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http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/ Tolonen Jaana: Pedagogiset digitarinat, Gradu

Lessons Learned 5. **Use high quality and interesting pictures that support the story** - low resolution images can ruin the story - ideally create your own media for your digital story. 
 * University of Houston System **
 * 1. Recognize the characteristics of an educational digital story** - review other digital stories, ask following questions: What is the topic? Who created it? Who is the intended audience? What is the main purpose of the story? Is the information presented in a clearly organized, logical manner? I the narration easy to hear and understand? Does the music significantly improve the story? How the story could be improved?
 * 2. Identify the audience and develop the story script accordingly -** a good story first before the digital story, at least one dramatic question
 * 6. Use meaningful filenames for images and other media -** irregular file names can cause problems. Rewrite file names using descriptive information
 * 7. Create detailed storyboard before creating the digital story-**
 * 8. Carefully organize all digital story material in one location -** create subfolders for different material
 * 9. Save files early and often -** keep all files, rename different versions. Save the final version in a highest possible quality availabel.
 * 10. Record high quality audio for voice-over narration -** use USB mic or use a smartphone with an audio recording app. Record in a quit room.
 * 11. Consider issues of copyright** -
 * 12. Collect/create educational material to support your story -** think about a digital story as a component in a set of educational resources.

Course Syllabus
 Kurssisivusto  Over the course of five weeks, we will cover the following topics:
 * 1) Kurssimateriaali videoita ja luettavaa materiaalia.
 * 2) Materiaali aukeaa aina maanantaisin
 * 3) kolme vertaisarviointia, arviointiaikaa kaksi kolme päivää. Koska tehtävät ovat suhteellisen yksinkertaisia ja arviointiasteikot samoin, arviointi on helppo suorittaa vaikka aikaa on aika vähän.
 * 4) Tehtävät:selkeitä, tavoitteena ditaalisen tarinan tekeminen.
 * 5) Joka viikon alussa on announcement video, jossa vastataan joihinkin kysymyksiin ja kerrotaan viikon tavoitteet.

Week 1: Choosing a topic and purpose Week 1 introduces you to the basics of digital storytelling. You will learn to identify the fundamental elements of a good digital story and review examples used by educators across a varied curriculum. By the end of week 1, you will be able to choose a topic and define the purpose of the story you want to create for your classroom.


 * viikon tavoitteena kerrottavan tarina määritteleminen. Tehtävinä digitaalitseen kerrontaan johdattavien videoiden katseleminen, asiaan liittyvän kirjallisen materiaalin lukeminen, digitaalisten tarinoiden katseleminen ja keskusteluryhmään osallistuminen.
 * keskusteluryhmässä on säännöt (ole ystävällinen, ole sensitiivinen jne.) lisäksi on ohjeita hyvän postauksen tekemiseen ja esimerkkejä hyvistä postauksista.
 * tehtävä

Week 2: Writing an effective script and creating a storyboard Week 2 will focus on scriptwriting as you learn the steps in developing and writing a script for a digital story. You will explore the basic elements of a script, such as introduction, character development, tension and resolution that are necessary in developing a useful script. By the end of this week, you will begin to understand the important steps and elements of scriptwriting. You will also learn to recognize the importance of selecting appropriate images and the value of creating a storyboard. During Week 2, you will also explore several useful ways to choose images for your digital story, including taking your own photos with a digital camera, using software applications to create charts, graphs and other images, and finding and downloading images from the web based on size, quality, type and usage rights. A step-by-step approach will be used to illustrate how these images will be used to support your script as a part of creating a digital story. By the end of this week you will be able to envision your story's script in a visually interesting and useful storyboard.


 * viikon tehtävänä on...
 * tehtävä

http://www.storyboardthat.com/ How to write a script 8 steps to great digital story
 * Storyboard** = kuvakäsikirjoitus, **Script =** käsikirjoitus
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 Week 3: Recording audio narration In week 3, you will learn to record audio narration using digital devices so that your voice can be added to the digital story you will create. You will gain hands-on experience using some of the most common features of audio recording software to create high quality audio narration. In addition, you will explore ways to improve your audio recording with basic editing tools. You will also learn how to find and download appropriate music for your digital story that is in the public domain or is free of copyright restrictions  Creative Commons in English More about Creative Commons

Week 4: Using technology to build a digital story In week 4, you will learn to use WeVideo, a free online video editing application to assemble all of the elements (text, images, narration, music) to create the full version of your digital story. In addition, you will learn to use basic editing techniques to improve your digital story so that all of the components of your story fit together and look and sound good.

Week 5: Revising, publishing and sharing the final digital story for use in the classroom In week 5, you will revise the final version of your digital story, publish it online and discuss how it might be used in the classroom to support teaching and learning. You will also have an opportunity to reflect on the digital storytelling process and discuss the challenges you faced, how you dealt with these challenges, the most significant things you learned during the course and how you think you might use digital storytelling in your classroom,