Message In A Bottle Telling Stories In A Digital World
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Digital stories are short multimedia stories that incorporate images, audio, video and text to tell a story in a more dynamic way. They are typically 3-5 minutes long and engage both authors and audiences. Digital stories use the basic elements of traditional stories like setting, plot, character and point of view, but also include voice, images, pacing and emotional content. They are significant because they can incorporate unlimited online resources, be applied to any subject, and are easy to create. Digital stories also have benefits for education by facilitating student engagement, reflection, project-based learning and technology integration according to Barrett (2005).
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Message In A Bottle Telling Stories In A Digital World
- 1. Message in a Bottle. Telling Stories in a Digital World. Ramona Bran West University of Timisoara, Romania
- 2. In the 21 st century, people are telling stories using technology. By incorporating images, audio narration, videos and music alongside traditional text, we obtain a more dynamic story. Digital stories are short (usually between 3 to 5 minutes) and captivate authors and audience equally. We all have a story to tell…
- 3. What are the ingredients of a digital story? Setting, plot, conflict, theme, character and point of view (like traditional stories) + voice/intonation and images + pacing + emotional content
- 4. Why are digital stories significant? Resources available to be incorporated are limitless They can be applied to any subject, and are easy to create even by users with no/little digital background or technical abilities Use free applications available online Once uploaded online, Web 2.0 stories have a potentially huge audience
- 5. What are the benefits of digital stories for education? Barrett (2005): “digital storytelling facilitates the convergence of four student-centered learning strategies: student engagement, reflection for deep learning, project-based learning, and the effective integration of technology into instruction.” + they reinforce literacy and 21 st century skills + they provide learners with an original way to demonstrate their knowledge, skills and creativity + English language learners practice all the basic skills
- 6. Possible pitfalls Intellectual property issues may arise Digital stories might be difficult to assess It may prove problematic for language teachers to correct mistakes
- 7. Message in a Bottle Use at least 10 slides Include images (under CC license) and sound , but also written text Create the digital story using www.slide.com, www.animoto.com, www.youtube.com Upload it on the class wiki: http://jurnauvt2008.wikispaces.com/English
- 8. Message in a Bottle Other than the abovementioned criteria, the students were allowed to be ORIGINAL and CREATIVE .
- 9. Message in a Bottle 78 stories 52 met all the criteria 51 had a musical background 2 were structured as poems 3 were created as animations
- 10. Message in a Bottle Love was the main theme in most of the stories (23) 11 of them had happy endings Messages concerning social issues like war, poverty, famine, speeding and addictions were bottled in 9 of the stories.
- 11. Message in… bottle caps
- 12. Conclusions Digital storytelling attracts: Great involvement Research and it enhances the teaching and learning acts respectively.
- 13. Thank you! All the photos were taken from: http://flickrcc.bluemountains.net/