Welcome to the workshop home for digital storytelling. This site was designed for work and exploration and you should feel free to peruse and use the resources. The hope here is to move some of these skills of writing and technology into the classroom in a meaningful way.

-- Kevin Hodgson, sixth grade teacher and technology liaison with the Western Massachusetts Writing Project


Digital Storytelling: Connections to Learning Standards

Digital Storytelling and the Common Core on Prezi

Workshop Agenda

  • An overview of elements of digital storytelling (read through the 7 Things You Should Know about Digital Storytelling from Educause). Some components of digital storytelling:
    • Image
    • Voice
    • Music
    • Video
  • Let's look at what Alan Levine did with his "50 Ways to Tell a Story" about his dog, Domino.

  • Activity One: Google Search Stories
    • Come up with a theme around teaching
    • Create a Search Story
    • Care to share? I'll walk you through the steps on YouTube
  • Activity Two: Using iMovie or Photostory3 to create a digital story
    • Use at least three images
    • Storyboard your project
    • Write your script
    • Import your images
    • Record voice narration
    • Layer in music
    • Create into a video
    • Care to share?
  • Activity Three: Using Voicethread to create/publish a digital story
    • What is Voicethread?
    • Create an account
    • Make a Voicethread story (an alternative version to your iMovie project)
  • Reflections and Discussions over possibilities for the classroom
  • Additional activities and resources (including a presentation about using digital tools with English Language Learners)
Memory Objects: Student Digital Stories


The "We The People" Virtual Art Museum
Red Wolves

M is for Music