1.+Digital+Storytelling


 * Submit your examples of existing digital stories here. You do NOT have to create a digital story - provide an example of one. See page 207 in your text if you have questions as to digital stories. Please be sure that your submission contains your name, website title and address (hyperlinked), and at least a 100 word review of each website (see** ****submission example**** **with questions).**

· Jake Beeney- Digital Storytelling · [] · I believe this could be a very useful and educational website for anyone looking for a more clear explanation on a number of topics through watching videos. This website first outlines what digital storytelling is, its relevance to education, and why it could be a very strong teaching tool and learning tool for many. This website also gives some examples of digital stories on key topics across all fields of study. Not only does this site clearly define digital storytelling, but it also conveys effectiveness quite clearly as well. There are other useful links in regard to digital storytelling listed on the site as well. The University of Houston hosts this site and it appears the site is often updated as it was just this year.
 * Casie Golliday – “Digital History”
 * [] (Click the “multimedia” button on the main page and then click the link “** Digital Stories about American History”, this will lead you to some examples of digital stories about significant moments in history **
 * This website is an online history textbook that teachers can use in their class rooms. This site not only has a lot of good information and resources, but it has some digital stories to go with the different chapters or sections. Some examples are: “The Puritans,” “The Alamo” and “Slavery and Indentured Servitude.” Teachers can use these digital stories to help the students follow along in their online textbooks. The site focuses on “using new technologies to enhance teaching and research.”


 * Trevor Mitchell- Digital History
 * [|www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/]--- From the main page go to multimedia. From multimedia click on the first option, Digital Stories. From there click on “The Alamo”
 * The website is devoted to teaching and aiding in teaching through the use of digital media. The selected piece is a great example of digital storytelling. Michael Ray, the author of the video, reads a brief note written by William Barret Travis, the Texan commander of the Alamo, while the actual letter flashes in the background. Ray explains the Alamo and its place in American History and how its meaning has changed from generation to generation. All the while the use of pictures catches the eye for a nice connection between the material being narrated and the visual senses.

Elise Davidshofer—The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. [] -- It is the second video on the page called Beginner ESL Student. Maria Merlos made a digital storying about her life. She grew up in a country that was not as well off as the United States. Her education was only up until 5th grade in her own country. However, she moved to the states later her life for the freedom and safety. She has created a family here in the United States. Maria is using her evenings to learn ESL and even though she is struggling and finding it hard to grasp she refuses to give up. Overall, this is a good digital story about Maria Merlos' life and her learning ESL as an adult.


 * Kelli Hogan-How to Use Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
 * [] --First, click on videos in the tab at the top of the page. Many pages of videos will appear. Go to the second page of videos. Scroll down until you see the video called, "Positive Discipline Strategies Yield Quick Results." Click on it.
 * Edutopia is a site that explains what works well in public education. The site provides digital stories, blogs, magazine articles, and also groups you can join. I used the videos tab on the website, and I was able to find a really interesting digital story on discpline in the classroom. The video was created by educators in the Jefferson County Public Schools which is in Kentucky. The educators main goal in the video was to show the viewers how they work to reshape school culture and equip students with strong social and emotional skills. The educators shifted to a more constructive and non-punitive approach to discipline. The educators feel that the students learn from their mistakes if they appologize to the person they hurt, filling out a behavior sheet, and lastly the students can resolve the conflicts themselves with the help of trained mediators. The educators in the Jefferson County Public Schools feel this approach to discipline is more beneficial than punishment such as detentions.


 * Benjamin Culik - Interactive Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
 * [|http://www.wetellstories.com]
 * Wetellstories is a site that’s very helpful, in particular for English teachers who want to find a creative, innovative, and interactive way to read and write a story in class. On the site, there is a series of 6 digital stories, each being interactive. In __Fairy Tales__, you get to pick the names of the characters and help construct the story. Throughout the story, you are able to choose what happens. At the end, you are given the option to write your own epilogue. This would make a great lesson, allowing the students to use their imagination and create their own individualized stories. All the digital stories on this site provide new and unique ways of reading, the only caveat being, the teacher may need to review each of the stories for age appropriate content.

Zach Wolf - Digital Storytelling in the Classroom [|DigitalStorytelling.coe.uh.edu] The University of Houston’s digital storytelling website features high school level digital stories, especially a good number aimed towards social studies. On this website you will find a number of monumental historical events, ranging from the Holocaust to The Space Race. The digital stories give backgrounds and talk about the events as well as give famous and notable speeches, while displaying numerous pictures from the topic selected. They range from about 8 to 10 minutes and give the student a better visual aspect of these historical events. This site is very convenient because instead of having to download the digital story, they stream them live, making it much easier for both student and teacher.


 * Cara Philpott-Digital Storytelling
 * []you can click on 2006 or 2007 and then either pick students to get stories written by students or staff to get stories written by the staff.
 * Digital Storytelling would be a helpful website for teachers and students. They have many different videos to watch. Some are written by some students while others are written by teachers. There are stories about food, clothing, artifacts and Islamic traditions from a twelve year olds point of view, what things make a good school, and overcoming your fears. This is a good website because you can show you students all the different stories and how creative the students got when they created their digital story. It encourages your students that they can write about whatever they want and inspire them to be creative in their own stories they write.


 * Ashley Brinkman-The Basics of Physics
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 * This website was put up by a high school physics class in California. The students were put into groups and did experiments or research on topics in the subject of physics. They then turned that research into several digital stories and posted them online. The students used all original components to create the digital stories. This website would be helpful if you as a future high school science teacher wanted to show your students examples of digital stories and possibly have them do the same type of project. These digital stories really depict what digital storytelling is about, they were created by students for students.

· Alanna Blackburn – The Educational Uses of Digital Story Telling · [|**http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/mathematics.html**]  --Then click on the history of mathematics video. · Digital storytelling is a feature that is used by many teachers and students. It is possible that students can come up with their own story by taking photos and then putting them to music, telling a story. This can be beneficial for teachers to really see that their students understand certain topics. There are also stories that teachers can share with their students which can teach the class a lesson. I chose a digital story that had already been made about the history of mathematics. I think that is great that students can go to this website and actually see a variety of pictures of the inventors of mathematics and hear interesting facts about mathematics. I think that this video has the capability of making students more excited about learning math.


 * Sarah Sedivy - Discovery Educator Network - Abe Lincoln
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 * This is the main page. So from the main page go down to Happy Birthday, Abe!. Click on that and once you click on that in the first paragraph it will give you some information about Abe Lincoln. At the end of that paragraph it says multimedia learning experience. Click on that and it will take you to a different website and there will be a video about Abe Lincoln. It talks about his life and how he still affects peoples life today and when they opened up the new museum.