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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Storytelling: Imagineering in a Box

For Students 9th - 10th
A landing page for a new course in storytelling that is presented by Disney designers through Khan Academy's site. They share how they design theme parks and rides. Students will design a theme park of their own.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Pixar in a Box: The Art of Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the storytelling process at Pixar.
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Infotoday: Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in Class

For Teachers 9th - 10th
When we use multimedia to develop and share student stories we foster self-expression. The added dimension of video provides a method for these students to display their creativity. This article features an educator's insight and tips in...
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Digital Storytelling: A Practical Classroom Management Strategy

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This article focuses on the pre-production phase of a digital storytelling project, and includes some practical advice for using digital storytelling in a classroom.
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Educause: 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Educause answers 7 questions on Digital Storytelling, from "What is it?" to "Why is it significant?" and "The implications for teaching and learning."
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Broward Education Foundation

Broward Education Foundation: The Arts and Crafts of Storytelling [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In the Arts and Crafts of Storytelling, American folk heroes come to life, help students expand their vocabulary and increase knowledge of figurative language. Students identify figurative language like similes, idioms and hyperboles....
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REMC Association of Michigan

Remc Association of Michigan: 21 Things4 Students: 18. Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th
This tutorial is made up of five quests. Students first explore the elements and planning process of a digital story, then decide on an idea for their own story. They write and edit a script using a storyboard, search and choose media...
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Tech4Learning

Tech4 Learning: Digital Storytelling in the Primary Classroom

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This article presents lots of excellent ideas for having students create digital texts, both fiction and nonfiction. Examples of student work, narrated by the students, are provided.
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Micmac and Maliseet Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th
Micmac and Maliseet culture is preserved through oral history and the tradition of community storytellers. View a sample of storytelling. A great way to introduce students to myths and fables.
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National Endowment for the Humanities

Neh: Edsit Ement: Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this lesson plan, students will consider "Australian Aboriginal Art and Storytelling." The plan includes worksheets and other student materials that can be found under the resource tab.
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TES Global

Blendspace: Digital Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Links to eight different online storytelling websites available for free student use followed by an assessment.
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News Lab: Elements of Great Storytelling

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This is a great site for broadcast journalists; it focuses on the elements that make a story great. You can find tips on writing from some of the top people in the industry.
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Immigration and Ethnic History Society

Iehs: Elizabeth Venditto, New Immigrant Storytelling Tools for Challenging Times

For Students 9th - 10th
This article focuses on "Immigrant Stories" which has enabled wide participation by giving individuals complete control over their stories and defining "immigrant" broadly. It teaches anyone, including students, to make a digital story...
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Story Arts:storytelling Activities & Lesson Ideas

For Teachers 3rd - 8th Standards
Use this site to get pupils interested in and enthusiastic about storytelling with these cool lesson ideas. Look through these short descriptions of lesson ideas to help develop a lesson to fit your classroom needs.
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Story Arts Online: Storytelling Lesson Plans & Activities

For Teachers 9th - 10th
"This collection of story-related activities, projects and games-developed by storyteller/author Heather Forest for her storytelling workshops with young scholars, teachers, and librarians-can be used by educators in a school setting to...
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Articles About Storytelling

For Students 3rd - 8th
This site contains links to five articles about storytelling by Heather Forest. Articles include the following: "Crafting Personal Vision in Telling Folktales," "The Voice as an Instrument," "Copyright and Fair Use of Published...
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Digital Storytelling With Class Flow Technology

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] Digital storytelling is the combination of the ancient art of oral storytelling with today's technology, enabling students to write their own uniquely personal tales and then personalize them even more...
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PBS

Pbs: Multimedia Storytelling (A Lesson Plan Family Memories)

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A lesson for exploring the use of multimedia presentation techniques in effective storytelling. Design, write, storyboard, and create a multimedia presentation of a story about an important family event or memory.
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Storytelling to Assess Speaking and Listening

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
An effective use of rubrics that encourages the student storyteller how to determine if his/her audience is listening. Learn about the different listening skill rubrics, storytelling rubrics and a self-assessment guide that asks the...
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South Carolina Educational Television

Etv: Bell South Digital Storyteller: Generations of Heroes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Information and advice for participating in a digital storytelling project that documents the experiences and memories of those who have served the United States in war or other military conflicts. Step-by-step instructions, useful...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Pre K 12 Resources for New School Routines: Family Storytelling Bingo: Pre K and K

For Students Pre-K - K
These weekly activities are cross-curricular but emphasize Social-Emotional Learning, Math, and Literacy development. This week, we are learning about how our family changes and stays the same over time.
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Storytelling in the Classroom

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
There are several steps to becoming a storyteller. Find out what they are and be on your way to becoming a storyteller here! Learn how to find good stories to tell, and how to tell them to an audience effectively.
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ReadWriteThink

Read Write Think: Oral Storytelling and Dramatization

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students begin this lesson by discussing what makes a good, vivid story and creating a working checklist of the criteria for a good story. They explore background information about the Mercury Theatre production of the "War of the...
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Sonic Storytelling: Writing Method for Radio Drama

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This article is filled with tips for beginners on how to write radio drama sketches or adapt stories into radio plays. You'll see examples of sketches as well as tips on writing well. W.9-10.3, 3a, 3b Narratives, W.11-12.3, 3a, 3b...

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