Digital+Storytelling

=Film Making, Digital Storytelling and Storyboards=

50 Ways Wiki
The 10 minute video on this site is **Recommended Viewing** and is also full of recommended resources, is well worth watching - 50ways.wikispaces.com/ Then go to http://50ways.wikispaces.com/50Dominoes to see how the author has used 50 tools to tell the story of his dog Domino (Choose " __linked__ " version)

Digital storytelling 101
Good teachers pack - introduction, examples and rubrics hubforteachers.discoveryeducation.com/taking-it-digital/index.cfm Some of the Tools and Resources page contents are reviewed below hubforteachers.discoveryeducation.com/taking-it-digital/tools-resources.cfm

**BASIC TOOL KIT & RESOURCE GUIDE FOR YOUNG FILMMAKERS from AFI**
Excellent guide from AFI (American Film Industry) includes a glossary, Filmshot/Storyboard glossary, and Storyboard templates. Good tool kit and glossary of common film shots provides springboard for ideas students can use. myhero.com/myhero/go/theteachersroom/pdf/AFI_BasicsHandbook.pdf

Storyboard Templates for Word and Powerpoint
theelearningcoach.com/resources/storyboard-depot/

Mapwing
Build, share, and explore Virtual Tours. Use Mapwing to turn your digital photos into virtual tours that include interactive maps, images, and comments. www.mapwing.com/

Google Maps
maps.google.com/ Sign in to
 * Create your own guides
 * Star and save places
 * Share local knowledge

**xtimeline**
Free web-based timeline. Create and share timelines with pictures and videos [|xtimeline.com/index.aspx]

Timeglider
Web-based timeline software for creating and sharing history and project planning (Up to 5 timelines free) []

Apps
[|tamajii.com/bookabi/] Free until end of April 2012 [|tamajii.com/storyboards/] You can try the app free but unlimited version is $14.99

Storyboarding 101: Turning Concepts into Visual Forms
Lin Huff-Corzine University of Central Florida [] Before any well-developed understanding of phenomena can be achieved, adequate description is a must. Storyboarding, the use of a series of pictures in separate frames to outline or brainstorm ideas about how to tell a story can lead to such descriptions. A discussion of the theoretical underpinnings of storyboarding, the techniques involved to use this exercise in a diversity class and an examination of how it may be employed in other courses.