Talking digital storytelling in education

First thoughts

 

-abstract->narrative->concrete

-stories within stories (x2)

-documentary story (x2)++

-one route

-case studies (x4)

-introduction to topic

-the story of a topic or event or process

-organization's story

-a proposed project

-eportfolios

-blogging the story of their experience

-"research once, present twice" (two different multimedia forms: video, ppt, blog, etc)

 

Pedagogies

-memory (Marla)

 

Support

-faculty knowledge

• Not necessarily for tech
• Use Web resources
• Also peers 
• IT help 
• In vs out of class 

tools

• importance of concepts over tools
• video examples: Animoto, iMovie, FinalCut, depending on needs and time 

-tool limitations

-storage

-image search: Flickr Creative Commons

-eportfolios: Livetext

-maps: Rumsey

 

 

More links:

Radiotopia

Liz Bennet Diaries

59 Days in New York

Ayiti (Haitian family game)