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Digital Storytelling - Task #1: Folder Organization

It is always best to organize your work space and set up needed folders before beginning a new project.  This will save you time by helping to cut down on missing files, forgotten file locations, and broken links.  In this first task, you will create several folders on your h: drive where you will save you work.

• Open up your H: drive
• Create new folder (to create a new folder, right-click on the screen, click on New -> Folder and type in the title: call this folder “My Digital Stories”)
• Open your “My Digital Stories” folder
• Create three more folders (these will be subfolders to the main folder called My Digital Stories) titled “Images”, "Sounds" and “Digital Story Files”

“Make Show-and-Tell Cool Again”: Digital Storytelling - Task #2: Download/Take Photos and Save to Computer

In this second task, you will save a small bank of pictures that you will use to create your Digital Story.

Option #1: Use a digital camera to take photos

Option #2: Download photos from Flickr or Yotophoto

www.flickr.com

• To save photos taken from the camera, connect the camera to the computer and copy all photos to you “Images” folder
• When using Flickr, to ensure that you are not using images that are copyright protected, click on “Advanced Search” and check the “Only search within Creative Commons-licensed photos” button
• You can save photos from Yotophoto or stock.xchng directly as they are already filtered for free use.
• Search for photos using a keyword search - To save photos from any of the above websites, click on the image to download a larger copy, right-click on the image and select “Save Image As”. Save the image in your “Images” folder.
• Save or create 15-20 images

The content of the photos is up to you.  If you are searching for photos on Flickr, try these sample topics (and keywords):

• Ancient Egypt: Egypt, pyramids, sphinx, mummy
• Cell Division: Mitosis, plant cell, animal cell
• Prime Ministers of Canada: try any name
• Religion – try religious terms

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