Interested in producing a video? You don’t have to be in the Video Team to make videos. Anyone – anyone at all can produce a Be The Media video. Yes, that means you. If you are a Whiting Lane staff member, student, parent, or sibling, you can come to the library at Whiting Lane and check out a Flip camera. Bring it back to the library and Jan Bos, WHC-TV’s Technology Outreach Coordinator, will help you put a story together.

You can download the Be The Media Instructional Guide here. You can also find more resources on the Be The Media section of WHC-TV’s website at the following address:
http://www.whctv.org/bethemedia

Also, check out the Toolkit from our presentation at the 2010 Northeast Media Literacy Conference.

Flip cameras are also available at all of West Hartford’s libraries and can be checked out for a week at a time.

Noah Webster Library
Main Library
20 South Main Street
West Hartford, CT 06107
860-561-6950 Main Number
860-561-6960 Circulation
860-561-6990 Reference

Faxon Branch
1073 New Britain Avenue
West Hartford CT 06110
860-561-8200

Bishops Corner Branch
15 Starkel Road
West Hartford, CT 06117
860-561-8210

Here are some story planning resources:

Mark Stanley’s Digital Storytelling
Integrating Digital Storytelling in Your Classroom
The Seven Steps of Digital Storytelling
DigiTales: Example Storyboard #1
DigiTales: Examples of Digital Stories