Digital Storytelling is similar to podcasting in the sense that you have the option to record your voice and place it online. I went to several Digital Storytelling sites and there are a variety of programs. I looked at Yodio which allows a person to record their voice and place it over pictures, Animoto which allows a person to create videos using other videos or pictures and his/her voice or other music, and GoAnimate which allows a person to record their voice or use other music and create cartoons online. Each of these sites had the option to record a person's voice by phone. The site I enjoyed the most was GoAnimate. It reminded me of a program I had used in my informatics class called Alice where a person could create digital stories, but could not use their own voice. GoAnimate was simple to use. I created a short cartoon called The Meeting.
GoAnimate.com: The meeting by Nakisha
Like it? Create your own at GoAnimate.com. It's free and fun!
The tutorial was simple and the introducing video was simple to understand. This is the introduction video:
I could definately see myself using this program in the future. I could see myself having my Art students use this program for a project. I could also see myself using the other Storytelling programs to create variation in my lectures. I could have my voice recorded over specific pictures that need to be memorized linking the concepts that need to be learned to the pictures. I could place these recordings online which would be helpful if a students was absent or studying.
I have never heard of this before, but the animation you made was pretty cool! :] I think it would be really fun to use in the classroom as a group project type thing. Like in a history class, use the software with characters to make an online skit with the information that you learned in class! I'm definitely going to remember this for future use.
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