Due Dates:
Written component: Week of October 21st
Digital Story: Week of October 28th
Assignment Description:
Each student will find, adapt, and tell a story from either Drummond Library or a personal story. Prepare for your digital storytelling by finding stories, storyboarding them, and using the digital storytelling elements discussed in class. We will discuss this process extensively in the first several classes, so come prepared to take notes and ask questions.
Tips on Selecting Stories to Tell Digitally:
Think carefully about your storytelling goals in your story selection. Pick stories you love to think about and love, because that enthusiasm will come through to your audience. Folktales, picture books, personal stories, and digital storytelling will all be defined in class.
Using software introduced in class, create a 3-5 minute digital story, using recorded audio and images (still or video). You may adapt one of the stories you tell orally in class, you may adapt another story you have heard in class, or you may adapt another story of your choice.
Successful digital stories will:
-have a clear narrative
-use images to enhance or complement the story events
-Take on a specific voice (we will discuss this in class
-Use audio narration and have musical support
Each of your stories *must* fit the requirements below in both content and length:
Story #2: 3-5 minute Digital story- personal or written
For each story you tell, there are two assignment components:
1. Write your “Stories Told in Class” assignment and hand in on the day of your telling. Details are available below.
2. You will be sharing your digital story. You may either upload it to Youtube or email it to Ms. Steiger Stories must fit the required genres and time limits (see above), so rehearse with a timer.
“Stories told in class” assignment must include answers to ALL of the following:
Digital format used? (ie, iMovie, Windows MovieMaker, Animoto, etc)
Information About the Story:
1--Title of story (as found in a text source or your own title for your adaptation)
2--Sources where found (in MLA citation style, which you can find online). More than one source is preferable, but only one is okay if it’s a rare story, i.e. not a story like Cinderella for which there are many versions readily available. If it is a personal story, cite where the story originated and who participated in the story.
3--Summary of story (one paragraph or a brief outline of story events)
4--Cultural origins information and research: source notes in the text, information in the story, information found in other sources about the story, etc.
5--Audience (potential age level and audience settings: school, library, museum, etc.)
Information About Your Adaptation:
6--Why did you choose to tell this story?
7--How will you adapt this story to make it your own?
8--How will you go about learning this story? How will you be practicing?