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="Tell Me A Digital Story" is designed to provide teachers with information and resources that will equip them to enhance their students' learning by telling stories digitally.=

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Why Tell Digital Stories?

 * To interest and motivate
 * To develop communication and multimedia skills
 * To encourage self-motivation
 * To help students develop organizational skills used in the writing process
 * To allow students to be creative and innovative
 * To reach all learning styles
 * The products can easily be shared online

=Getting Started =
 * 1) ===Things you will need===
 * 2) Internet access
 * 3) Royalty Free Images and Sounds
 * 4) Microphone and speakers (or headphones with mic)
 * 5) ===Process===
 * 6) Decide on a topic (see the **Idea** link)
 * 7) Write the story
 * 8) Record the author reading the story (audio recording and editing)
 * 9) Capture and process the images to further illustrate the story (image scanning and editing)
 * 10) Combine audio and images (and any additional video) onto a time-line, add music track (video editing)
 * 11) Add Background Music, Titles, Transitions, and Effects (Optional... if there is time)
 * 12) Present or publish finished version of story