Journey Summary
This session introduces you to incorporating the elements of effective storytelling to weave a compelling narrative. You will create a story map, collect media, create a storyboard, and construct your “My eMINTS Journey” digital story. In the next session, you will create your “My eMINTS Journey” in digital form. You will also consider how digital storytelling fits into your classroom and how students might create an effective digital story that meets learning standards.
Curriculum-framing Questions
Essential Question
- What is your story?
Unit Questions
- In what ways might digital storytelling promote creativity?
- How might digital storytelling support communication?
- How might prior planning support digital story creation?
Content Questions
- What is digital storytelling?
- What is a story map?
- What is storyboarding?
- What tools can be used to create a digital story?
Introduction
The creation of digital stories can be a motivating task for students who have grown up in a digital society. Storytelling, however, is much more than a creative outlet. Digital storytelling is highly in demand by modern corporations, entrepreneurs, and others who use this personal approach for marketing and branding. Using media to communicate a clear, creative, and powerful message can help students develop skills that are essential to success in a modern world while meeting grade-level learning standards.
Theory Behind Practice
All eMINTS materials are grounded in research-based best practices in K-12 education.
Digging Deeper
Agenda
- Opener: What’s Your Story?
- What’s in a Story?
- What Makes a Good Story?
- Designing Your Story
- Producing Your Story
- Closer: Get it Done
Classroom Visit w/Students
Ask your facilitator to assist you as students plan a digital storytelling project. Your facilitator may also collect data (for further discussion) during a story-mapping activity with students.
Classroom Visit w/out Students
Ask your facilitator to help you with the items you identified on the Get It Done Exit Slip. Ask for assistance in creating a story map, writing a script, collecting resources and developing a storyboard.
Images Courtesy of