Digital storytelling in the classroom : new media pathways to literacy, learning, and creativity /
Jason Ohler ; foreword by David Thornburg.
- Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin Press, c2008.
- xvii, 228 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-220) and index.
Foreword / Preface -- Acknowledgments -- About the author -- Storytelling, education, and the new media -- Confessions of a digital storytelling teacher : twenty revelations about digital storytelling in education -- Defining and discussing digital storytelling : helping teachers see, think, and talk about digital storytelling -- Digital storytelling as an educational tool : standards, planning, and literacy -- Assessing digital stories : the opportunities and challenges of new media evaluation -- art and practice of storytelling -- Thinking about story : the story core, story mapping, story types -- Applying story maps : seeing the core, mapping the story -- Story planning considerations : tips, techniques, lessons learned -- Transformation formations : how we, and the characters in our stories, change -- More story maps : from Aristotle to present day -- Other kinds of stories : different story forms and story perspectives -- Going digital -- media production process, phase I : developing the story -- media production process, phases II-V : from preproduction to performance -- digital storytelling toolbox : the tools teachers and students need to tell digital stories -- Media grammar for teachers : assessing media expression -- Copyright and fair use in education : living in the gray zone, doing the right thing, and protecting yourself -- David Thornburg -- pt. 1. 1. 2. 3. 4. pt. 2. The 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. pt. 3. 11. The 12. The 13. The 14. 15. Epilogue : If I had a time machine -- Resource A : Teaching oral storytelling -- Resource B : Audio techniques for video recording oral storytelling -- Resource C : Audio techniques for interviewing people -- Resource D : Freytag's pyramid -- Resource E : Grammar of camera angles -- Resource F : What's scannable? -- Resource G : Joseph Campbell's story adventure diagram -- Resource H : Visual portrait of a story -- References and further readings -- Index.
Provides information on integrating digital storytelling into curriculum design.