Digital+Storytelling+-+Creating+My+Digital+Story

Assignment #4: Creating My Digital Story
Expected time to complete: 30-60 minutes

When you have ALL of the photo images you are going to need, then go to the Animoto website. ([|http://www.animoto.com] )

Once you are at the Animoto website, take time to:
 * Sign-up for the Animoto Service




 * Explore the website to learn more about Animoto
 * Free accounts are limited to a 30 second video
 * When you are ready, click on the "Create" button.



To create an Animoto video, you will:

1. Pick a video Style. 

2. Begin Animoto Step 1 where you will add your photos, add text, and note the other options you have (e.g., "spotlight" a photo). 

3. When you are ready, click on the "Music" button. 

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">4. Click on "Select" to access the Animoto Music library. You can explore to see what music piece will fit your video. Note once you've made the choice, the chosen "soundtrack" will appear in your video credits. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">5. When you are ready, click on the "Continue" button. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">6. At the Step 3: Customize page, click on "Continue" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">7. At this page,enter in your "Title" and "Description" of your video. When you are ready, click on "Create Video". <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8. Here is where Animoto goes to work and creates your video. When your video is complete, Animoto will send you an email with a message that your video is ready. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">9. When your video is ready, you will see the following page: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">10. Notice the various options that you have at this webpage. Now go ahead and do the following:


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the "Share on Facebook" section, click on "Post This Video To Your Wall." Note the URL for the Link of this video.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Please share this link in the Class DDBC Facebook page. Remember to add a comment with the link.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">In the "Leave A Comment" section of Animoto, add a comment about your video here.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Later, when other class members post their videos on the class Facebook page, view these videos. After you have watched the video, leave an appropriate comment for this video creator in the "Leave A Comment" section.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on the"Share" button. You will see...

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Click on "Email the Link" and email your video to __your mentor__ instructor: Claudia (cmcivor@tampabay.rr.com ) __or__ Sr.Caroline (c.cerveny@verizon.net ) __or__ Amy (lbarber61@hotmail.com) __or__ Kristi (kn_jenkins@hotmail.com). In your email message, include a comment of what this exercise was like for you. If you want, you may wish to email this link to others.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Now that you have created your first Animoto video (or maybe your second, or third), begin to think about how you may...
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Enhance current lesson plans with the use of a digital story within a unit
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Generate interest, attention and motivation for the "digital generation" kids in our classrooms
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Capitalize on the creative talents of your own students as they begin to research and tell stories of their own
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Publish student work on the Internet for viewing and critiquing by others

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Add your comments about how you can enhance your lesson plans, general interest, capitalize on creative talents of your participants,or publish this digital work in the section below:


 * **NAME** ||  || **OTHER IDEAS OR COMMENTS HERE** ||
 * EXAMPLE: Claudia McIvor . ||  || EXAMPLE: I think student creativity will be encouraged when they see how easy it is to create an Animoto video. ||
 * Rachele Deering ||  || This additional tool has given me so many ideas that I can use for personal use and share with the students and the cathecists to give us more further learning and creative ideas to include in the lessons ||
 * Barbara Eretto ||  || If you have fun making videos think about how much fun your students or colleages will have! It's addicting just like their video games! ||
 * Ruth E Manlandro ||  || I love making movies and yes I use Animoto. The movie I am showing is one that I created to capture the Church and Community coming together to celebrate Corpus Christi in our parish. I think you will like this movie. I can't upload due to the size- I will put it in the dropbox for you to view. This was created with Movie Maker 2.6. ||
 * Dale Brown ||  || This was a great exercise. I have shared some time ago with our youth minister that it has been my plan to have our youth make a video about the parish. So this is a great help. ||
 * Kristi ||  || Great ideas, all! It is true- digital stories can be made by catechists/leaders OR by the youth themselves - all for the greater glory of God :) ||
 * sue sharlow ||  || I had fun with this first Animoto, although I got all befuddled because I was making it too complicated! But alas it is done and I am uber-excited to make more. I have an idea I am already working on for RCIA to demonstrate that we are all pilgrims on a journey of faith and how we relive the Pascal Mystery. ||

Mary Miller Sybil Steuart || Okay I am so hooked. What a great way to share your passion and love of a subject. This is my first but surely won't be my last. Very cool. This will be a great way for our ministries to highlight what they do - create short videos to be shown on our projection system before Masses. Great way for the parish to have more exposure as to what our youth are doing. Very easy to create. Might be a good service project lead in to grab their attention. Could also be a great way to advertize the parish as a whole. ||
 * Susan Ajoc || Great exercise - after I finally decided on photos. Great opportunity to use either/or/both for RCIA - short snippets of topic before longer discussion and also for various ministries at St. Joseph, using actual photos from Mass or events to encourage others to get involved. For RCIA, it could be the bridge to get from paper to powerpoint to digital storytelling and beyond. In some cases, it may be baby steps but incremental movement is good. ||
 * Janet Mitchell
 * Kristi || Susan, sometimes incremental movement is the only way to start! Soon it may avalanche :) Mary- so true- a digital "ministry fair" - could also be put online, perhaps? Sybil - both are great ideas. Maybe as a way to introduce your new priest, too?! ||
 * Sherry Foecking || I have pictures of our members that I would like to put on a "getting to know you" presentation to use for our first Guild meeting of the year. Our group has pictures & blurbs in our Parish bulletin but perhaps we could go one step forward to make a short film of our retreat last year to promote this year's retreat. The more I think about it, the more possibilities I can see. ||
 * Amy Acker Mobley || Very easy to use plan to make more! Can't wait to make ones to show before Masses. ||
 * Lori Crawford || What a great way to grab the attention of the audience as a way to launch into a program! I can see showing the same video over again for a shorter process (i.e. a 4 week bible study, M.O.M.S., Confirmation) or a different one each week based on the gospel for a more regularly-occurring program (i.e. RCIA or children's formation). Really fun! I can see the benefit to having the professional version - it was hard to limit my 'story' to 30 seconds. ||
 * Ginny Nolan || Excited to use videos for a tour of the church and liturgical items for RCIA (although live tour is still important!), video of our parish for our welcome dinners. and so much more. Need to get our digital outreach ministry going to get help with all this! Wish we had the capability to do large videos in the front of church before Masses, but we do Power Point videos on a TV in the narthex of the church where we showcase events coming up and the activities of different groups, etc. ||
 * Ana M. || Super Like! I'm thinking on doing a short video with images of our Faith Formation Program 2011-2012 to show to our new catechists next week!!! ||
 * Kevin H || I procrasted doing this -thinking it was beyond me but wow it's not I am definitely going to include in my presentations and classes ||
 * Kelli Bonner || I never would have found this on my own. A new way to present a para-liturgy or even to have looping as people enter for Sunday liturgy or an event. An EASY way to share the goings-on in your department, school, or parish. ||