Learners also have plenty of choices on how to craft their video stories. The following are a few of the video storytelling projects teachers are integrating and links to more resources for exploration:
Claymation - telling stories with clay figures
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Making Claymation in the Classroom by Melinda Kolk is a free guide with many tips and resources
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Check out the Claymation Made Easy site which provides you with storyboards and tips on creating the clay characters and editing the video
Stop motion - a series of frames are strung together to make it appear inanimate objects are moving on their own
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Check out the Making Stop Motion Movies site by Kevin Hodgson which provides you with storyboards and video editing tips
Animation- integrating cartoons or animated characters
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Check out free animation movie creation tools like GoAnimate, DomoNation, PowToon, Muvizu, Kerpoof, Dvolver, and Wideo
Machinima - movies with avatars in virtual worlds
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Check out this online workshop, Machinevo
Slideshow - includes images, transitions, backdrops, and music
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Check out free tools like Animoto, Photopeach, and Magisto
Movie Clip - a short video that shows a scene, or a piece of a larger movie
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Check out this lesson plan on creating movies as digital projects
Music Video - type of video which tells the story of the events in a song
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Also try these free apps that help learners make music videos to popular songs- Video Star, Smule CineBeat, and SketchASong.
News Report - sharing stories of news events
Videocast/ Vodcast- a person comes on screen and shares information about themselves usually like a diary entry.
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Creating a Vodcast lesson plan
Documentary - a film exploring the events, impact, and facts surrounding a theme, subject, or event.
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Docudramas - Students place themselves in a distant time or take on the role and view of a person with different life experiences than their own (Kolk, 2012)
Silent films - stories where the dialogue is captioned on the film but no voice is used
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Check out the process of this silent film produced by students (Widdowson, 2011)
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Myths- A story involving imaginary creatures and events (Kolk, 2012)