January 17

Year 8 - About your investigation?????

Have you finished your investigation? Check your folder as we began building the Design Folder on December 10.

Here are the questions that you have so far:
INVESTIGATION - Use a search engine (like Google or Yahoo) to research "digital storytelling".
1)What is digital storytelling? Explain in your own words.
2)What programs can we use for digital storytelling? Name 2 programs that can be used.
3)Are any of these tools open-source? (Open-source tools are are free! Another name is Freeware.) If yes, name that program. If no, continue searching until you find one that is open-source.
4) Find 2 digital stories online. Supply the URL (web address) and describe each of the stories
5)What is the difference between a digital story and an oral story?
6) What is a "tutorial"? Explain.
Remember to keep all of the URL's for documentation purposes.

Now add these new questions:
7) What is "image hosting"? Explain.
8) List 3 online image hosting sites.
9) Do ALL image hosting sites allow movie files? Explain.


Now let's look at another kind of tutorial - storyboarding. It's located here: http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/PhotoStory3-Tutorials/Tutorial_Storyboard.pdf