My understanding of digital storytelling is that is the combination of audio, videos and ideas.
Which can be achieved by using the following steps;
1) Create your idea using a mind map ( such as inspiration) or a story board.
2) You then find or create the media to express that idea, such as photos or video clips.
3)You then match it to an appropriate tool to display, your ideas such as a Pod or a Vod.
Definitions
Vod - (vodcast) which is a combination of video and broadcast a commonplace example is Youtube.
Pod - (Podcast) which is a combination of ipod and broadcast. It is a webfeed of audio files that can be downloaded the best know example of this is itunes.
I enjoyed exploring the examples on the tutorial but needed much more time to become familar and confident with this technology. I use itunes frequently for my ipod.
Use in the classroom - one of the first applications that came to mind was creating "audio" books or readings for students who have reading/ language difficulties. Rather than struggling to keep up with the class they could listen to the podcast and follow the text in the book.
Youtube has already been used quite extensively in the College to gain student engagment with a new topic, but careful examination of these clips is required as there is no censorship of this tool.
There are some excellent Pod and Vodcasts that have already been created by reliable sources such as NASA or CSIRO which could be useful for student research.
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