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 * Submit your examples of existing digital stories here. You do NOT have to create a digital story - provide an example of one. See page 190 in your text if you have questions as to digital stories.**

Brianna Duvall-Center for Digital Storytelling http://www.storycenter.org/index1.html The Center for Digital Storytelling is a non-profit 501(c)3 arts organization that is based in California. They assist anyone from any age group with using digital media to tell their own personal story. Their emphasis is on personal voice and teaching methods. You can record your own digital story and view others digital stories as well. The digital stories on this page are usually about one’s life journey. There are workshops that they provide to help you design your own digital story. They have been using these workshops for the past fourteen years. The workshops that they provide go from a basic workshop to a week-long workshop. This will definitely help anyone who is trying to design their own digital story.

Laurie Peterson - Mathematical Digital Story [|http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/mathmatics.html] Ancient Pythagoreans come to life in this digital story chronicling the history of the Pythagorean Theorem. This digital story is an adventure where students become “Math Explorers” on a mission to learn about the ancient Pythagoreans. This digital story is highly recommended for educators desiring to show how history, math and the modern world collide. Students will travel to ancient Greece to the time of the first mathematical fraternal organization. The theorem itself is explained and its applications to our modern world are illuminated through applying the theorem to nautical and architectural problems. The question, “what am I ever going to need math for anyway?” will definitely be silenced after viewing this entertaining and educational digital story.

Patty Landsly - Dream in color -Digital Storytelling [|www.scholastic.com/dreamincolor/digitalstorytelling/] This site is designed by Target Corporation as a community outreach project. The basis for the site is to give children a place to explore the many different people and cultures that make up a community. There is a unit plan utilizing digital storytelling to celebrate diversity in the classroom. The lesson plan is about the tradition of storytelling and how different cultures use stories to pass on traditions and values. The lesson plan allows students to combine traditional storytelling with modern technology. The site itself is very easy to use with step by step instructions for both the teachers and the students. The lesson plan allows the students the flexibility to create a totally unique digital story.

Adam Sharp-What Is Art Education? A 4th Grader shares her opinion. http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/art_t1.mov In this digital story a fourth grade girl explains what art education is to her. She goes on to explain that art is more than a paper and paint or crayons. They learn about the history of what art is. This young girl explains that many different teachers and visitors have explained to her class what art is and how it can be used in society. She also describes her art club and how it is for students who are serious about improving their skills or are very interested in art. This young lady says “That most people who are in art clubs, class or shows are able to live a happier life because they are able to experience lot more”.

Bonnie Breckenridge- YouTube Science vocabulary Digital Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8yyHYU2Nwyw This particular digital story was intended to teach students their vocabulary words for science class. When you first start the story it introduces the topic and you hear the teacher talking about the vocabulary words. While you hear the teacher’s voices you see pictures that represent the vocabulary words. Not only are there pictures but also words so you can see the word, the picture, and hear it all at the same time. This helps aid the different kinds of learners in a class room. At the end of the digital story the credits scroll across the screen to show you that the sources used for this particular presentation are creditable. And to give credit to those that provided her with the information.

Ness Garland- center for digital storytelling [|www.story] center.org/index1.html The digital story center website is a site in which you can use as a tool to help create a digital story. On this website you will find examples of digital stories, listing of workshops that can taken to learn how to make stories, programs and services that are available to work with companies and organizations, and you can even make you own story. This program is very helpful because it provides so many resources in order to make a digital story happen. It also gives opportunity for us to open our minds up to the examples of how these stories can change people’s lives.

Jake Meyers- Untitled by Saul Ramos http://www.storycenter.org/stories/index.php?cat=3 This is a digital story from the Center for Digital Storytelling by a Mexican immigrant who artfully depicts his struggles within American society and education system. His story is a heartfelt translation of what it means to find a balance between his native culture and the desire to assimilate into the new culture. He gives a great portrayal of the turmoil that he faces when trying to achieve educational advancement. He goes into great detail about his lowest moments within his life. Truthfully told from the perspective of an immigrant student, gives great insight into the mind of a personality that teachers may encounter within their own classroom.

