Digital storytelling - Useful References and Web Links
General
SEGfL EMAS digital storytelling project – www.segfl.org.uk/microsites/emas
National Digital Storytelling website - http://story.e2bn.net/
Digitales - http://www.digitales.us/index.php
Jason Ohler’s Digital Storytelling site
http://www.jasonohler.com/
Scholastic – Myths, Folktales and Fairy Tales
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/
Scholastic - Teacher's Guide to Making Student Movies
http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=6758
Storytelling and storyboxes
http://www.yellow-door.net/index.html
Digital Video in the Classroom by Dr. Michael Ruffini
http://www.mapacourse.com/DV%20Video%20HTML/Producing%20Digital%20Video.html
Digital storytelling cookbook - http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.html
Hardware
Spaphoto – for chromakey cloth/paint
http://spaphoto.co.uk/index.htm
Digital blue cameras and software
http://www.taglearning.com/browse/product.php?pid=20
Software
Audacity (freeware audio editor) – http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
Microsoft Photostory (freeware photo-animation) –
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
IrfanView (freeware graphics) – http://www.irfanview.com/
Adobe Premiere (video editor) - http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/
Ulead Video Studio (video editor) - http://www.ulead.com/vs/runme.htm
Apple Mac. ilife – (editing suite) - http://www.apple.com/ilife/
Pinnacle Systems
http://www.pinnaclesys.com/PublicSite/us/Products/Consumer+Products/Products+List.htm
Kar2ouche (Cross-curricular storyboarding software)
http://www.immersiveeducation.com/uk/Kar2ouche_WhatIs.asp
2Simple Software - 2Create A Story
http://www.2simple.com/2createastory/
Storyboard Pro Software (Freeware)
http://www.atomiclearning.com/storyboardpro
Pivot Stickfigure Animator (Freeware)
http://www.snapfiles.com/get/stickfigure.html
Readwritethink Comic Strip Generator
http://www.readwritethink.org/materials/comic/index.html
Software Support
Microsoft Windows Movie Maker tips, tutorials, forums etc. http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/Index.aspx
Adobe Premiere Elements help files
http://www.adobe.com/education/instruction/teach/digitalvideo.html#premierel
Tutorial on using Photostory 3
http://www.jakesonline.org/photostory.pdf
Articles/Publications/Other websites
ICT in the literacy hour: Independent work and guided reading. DfES, Jan. 2003.
(DfES0015/2003)
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/literacy/63301/
ICT in the literacy hour: Whole class teaching. DfES, 2003. (DfES0296/2003)
Learning and teaching for bi-lingual children in the primary years. DfES, October 2006.
(DfES0013-2006PCK-EN)
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primary/publications/inclusion/bi_children/
Oracy and the educational achievement of bi-lingual pupils: The Impact of bringing ‘Talking
Partners’ into Bradford Schools
http://www.dialogbox.org.uk/Rupert_Wegerif/rwpapers/OracyEAL.htm
The role of ICT as a catalyst and support for dialogue.
Dr Rupert Wegerif - Faculty of Education, Open University
http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/resources/documents/TheroleofICTascatalystandsupportfordialo
gue.pdf
Not just how but why: EAL and ICT in the Multilingual Classroom.
An article by Nicola Davies from NALDIC Quarterly Vol 1.4.
http://www.naldic.org.uk/docs/resources/documents/Notjusthowbutwhy.pdf
Researching and Evaluating Digital Storytelling as a Deep Learning Tool
http://electronicportfolios.com/portfolios/SITEStorytelling2006.pdf#search=%22qca%20storytell
ing%22
New perspectives on spoken English in the classroom
http://www.qca.org.uk/downloads/6111_new_perspec_in_spoken_eng_class_room.pdf
Primary Framework for literacy and mathematics
http://www.standards.dfes.gov.uk/primaryframeworks/
CILTs ‘LanguagesICT’ website
http://www.languages-ict.org.uk/
ICT for language teachers (ICT4LT)
http://www.ict4lt.org/en/index.htm
Thinking Together
http://www.dialoguebox.org/
‘Copyright free’ media
Audio Network - http://audio.lgfl.org.uk/ (from The National Education Network)
The Freesound Project - http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/
Digital video kit - http://www.schoolhousevideo.org/Pages/KitsIntro.html
Digital kits - http://www.kitzu.com/