Group Digital Story Project

75pts out of 100pts for this course will be your group’s digital story:

12pts Individual Discovery Summary
Annotated bibliography of individual discovery findings including:

1. Five primary sources i.e. quotes, anecdotes, journals, statements in books or periodicals etc…
2. Interviews with expertise on the subject
3. Interviews with individuals actively involved in your project topic – if relevant can be a classmate

10pts Group combined Discovery Summary
How many stories and specific topics your group will be producing?
For each story your group plans on producing:

1. The story arch for each story
2.  A list of 12-24 relevant photographs you will be taking
3. A list of 1-3 video clips you will be filming

10pts Story(ies) introduction and captions
On you group’s blog/web page an introduction to each story

1. Why you chose to tell this story
2. What makes this story meaningful and or purposeful

On you group’s blog/web page captions for each story

1. Either caption for each image and video clip in each story or
2. A caption for sections or the entire story
3. Spell and grammar checked – proofread several times by several group members and others

10pts Final edited digital story(ies)
On you group’s blog/web page

1. Self running slide show(s) with embedded video clips
2. A caption for sections or the entire story
3. Spell and grammar checked – proofread several times by several group members and others

 20pts Group presentations
Post your group’s digital story(ies) on your group blog

Share your group’s stories with your classmates

1. Obstacles you and your group had to overcome when creating your stories
2. Anecdotes and any hidden meanings in your digital stories
3. Unexpected twist and turns your stories took

 5pts Personal Reflective statement
Answer the following questions and post on our class blog under “Storytelling”

1. How will your ability to tell digital stories be useful in your collage studies and life?
2. What made your digital stories effective storytelling?
3. Will you do anything different when telling stories in the future?
4. Were there any specific challenges you had to overcome?
5. What were the advantages and disadvantages to working in a group?
6. Any additional thoughts?