The purpose of this "Supplementary Resources" web page is to provide extensive resources for those engaged in learning through digital storytelling. As more and more schools acquire digital cameras and install the easy-to-use "Photo Story 3" freeware on Windows XP computers, students will be able to showcase and celebrate educational moments.

Remember:   "Think Story ... NOT Software"

The main sections on this web page include:

1. What is Digital Storytelling?

2. Digital Storytelling Examples Worth Investigating

3. Fostering Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

4. Digital Camera Tips & Resources

5. Time Saving Tips

6. Photo Story Tutorials

7. Image Resources

8. Audio Resources

9. Evaluation & Rubrics for Digital Storytelling

10. Digital Storytelling Books (for download)

11. Windows Freeware for Digital Storytelling

1. WHAT IS DIGITAL STORYTELLING?

•    Memory's Voice's: A Guide to Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/index.html
   
•    Center for Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.storycenter.org/
   
•    Digital Storytelling Cookbook at:
     http://www.storycenter.org/memvoice/pages/cookbook.html

•    Tell Me a Story Reflective Assessment Project at:
     http://t3.k12.hi.us/t302-03/tutorials/digstory/index.htm
   
•    The Seven Elements of Digital Storytelling at:
     http://t3.k12.hi.us/t302-03/tutorials/digstory/elements.htm
   
•    The Elements of Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.inms.umn.edu/Elements/index.php
   

2. DIGITAL STORYTELLING EXAMPLES WORTH INVESTIGATING:

•    Digital Storytelling in the Scott County Schools - Georgetown, Kentucky at:
     http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html
   
•    Teachers' Digital Stories from Scott County at:
     http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/teacherstories.html
   
•    Students' Digital Stories from Scott County at:
     http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/studentstories.html

3. FOSTERING DIGITAL STORYTELLING IN THE CLASSROOM:

•    Manitoba Education, Citizenship and Youth - "Curriculum Navigator" at:
     http://www3.edu.gov.mb.ca/cn/index.jsp
   
•    Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom at:
     http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm
   
•    The Story Connection - Storytelling Games at:
     http://www.storyconnection.net/activities.htm
   
•    Native American Lore at:
     http://www.ilhawaii.net/~stony/loreindx.html
   
•    Digital Storytelling in a Nutshell at:
     http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/dst.inanutshell.pdf
   
•    Guidelines for Scott County Digital Storytelling Script at:
     http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/macul2004/7elementsdst.pdf
   
•    Digital Storytelling Resources for Teachers at:
      http://www.techteachers.com/digitalstorytelling.htm
   
•    DigiTales: The Art of Telling Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.digitales.us/
   
•    Pembina Trails: Digital photography in the classroom at:
     http://www.pembinatrails.ca/program/technology/digital_photography_in_the_class.htm
   
•    Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/default.htm
   
•    Digital and Traditional Storytelling at:
     http://www.jasonohler.com/storytelling/

•    A Story About Teaching Digital Storytelling at Scottsdale ... College
     http://www.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/forum/spr04/dstory.html

4. DIGITAL CAMERA TIPS & RESOURCES:

•    A Beginner's Guide to Digital Photography at:
     http://tlc.ousd.k12.ca.us/~acody/digi1.html
   
•    Taking better pictures: composition at:   http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/learnmore/composition.mspx
  
•    VidTips: Composition Rules at:
     http://kidsvid.hprtec.org/vidtips/comp01.html
   
•    10 Tips for Capturing Great Photos at:
     http://education.apple.com/education/ilife/howto/digitalphoto_tips/

5. TIME-SAVING TIPS:

•    Rename a batch of photos all at once at:
     http://www.microsoft.com/athome/morefun/renamephotos.mspx

6. PHOTO STORY TUTORIALS:

•    Create your first photo story at:    http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/firststory.mspx

•    Beginner's Guide to Photo Story at:
     http://www.windowsphotostory.com/
   
•    Digital Storytelling Using Photo Story 3 at:
     http://www.wsd1.org/digitalstorytelling/resources/supplementary/photostory-handout.doc
   
•    Photo Story 3 Workshop Tutorials at:
     http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/resources.htm#workshop
   
•    Create a Story from a Single Still Photo with Photo Story 3 at:
     http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/tips/create.mspx
   
•    PapaJohn's Newsletter #25 - Special Edition: 'Photo Story 3' at:
     http://www.windowsmoviemakers.net/PapaJohn/25/Photo_Story_3.aspx

7. IMAGE RESOURCES: (Check copyright restrictions.)

•    Winnipeg School Division's "Images for Sharing" at:
     http://www.wsd1.org/imagesforsharing/
   
•    Images Canada at:
     http://www.imagescanada.ca/index-e.html
   
•    Pics4Learning at:
     http://pics4learning.com/
   
•    Digital Library Project at:
     http://elib.cs.berkeley.edu/photos/about.shtml
   

8. AUDIO RESOURCES: (Check copyright restrictions.)

•    Freeplay Music at:
     http://www.freeplaymusic.com/
   
•    Soundzabound at:
     http://www.soundzabound.com/index.htm
   
•    FindSounds - Search the Web for Sounds at:
     http://www.findsounds.com/
   
•    Flash Kit Sound Loops at:
     http://www.flashkit.com/loops/
   

9. EVALUATION & RUBRICS FOR DIGITAL STORYTELLING:

•    A Digital Storytelling Rubric at:
     http://www.coe.uh.edu/digital-storytelling/evaluation.htm
   
•    Rubrics for Digital Storytelling at:
     http://www.techteachers.com/digstory/gradclass/rubrics.htm
   

10. DIGITAL STORYTELLING BOOKS (FOR DOWNLOAD):

•    "Telling your story: Putting the Story into Storytelling" by Jason Ohler at:
     http://www.jasonohler.com/pdfs/storybook11-v2.pdf
   
•    "Digital Storytelling Cookbook" by Joe Lambert at:
      http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf
   

11. WINDOWS FREEWARE:

•    Microsoft's "Photo Story 3" for XP computers at:
     http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/photostory/default.mspx
   
•    MindMan Personal - a tool to assist in concept or mind mapping at:
     http://www.wsd1.org/digitalstorytelling/resources/supplementary/mmpersonal30-2e.exe

•    Cogitum Co-Citer a tool for creating a collections of texts from the Internet at:
     http://www.cogitum.com/
   
•    Image Co-Tracker - is a tool for creating a database of images
     from the Internet at:  http://www.cogitum.com/
   
•    Picasa 2 - freeware to organize and find photos quickly on one's computer at:
     http://picasa.google.com/index.html
   
•    IrfanView - save time with this graphic viewer/conversion program at:
     http://www.irfanview.com/

  To gain a better understanding of the capabilities of Irfanview,
  check the following two "Bits and Bytes" articles:
   

  •    November 2002 - "Irfanview - Image freeware you can count on!" at:
       http://www.wsd1.org/bitsbytes/0203/bbnov02/default.htm
     
  •    December 2002 - "More Irfanview Time-Saving Tips" at:
       http://www.wsd1.org/bitsbytes/0203/bbdec02/default.htm
     
•    Storyboard Pro at:
     http://www.atomiclearning.com/storyboardpro
   
•    Audacity - audio editor and recorder at:
     http://audacity.sourceforge.net/