digital storytelling

“You remember best what you feel the most”

Roger Schank [2002]

The plan for the day…

Introduction Why? How? Examples Approaches Preparation Tools Collaborations Hands-on Sharing Evaluation

What is a good story?

Experience

Emotional response

Values

Touches people

A story that you enjoy retelling

Can you share a story?

I enjoy sharing stories about….

My father

My naughty days in primary school

Hi-jinks as a bank officer

Ending up in hospital

Historic sagas…

Where to seek inspiration

Your family

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Your pets

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Around you

The Arrival

by Shaun Tan

Flickr Creative Commons

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Attribution:Erich Ferdinand http://www.flickr.com/people/erix/

Within you

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The basic mechanics

Theme

Plot

Characters

Structure

Setting

What do you need?

Passion Imagination Interest Experience Places you have been Places you wish to see People you want to be

What can ignite the story?

An influential person A turning point in your life A decision making point Loss Joy Grief Happiness

It lays in wait between thought and expression

Where can your story go?

Forwards in time Backwards in time To places that we know To places that we don’t To another time To another dimension Through a world of juxtaposition Through a place of transposition

Why digital?

If a story can be shared via traditional methods then why bother with a digital approach?

The key is to ensure that the digital strategy provides an avenue of expression and interaction not possible with the traditional approach.

Why digital?

The technology needs to make a difference

It allows students an alternative avenue of expression

Digital can afford students who find expression difficult whether it be due to motor or sensory factors an alternative outlet for their thoughts

What should you do before?

Rough out a storyboard Make a plan Gather your digital resources:

Photographs Images Audio Video

What should you do before?

Rough out a storyboard Make a plan Gather your digital resources:

Photographs Images Audio Video

What should you do before?

Rough out a storyboard Make a plan Gather your digital resources:

Photographs Images Audio Video

What should you do before?

Rough out a storyboard Make a plan Gather your digital resources:

Photographs Images Audio Video

Choose a tool

Which output do you prefer:

Graphic story: Comic Life Hypertext story: Wiki Neverending story: Blog Two minute movie: Movimaker, Photostory or iMovie Photographic story: Voicethread Oral history: Audacity, Posterous Collaborative story: Wiki, Voicethread, Blog

Teaching & learning & technology

Approaches

Curriculum mapping ~ matrices

Short sharp units or topics

or

Semester length studies

Collaborations

Simple curriculum matrix

Examples Lecture Field Trip Examination Technology

Knowledge

Skill

Attitude

http://www.larkin.net.au/024_podcasting/04_curriculum/04_sample_Curriculum_Matrix.doc

Why tap into Web 2.0?

Publishing growth is extraordinaryNeed to tackle the exponential growth in

information Be a part of this growth in data and

knowledge and not be separate or apartTime to contributeCollaboration is happening on local,

national, regional and global scales

Why tap into Web 2.0?

Impact on the workplace Empowerment Communication Personal experience Learning simply does not happen inside four

brick walls Innovation is prized Creativity is valued

Horizon Report 2009

Teaching & learning & technology

How can students learn & benefit?

Understanding through piecing together the pieces of a newly discovered jigsaw puzzle

Collaboration, decision making and critical thinking

Taking ownership and exercising responsibility

Teaching & learning & technology

Teacher led and student run

Using technology that is…

Friendly Forgiving Fun

Keep it simple

Steps to take…

A topic that captures your imagination and passion

A tool that clicks for you and with which you feel comfortable

A simple straightforward integration and implementation path

A sane time of the year

Blogs and learning

Encourages students to writeStudents will write even when they do not

need toReach out to worldFeedback from peers, teachers and the

world (possibly)Some students do not participateSome students will not participate

Blogs and learning

Students link up with the writings of othersCollaborative blogsStudents realise that their peers can read

their work ~ motivatingProgress reportsProject diariesField reportsPersonal Interest Projects (PIP)

Blogs and learning

Different approaches Single teacher blog ~ simple Single class blog ~ questions, PBL Small group blogs ~ manageable Individual student blogs ~ challenging to

manage

The blogs can be monitored in a “news reader” and via email

Management

Teacher Blog ~ starting point ~ know your way around You are in total control

Wikis

Software that allows multiple editors of web page content

Collaborative writingCommunities ~ privateWYSIWYG editorsSecurity may be an issue yet to date

students and others seemingly adopt a responsible approach to created content

Wikis

WritingPublishingCollaborationMind mappingCritical thinkingLanguage learningShared information repository

Video and audio…

Take that storyboard and… Mix it up Turn it around Send it backwards Repeat that step Start at the end End at the start Mix up the soundtrack

Podcasting and vodcasting

A technology that allows users to easily publish audio and video material

The content is pushed out to users of the net who only need to subscribe once to the podcast or vodcast

It is media publishing for the massesThe files can be accessed on an ipod or

any similar media player

Podcasting and vodcasting

Inspire the student body: Audio interviews Audio portfolio reflections Journalism styled tasks Storytelling Oral history Oral reports Field reports

Place the students in charge of media creation

Flickr

Compfight ~ Flickr search tool

Creative Commons

Twitter

Posterous

Simply the best place to begin blogging

Posterous

Excellent place to startBlog via emailAutopost: Publish to Flickr, Twitter, and

another blog via a single emailCreate a podcast by emailing a mp3 filePrivacy

How can teachers benefit?

They can be part of a conversation with their peers ~ anywhere and anytime

Professional development ~ virtual profesional development

An opportunity for skilling ~ both intended and unintended

An opportunity for reflection

How can teachers benefit?

Stretching ~ reaching beyond their comfort zone

AffirmationThey are not aloneStudents will perceive them in a different

light

How can teachers benefit?

These technologies provide chances to: Pause Question Answer

These technologies allow teachers opportunities to publish, share and assist others

Develop communities of practice Sense of achievement “I did that”

How can students benefit?

Conversations with their peers and teachers Question, answer, commentary, reflection, feedback From their peers Reflect on their learning and progress Cater to different talents

Writing Speaking Visualising Performance Photography Communication

How can students benefit?

Provides opportunities for: Team work ~ locally and remotely Collaboration

Sense of achievement

How can students benefit?

An additional approach for current teaching and learning practises

It can be a break from the schooliness of schools ~ Clay Burell

How can students benefit?

Augment their current online presence whether it be Facebook, MySpace, Pixnet or others

Introduce students to more mature mmodes of online publishing

More mature in terms of technology, content and visual expression

What are some of the challenges?

Institutional inertia Infrastructure New scholarship versus old Need to take advantages of new technologies ~

eg the Connectivism Course Expectations of students and others re mobile

devices Assessment Creating meaningful content Conflicting perceptions of technology

Thank you