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AN INTRODUCTION TO
DIGITAL STORYTELLING
Jeremy Anderson
Courtney McKenna
Tracy Van Oss
What are digital stories?
Multimedia narratives

Audio: music, sound effects, narration

Visual: videos, images, text

Typically 3-10 minutes in length
Why assess with digital stories?
• Engender active learning
• Increase Reflection
• Engage emotions
• Encourage service learning
• Repackage text-based skills
• Improve digital literacy
DIGITAL STORIES
And the Learning Paradigm
Written
Communication
  Script with a purpose
Oral
Communication
  Narrate with purpose
  & emotion
Critical Thinking &
Reasoning
  Synthesize media into
  a cohesive product
Visual Literacy

 Select images to serve
 a purpose and to tell a
 story
DIGITAL STORIES
Examples and samples
Digital Stories as Reflective Pieces
Courtney McKenna, QUSS instructor

• Weekly blogs – using blog tool in Blackboard
  • Reflect on class discussion
  • Triangulate topics from other courses
  • Comment on current events
  • Identify what was most important to the student each week
• Digital Story:
  • Synthesis of blogs to show personal or intellectual transformation
    throughout the semester
  • Camtasia Relay – or other software familiar to student
Reflection – Student Example
• https://capture.quinnipiac.edu/recordings/lagoldstein/QU101/QU101_-
 _Flash_(Large)_-_20111207_05.26.18PM.html
Lessons Learned
• Student feedback
  • Enjoyed going back to review blogs
  • Helped put the semester into perspective
  • “Not another paper!”


• Lessons learned
   • Need to push students to not be so literal with the “recap”
   • May require the inclusion of outside materials
     • Other courses
     • Events
  • In class showcase?
Digital Story & Photovoice for Service
Learning
Tracy Van Oss, DHSc, OTR/L

Digital storytelling was final project for a service learning
course incorporating photos with narration:
• Youth Day Fair at the Yale Bowl
• North Haven Fire Department Bike Safety Day
• International Walk To School Day
• St. Andrews Children Fair
• Halloween Safety at Keefe Center
Service Learning – Student Example




                              YouTube
Photovoice as Service Learning
• Photovoice was a grant funded project to capture images
 and narration from the child’s perspective to assess a
 need for change of the environment in Hamden, CT.
“I saw a crack in the sidewalk and someone might trip”
Digital storytelling
Digital storytelling
Other potential uses
• History: archival footage/images
• Current events: interviews, documentary images
• Personal narratives
• Case studies
Digital Stories as Personal Narratives




       All the Truly Important Things…
       Eric Zheng (pseudonym); part of “Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community”
                                                                                   YouTube
Digital Stories as Current Events




      Evolution of Education: The Present
      Katelyn Stoll, Bridget Figmic, Bree Gooley, Katie Thompson; students ED 311   YouTube
Digital Stories as History




Birth of a Nation as Racial Propaganda   Wordless Sound in Antebellum African-
Mary Corrado, student; QU 201            American Song
                                         Brian Noell, instructor; QUSS

                                                                         YouTube
WORKFLOW & TOOLS
For digital story projects
What is the workflow?



                             Select      Combine
Write script
                Record     images, m     narration
     &
               narration   usic, video   and other
storyboard
                             s, text      media
Tools for creating/collecting media
Record narration
  • QuickTime, iMovie, Sound Recorder


Find…
• Images
  • Flickr Commons & Creative Commons
• Videos
  • Flip Video Cameras, YouTube, Vimeo
• Music
  • Jamendo, ccMixter                    Mac
• Sound effects
                                         Windows
  • Freesound, SoundBible
Tools for finalizing/combining media
• Edit images
  • iPhoto, Live Photo Gallery


• Edit/record video
  • iMovie, Live Movie Maker
  • Camtasia Relay


• Share product
  • Publish to YouTube
  • Share Camtasia link          Mac

                                 Windows
Tips, tricks, & suggestions
• Provide support for tools
• Make sure hardware is accessible
• Choose a good microphone
• Encourage process writing
  • Have check-in assignments
• Smaller groups (3-4 students)
• Plan a showcase
Resources for faculty & students
• AT’s Multimedia support page
• Instructional Technologists
   • Jeremy, Monica, Gary, Christina
• Technology Center – Flip Cams, tripods, etc.
• The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
  • University of Houston

