Steps+in+Creating+a+Digital+Story

= Steps in Creating a Digital Story =
 * = Preparation Stage = || = Production Stage = || = Presentation Stage = ||
 * * Determine Audience and how the story will be presented or published
 * Create story map, timeline
 * Write Script
 * Prepare Narration
 * Create formative assessment rubric || * Select or create music/sound effects
 * Select or create images/video
 * Create slides with slide show application
 * Apply slide transition special effects
 * Render into video file format
 * Conduct peer review
 * Archive on CD or DVD || * Play for classroom
 * Post to the web ||

=A word on assessment...= The assessment must align with the curriculum goals of the unit. The most moving and engaging digital story can easily mislead the audience into thinking that the author knows more about the content than he/she really knows. For example...Mars media type="custom" key="6408399" align="center"

How well do you think this student met the curriculum goal of //Understand and apply knowledge of the properties, movements, and locations of objects in our solar system//?

One also should consider how they will gauge student progress (formative assessment) along the way.

If you search for digital storytelling rubrics you will come up with over 15,000 results!