Monica Maurer—Digital storytelling http://www.springfield.k12.il.us/movie/ This website offers many different versions of digital storytelling that students from the Springfield Public School District have made. Several students from grades K-12 have submitted digital stories, or iMovies, in their terms. There is a variety of topics that they cover, and each digital story is labeled with the name of the student, their school, their grade, and the subject that it applies to. Any of these digital stories could be used as examples for students who are making a digital story, or they could be used by the teacher as part of a lesson.

Aubrey Findley--Digital Storytelling http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/jan02/banaszewski.htm This website tells you a lot of facts about digital storytelling. It talks about students in forth and fifth grade classes that have trouble with writing. It is a way to catch their attention more and make it easier for them to write using it. They were asked to write about things that related to them more. They go step by step through the process and it helps them grow and learn as writers.

Stephanie Colby--Walking in their shoes digital story http://www.adobe.com/education/digkids/lessons/in_their_shoes.htm The website offers educational lessons and activities for teachers and students and how to make digital storytelling easy. Walking in their shoes digital story is for 5th through 12th graders to allow them to see how people with disabilities cope everyday. This project allows kids to see how these people cope with learning and everyday tasks that would seem like nothing to the rest of us. This gives a new perspective of what we think people with disabilities should act like and hopefully it will allow students to open up and express how they felt after watching this documentary.

Corey Heisel--History of mathmatics http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/mathematics.html This is just one of many example of digital storytelling. In this perticular example it gives a detailed history of math dating back thousands of years. Also it tells about how the basic mathmatic principles used back then still are used as fact today. This example would be a great introduction to any math corse in which students will hopefully gain a better understanding of math and its origins. The digital story also allows students & teachers to gain a better understanding about human intelect because of how advanced this way of thinking was back then.

Crue Harmon - Elements of digital storytelling http://www.inms.umn.edu/elements/ This elements of digital storytelling can help you not only create a digital story, but help you learn the key elements of making one. This website is very helpful because it guides you through the elements step by step and explains to you how to plug them into your digital story. So instead of making just a plain digital story, with this website it will direct you in the right path to think of your own elements. This not only broadening their own minds but helping broaden other peoples minds because other people are reading these digital story’s as well as other people may be reading yours.

Adam Padjen- Teaching Teachers http://www.teachingteachers.com/story.htm Teaching teachers is a website that shows teachers how to make a digital story. This site explains what a digital story is and how to go about making it. This has digital stories on creating them so you can see what it is as it teaches you. There are also many other examples of digital stories. The site also has some examples outside of education but overall is a very good site. This site shows what goes into the planning, creating, and presenting of digital stories. The site explains what makes a good digital story and how they can help children learn in a visual way.

Steve Cavaligos - Digital History http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/digital_stories.cfm This is a resource which features a database of digital stories which relate directly to history curriculum. History is a great subject to utilize this technology because there are so many great stories which can be incorporated into any party of a history curriculum to help illustrate specific points and give students a feel for what the world was like in the past. This site is also updated regularly so there is always going to be new material to use for a variety of different topics.

Timothy Thrasher-Five Hungr Crocodiles http://www.storyplace.org/preschool/activities/5hungrycrocs.asp?themeid=5 Five Hungry Crocs is a digital story that is very useful and interesting. This story is intended for preschool students, and teaches numbers, colors, and listening skills. The story starts out with five crocodiles surrounding five different colored fish. The narrator then says that the crocodile wished for a certain colored fish. The student then has to pick the fish that the crocodile wants until all the fish are gone and the crocodiles are sleep. I believe that this digital story would keep a preschool students attention. This story was really bright and colorful, which is always good when it comes to preschool students. The website is very simple to use as well. A preschool student wouldn’t have any trouble with this digital story, I would use this same story on my own daughter.