and editing  (I DO, YOU DO, WE DO, YOU DO…)

1. Dashboard
2. Media
3. Videos
4. Basic editing in Timeline Mode
5. Multiple tracks -> video
6. Animation
7. Video Levels (Dissolve)
8. Audio
9. Audio Levels
10. Multiple tracks -> audio

Resource: Stop the Word shared Google Drive,

Review Discussion 1: Scripting for Digital Storytelling

• A few notes about scripting
  • Just short enough, but not any shorter
  • Including a scene, position yourself within the narrative
  • Focus on the narrative, use visuals, SFX and music to texture the narrative with context and description.
• The Story Spine: Pixar’s 4th Rule of Storytelling
• Viewing:  Cycle of Life, a digital story by Dany Martinez

Review Discussion 2: 

• Storyboarding for Digital Storytelling   
• Resources for storyboarding
• Storyboarding 10 seconds

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Part II | Digital Storytelling

Assignments Due: (in class):  Story Circle 1/ BlogPost 5 | Reflections about your students

• Week Nine (Thursday 22 March) | Assignment Due : (in class): BlogPost Six |  Script & Storyboard 
• Week Nine W (Wednesday 28 March) | Assignment Due : (in class): BlogPost Six |  Script & Storyboard 

Review Discussion 2: 

• Storyboarding for Digital Storytelling   
• Resources for storyboarding
• Storyboarding 10 seconds

Discussion 1: Digital Storytelling & Assessment

1. Story Circle 3/ Blog Post 7: Digital Storytelling Assessment Rubric Assignment Due 27 March (in class)
2. Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 4: Assessing Digital Stories.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. 
   1. why assess? In the era of accountability & ubiquitous technology
   2. Digital StoryTelling Exploration Deliverables
   3. what to assess — digital story assessment traits
   4. how to assess — do I need to make a rubric? Can I establish criteria and qualitatively discus effectiveness?
3. Viewing:  Lost & Found – by Jeff Leinaweaver
4. Small group activity: Digital Storytelling and Assessing “Media Grammar.”   Link to course readings  edsh68
   1. IX tutorial | Arola, K., Sheppard, J., Ball, C. (2014) The ix visualizing composition tutorial 
   2. Ohler 14 | Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar.
   3. Seeing & hearing the story | Lambert, J. (2012) Chapter 5: Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling

Workshop 2:  Audio for Digital Storytelling

(I DO, YOU DO, WE DO, YOU DO…)

1. Audio
2. Audio Levels
3. Multiple tracks -> audio
4. Basic editing in Timeline Mode
5. Titles
6. Multiple tracks -> video
7. Animation
8. Video Levels (Dissolve)

Discussion2: Blog Post 5 | Reflections about your students

tChart reflection comparisons

Workshop 3:  WeVideo: video production and editing 

• Sound Effects (SFX) and Free Sound from the Audio Commons
• Recording and uploading your voice-over narration
• Sound editing

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