Digital+Storytelling

=Digital Storytelling= Foreword: Digital storytelling uses interactive web-based applications (referred to as Web 2.0) to communicate and tell stories. The stories told can be fiction or non-fiction I will focus on a few very popular Web 2.0 tools that can be used for digital storytelling. **__Alignment with English Language Arts (ELA) Curriculum:__** Within the Saskatchewan ELA curriculum (p. 12) there are 3 goals which are a framework for student learning and responding to texts. Each of these goals can be met using any of these digital storytelling tools. [|Saskatchewan ELA curriculum] **__Safety Concerns:__** In order to address common safety concerns while students are online I offer these suggestions:
 * __Digital Storytelling Tools:__**
 * Blogging || Generally used as an online journal with the ability for readers to comment and for the author and other readers to reply to those comments. ||
 * Twitter || An application which allows the author to post updates of 140 characters at a time. Posts can be seen by a person’s followers. ||
 * YouTube || A site that hosts video content. People can post video-based stories, movies, or vlogs (video blogs). ||
 * **= **Component = || ** = ** Digital Storytelling Tool **=** ||
 * Comprehend and Respond || Twitter, Blogging, YouTube ||
 * Compose and Create || Blogging and YouTube, Twitter to a lesser extent ||
 * Assess and Reflect || Twitter, Blogging, YouTube ||
 * Make sure parents are aware of the extent of use of Web 2.0 tools you are requiring of students
 * Discuss at length appropriate online behaviour with students
 * Monitor students’ posts on a daily basis
 * Require students to submit their posts to you before they are given approval to post them online
 * Encourage students to keep their real life friends (IRL) separate from their online acquaintances

=Digital Storytelling Resources=
 * Dr. Helen Barrett's digital storytelling tutorials []
 * A list of digital storytelling sites complied by Dr. Alec Couros http://couros.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling
 * A digital storytelling workshop by Denise Gaberman []
 * Alan Levine's 50 Ways to Tell a Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+ways
 * Alan Levine's How to Come up with a Story http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/StoryIdeas