This week on the WELSTech Podcast we define Digital Storytelling in education and share tools and examples of this creative expression format.

The discussion:

Tell me a story – Gail Potratz, WELSTech’s semi-regular classroom technology correspondent from Emanuel in New London, WI, joins Martin and Sallie and the discussion focus is digital storytelling including its definition and the many resources available to help students create in this popular format.

• Sample rubric for evaluating digital stories
• Bernajean Porter’s Digitales
• Storyboard templates
• Digital Storytelling with the iPad
• Tools for digital storytelling
  • Animoto – Sample
  • Voice Thread
  • Book Creator
  • Story Wheel
  • ReelDirector – Sample
  • Blurb Mobile

Ministry resources:

(25:20) Should Your Church Have a Blog

Picks of the week:

• (27:43) Fotobabble – iOS app
• How to enable Diigo bookmarking in Safari on iPad (video) – Diigo instructions
• Windows Live SkyDrive

Of interest:

• (38:54) FinalWeb training – This summer we’re offering online training on web site creation and maintenance using the FinalWeb system.   And, for the first time, we’ll be using Google Hangouts!
  • FinalWeb for Teachers – July 9 or 16 – bit.ly/fw4t2012
  • FinalWeb for Dummies – July 10-12 or July 17-19 – bit.ly/fw4d2012
• A new channel for WELSTech – Listen now on Stitcher Smart Radio

Community feedback:

• (42:05) Internet Evangelism Day is April 29th
• Links shared in the WELSTech Diigo group this week include …
  • AudioJungle
  • Seven Gmail Add-ons That Make Email Suck Less
  • Art coloring pages
  • Top Five Ways to Build a Bad Church Website
  • Cybraryman Catalogue of Educational WebSites

Coming up on WELSTech:

(47:24) Episode 234 – Just in time for the many graduation and summer vacation photos opportunities, Martin and Sallie countdown the 7 Best Photo Organizing and Editing Tools.  (Release date – 05/02/12)

The featured artist:

(49:01) We close the podcast with the instrumental music of In His Service (www.adagioconcepts.com) – Send Me from their CD titled “In His Time”

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