VoiceThread+and+Digital+Storytelling

VoiceThread
A great way to mix writing with both audio and visual technology is a website called VoiceThread. At this website students can narrate over images and give several layers of texture to their writing.

Introduction to Voice Thread media type="custom" key="8655888"

VoiceThread Practice Assignment
1) Choose a favorite poem or brief passage of prose. 2) Choose an image that you believe relates to the theme of the passage you've chosen. A couple of good places to look for images:
 * Google Image Search
 * Flickr Creative Commons

3) Write a brief piece analyzing a key theme in the poem and explaining how the image you've chosen exemplifies the key theme of the passage. 4) Using VoiceThread, complete the following: 5) Share. Invite someone to respond back.
 * Upload and import the image
 * Record yourself reading the passage
 * Record your analysis explaining the relation of the image to the poem.

Examples of VoiceThread in the Classroom
VoiceThread in English: This I Believe media type="custom" key="8656068" VoiceThread in Social Studies media type="custom" key="5353113" VoiceThread in Social Studies 2 media type="custom" key="8656040"

Resources for Digital Story Telling
[|Digital Literacy] : A multitude of resources for Podcasting, VoiceThread, and Digital Storytelling.

ISTE : A wonderful wiki I discovered at a session at the NCTE conference. Resources for Digital Storytelling and improving student presentations.

Center for Digital Storytelling : A great resource with lots of examples of digital storytelling.

Digital Storytelling Practice Assignment

 * Create a Book Trailer **

1) Step 1: Choose a recently read or favorite book. 2) Step 2: Write a script for a movie trailer version of the book. Be sure to include introduction to main characters, setting, and conflict. 3) Step 3: Choose 3-5 images that tie in to your trailer. Save these images from the internet to your desktop. 4) Step 4: Choose background music that matches the mood of your story. Save that to iTunes. 5) Step 5: Using iMovie, combine images, titles, music, and narration to create a trailer for your book.
 * Resources for Images
 * Google images
 * Flickr creative commons
 * iStockphoto
 * Resources for Music
 * Freeplaymusic.com
 * 300monks.com

Examples
1) Example #1: The Giver Book Trailer media type="youtube" key="r1j2_c4JP48" width="425" height="350"