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Digital storytelling

  • 1. AN INTRODUCTION TO DIGITAL STORYTELLING Jeremy Anderson Courtney McKenna Tracy Van Oss
  • 2. What are digital stories? Multimedia narratives Audio: music, sound effects, narration Visual: videos, images, text Typically 3-10 minutes in length
  • 3. Why assess with digital stories? • Engender active learning • Increase Reflection • Engage emotions • Encourage service learning • Repackage text-based skills • Improve digital literacy
  • 4. DIGITAL STORIES And the Learning Paradigm
  • 6. Oral Communication Narrate with purpose & emotion
  • 7. Critical Thinking & Reasoning Synthesize media into a cohesive product
  • 8. Visual Literacy Select images to serve a purpose and to tell a story
  • 10. Digital Stories as Reflective Pieces Courtney McKenna, QUSS instructor • Weekly blogs – using blog tool in Blackboard • Reflect on class discussion • Triangulate topics from other courses • Comment on current events • Identify what was most important to the student each week • Digital Story: • Synthesis of blogs to show personal or intellectual transformation throughout the semester • Camtasia Relay – or other software familiar to student
  • 11. Reflection – Student Example • https://capture.quinnipiac.edu/recordings/lagoldstein/QU101/QU101_- _Flash_(Large)_-_20111207_05.26.18PM.html
  • 12. Lessons Learned • Student feedback • Enjoyed going back to review blogs • Helped put the semester into perspective • “Not another paper!” • Lessons learned • Need to push students to not be so literal with the “recap” • May require the inclusion of outside materials • Other courses • Events • In class showcase?
  • 13. Digital Story & Photovoice for Service Learning Tracy Van Oss, DHSc, OTR/L Digital storytelling was final project for a service learning course incorporating photos with narration: • Youth Day Fair at the Yale Bowl • North Haven Fire Department Bike Safety Day • International Walk To School Day • St. Andrews Children Fair • Halloween Safety at Keefe Center
  • 14. Service Learning – Student Example YouTube
  • 15. Photovoice as Service Learning • Photovoice was a grant funded project to capture images and narration from the child’s perspective to assess a need for change of the environment in Hamden, CT.
  • 16. “I saw a crack in the sidewalk and someone might trip”
  • 19. Other potential uses • History: archival footage/images • Current events: interviews, documentary images • Personal narratives • Case studies
  • 20. Digital Stories as Personal Narratives All the Truly Important Things… Eric Zheng (pseudonym); part of “Taking Root: Our Stories, Our Community” YouTube
  • 21. Digital Stories as Current Events Evolution of Education: The Present Katelyn Stoll, Bridget Figmic, Bree Gooley, Katie Thompson; students ED 311 YouTube
  • 22. Digital Stories as History Birth of a Nation as Racial Propaganda Wordless Sound in Antebellum African- Mary Corrado, student; QU 201 American Song Brian Noell, instructor; QUSS YouTube
  • 23. WORKFLOW & TOOLS For digital story projects
  • 24. What is the workflow? Select Combine Write script Record images, m narration & narration usic, video and other storyboard s, text media
  • 25. Tools for creating/collecting media Record narration • QuickTime, iMovie, Sound Recorder Find… • Images • Flickr Commons & Creative Commons • Videos • Flip Video Cameras, YouTube, Vimeo • Music • Jamendo, ccMixter Mac • Sound effects Windows • Freesound, SoundBible
  • 26. Tools for finalizing/combining media • Edit images • iPhoto, Live Photo Gallery • Edit/record video • iMovie, Live Movie Maker • Camtasia Relay • Share product • Publish to YouTube • Share Camtasia link Mac Windows
  • 27. Tips, tricks, & suggestions • Provide support for tools • Make sure hardware is accessible • Choose a good microphone • Encourage process writing • Have check-in assignments • Smaller groups (3-4 students) • Plan a showcase
  • 28. Resources for faculty & students • AT’s Multimedia support page • Instructional Technologists • Jeremy, Monica, Gary, Christina • Technology Center – Flip Cams, tripods, etc. • The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling • University of Houston