Toolkit for Facilitators

How to plan, create and share digital hero books

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Tutorials, etc.

General

• Consent form for Digital Hero Booking (PDF, xxx)

Lesson plans

• Bare bones facilitator calendar (DOC, 35K)
• Bare bones learner handout with due dates (DOC, 35K)
• Full facilitator calendar (DOC, 60K)
• Full learner handout with due dates (DOC, 35K)

Workshop agenda

• Agenda for simple digital story workshop (8 hours) (DOC, 70K)

Assessment

• Digital storytelling assessment rubric (DOC, 35K)

Digital storytelling

• Digital Storytelling Cookbook (PDF, 2.6MB) by Joe Lambert (updated February 2007).
  Get the latest version or buy a printed copy from the Center for Digital Storytelling
• Digital Storytelling: Capturing Lives, Creating Community by Joe Lambert (book).
  Digital Diner Press, Berkeley, CA, 2002
• The Art, Skill, Craft, and Magic of Digital Storytelling: A How-Come, How-To Guide (Includes iMovie tutorial), KQED's Digital Storytelling Initiative

Script writing

• Digital storytelling for youth: script writing and the seven elements (DOC, 100K) by the Center for Digital Storytelling

Software

Audacity

• Audacity tutorial (PDF, 125K) (Center for Digital Storytelling)
• Online from Audacity , yourmachines.org , transom. org

iDVD

• iDVD Quick Guide (PDF, 190K) (Center for Digital Storytelling)
• Online from Apple

iMovie

• iMovie Quick Guide (PDF, 660K) (Center for Digital Storytelling)
• Online from Apple

iPhoto

• iPhoto Quick Guide (PDF, 240K) (Center for Digital Storytelling)
• Online from Apple

KiNO Video Editor

• Online from kinodv.org , yourmachines.org

Soundslides

• A comprehensive and easy-to-follow user manual (downloaded from the web)

Windows Movie Maker

• Online from Microsoft

Online safety

• California Technology Assistance Project's CyberSafety Poster (PDF, 2.2MB)

iEARN resources

Below are resources to help you make the most out of iEARN's global network and online forums:

• The iEARN Handbook (PDF, 900K) outlines some of the steps to getting started in online collaborative project work, and illustrates a variety of ways of integrating iEARN into your classroom.
• Tutorials for using the iEARN web forums
• The 7 Habits of Highly Effective iEARN Project Facilitators by Farah Kamal (iEARN Pakistan) and Diane Midness (iEARN USA) (PDF, 375K)

When actually participating in the iEARN Digital Hero Book forum:

• Getting Started with iEARN (PDF, 100K)
• Netiquette (internet netiquette) (PDF, 60K)

 

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