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For the longest time stories were used as the primary means of communication and learning. Content without context and emotion, two important elements for increased comprehension and memory, is mainly ineffective. Stories bring concepts to life and present opportunities to embed emotion into communications and presentations. Educators are beginning to consider how interactive storytelling can enhance learning engagement and outcomes, compared to traditional lecture and traditional student presentations.

In this rotation you will learn about technologies and techniques for integrating stories into your classroom; both for teacher- and student-created content. To get us started, watch the following video on the simplest story. **Then explore one (1) or more** of the interactive storytelling technologies below. Be sure to leave enough time to for a lesson that uses interactive storytelling.

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You can view other videos like this at the Storytelling School Channel on YouTube.

ArcGIS Story Maps | VoiceThread | Timeline Tools | Interactive Video

Story Maps combine interactive maps and multimedia. Using geography as a means of organizing and presenting information, they tell the story of a place, event, issue, trend, or pattern in a geographic context. Story maps combine interactive maps with other rich content—text, photos, video, and audio—within user experiences that are basic and intuitive. Teachers can use Story Maps to present geographically-based information to students in a sequence that better represent meaning, impact and relationships. Student can use Story Maps to geographically map character and plot in a novel, better visualize historical events and connect seemingly disparate events/information for visual analysis. Students can also use Story Maps to improve their own presentations.
 * ArcGIS Story Maps**

Examples: //View examples in any browser other than Internet Explorer.//
 * A Short History of Pittsburgh's Inclines
 * World Cup Venues
 * Story Map Gallery

Resources: Esri ArcGIS Story Maps for Education (Videos) Story Maps in the Classroom Case Study [|Adding PowerPoint to Story Map Tours]



Critical thinking and collaboration meets multimedia with VoiceThread. Upload, share and discuss documents, presentations, images, audio files and videos. Teachers and students can comment on VoiceThread slides using one of five powerful commenting options: microphone, webcam, text, phone, and audio-file upload. Teachers can use VoiceThread to tell a story by presenting information with a variety of file types and media. The VoiceThread story can focus in on a specific area of the media or present the full view. Students can comment on VoiceThreads to add their own perspective and compare their thoughts to others by listening to the comments of all contributors. VoiceThread is a way to turn content into a collaborative story.
 * VoiceThread**

Examples:
 * 6th grade - Connotations from Julie Combs
 * 8th grade Historical Fiction from Shirley Scamardella
 * 11th Grade - Reconstruction from Molly Lynde

Resources: What is a VoiceThread? (Video) VoiceThread Digital Library (Some Information May Be Dated) VoiceThread --a valuable classroom collaboration tool Free Account Info K-12 Single Educator License



Interactive timelines present a chronological story that helps students more easily remember events and dates and understand the connections between those events and dates. There are a variety of timeline tools that allow teachers to represent events in a timeline through text, images, video and hyperlinks. Timeline tools are valuable for bringing events, people and process to life for students. Students can also use timeline tools for their presentations as a way of clearly representing their understanding of chronological events and the relationship between those events.
 * Timeline Tools**

Examples:
 * Steve Jobs Life and Career
 * American Revolution
 * History of Film

Resources: TOP 10 FREE Timeline Creation Tools for Teachers Teaching with Timelines Use of Timelines in Education

Video is a great medium for telling stories. It’s engaging, involves multiple senses and can convey emotion. But, it’s largely passive. We just watch video, until recently. Now there are a variety of interactive video tools that allow teachers to embed questions into the video viewing experience. Interactive video is a great way to embed comprehension checks and reflective scenarios into videos to make them more engaging and interactive. Student can also create interactive video using these tools. To create comprehension and reflection activities for a video, students need to watch the video, but also understand the purpose, message and context of the video. They need to analyze the video in order to make it interactive.
 * Interactive Video**

Examples:
 * ARIS for Augmented Reality
 * Manzanar Internment Camp
 * The Electoral College

Resources: Five-Minute Film Festival: 8 Interactive Video Tools for Engaging Learners Flipping Your Classroom with TED-ED 50 ways to use video in the classroom Teaching With YouTube: 197 Digital Channels For Learning