Digital Storytelling in the Classroom — A Classroom Tutorial to Engage Students in Day-to-Day Learning

Updated for Adobe® Photoshop® Elements 5.0 and Adobe Premiere® Elements 3.0

Written by Adobe — with excerpts from Bernajean Porter and support and material from Adobe partner Discovery Education unitedstreaming — this tutorial provides easy-to-follow steps for helping students develop communication skills that translate raw information into valuable knowledge.

Students are also expected to master a variety of digital media — shooting photographs and video, creating and editing images, gathering digital interviews, creating and editing music or sounds, adding effects and transitions, etc. — as they produce structured, compelling communication pieces.

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom with Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 and Adobe Premiere Elements 3.0

The Photoshop Elements section, which includes all the user-friendly steps needed to produce amazing imagery and spectacular presentations, helps you empower youngsters with the confidence and creativity to express themselves through narrated slide shows and other engaging projects. The Premiere Elements section makes it exciting and easy to produce effects-filled classroom video projects, complete with amazing sound and menu-driven DVDs. The tutorial, helpful Student Guides, and easy-to-access support files provide an ideal way to let students experience the joyful art of creating effective, memorable pieces of communication.

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