Q4 Gather Media: Introduction

Introduction

Now it's time to gather and/or create the media elements for your digital story. A digital story typically includes a combination of media elements including text, images, photos, audio (narration), sounds, music, video clips, animation and interactive elements to effectively tell the story.

I Can Statements

• thoughtfully gather and select media elements that are most effective for my story
• be responsible by adhering to copyright while editing and remixing digital resources 
• curate media resources to create a digital story

Key Vocabulary

• Adhere: Adhere is to stick firmly to something.
• Curate media: Curate media is a process of selecting, organizing and sharing media elements to form part of a collection for a creative work.
• Media elements: Media elements refer to different digital sources such as images and photos (png, jpg), sound files (mp3), and video files (mp4).
• Remixing media: Remixing media is changing an existing piece of media by adding, removing, or changing parts.
• Storyboard: A storyboard is a series of slides, cards, or notes representing scenes or shots in your story.

STEPS

1. Create a special file space and/or folder to save all of your media in as you gather the different elements you plan to use.
2. Open your storyboard created in Quest 3 in a new window.
3. To keep track of the media you plan to use in your project (photos, text, and videos), add the following pieces of information on your storyboard while making sure to follow the copyright rules:

• file name
• source URL
• description

Refer to Be Legal and Fair - Quest 1 or ask your teacher if you are not sure about the media you have chosen.

4. Keep these four things in mind when selecting media:

• Media should be chosen purposefully to enhance your message.
• Media used must adhere to copyright laws.
• Save your work often!
• Privacy is important. If you think you might want to share your video with a global audience later, you should not include an image of yourself or your full name. 

5. Check with your teacher about the media elements to include in your digital story such as text, images, photos, audio (narration), sounds, music, video clips, animation and interactive elements.

HELPFUL Media Resources

• Animation, recording audio, cartoon creation, infographics refer to the Advantages and Disadvantages of Different Media Document
  
  
• Digital Images visit
  •  Lifeofpix, Photos For Class, Picography, and Pics4Learning
  • Google Images Thing #10 Digital Images
  • Creative Commons Images Thing #10 Digital Images
• Editing Digital Images and Photos
  • iPiccy  - iPiccy is a user-friendly editing application (image files: jpg or png).
  • Pixlr - Pixlr has a more detailed menu of options.
  • Canva Online Photo Editor is easy to use.

7. TIP: Select and save the media files that bring chosen parts of your narrative to life for your audience. Avoid extra images you don't need if they don't add significantly to the story.

Completing this Quest

If you have completed a storyboard that includes media that complements the parts of your story, saved the media to a folder if your file space, and reviewed the I Can statements, you are ready to move on to the next Quest. 

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