Digital Storytelling in the L2 Composition ClassroomJoel BlochThe Ohio State University1

What is a Digital StoryPersonal StoryImages + Text + Music?2

3New Technologies, Old QuestionsNew Kinds of UsersNew kinds of jobsNew kinds of literacies

4Promote new forms of perception?Promote deeper forms of learning?Promote new relationships with audience?

The Uses of Digital Story TellingK-12 CurriculumUniversity CurriculumSchool/University IdentityCommunity ProjectsWriting Instruction5

Story Types6

Rhetorical Purposes7

Center for Digital StorytellingDigital Stories at Ohio State8

Why I am Interested in Digital Stories in the L2 composition classroom9

The relationship between oral and written speech10

Gaining a sense of identity in writing11

The development of multimedia forms of literacy12

13Integrating elements of various forms of digital literacyMovie makerPodcasting Visual literacyTexts

14Remix

Goals for the use of Digital StoriesHelp develop rhetorical skills for academic writingHelp understand the nature of digital literacyRemix text, images, audioTake advantage of an alternative, more oral form of academic writingHave a little more fun?15

Elements of the Writing ProcessInventionCreationRevisionEditing16Publishing

Integrating Music with Text/imagesImages  TextText  ImagesImagesmusicText17

Integrating Images and text18

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Social Process of WritingCollaboration through story groupsPublishing and Sharing20

EvaluationLearning the creative process through identifying the strengths and weaknesses of others’ work.Collaborating with others to develop their workBeing able to evaluate own workGaining a sense of identity in one’s work. 21

Learning the creative process through identifying the strengths and weaknesses of others’ work.

Collaborating with others to develop their work

Being able to evaluate own work

Gaining a sense of identity in one’s work.

22Transferability???

Thinking about Technologies23

Understanding Copyright and Intellectual PropertyThe citation of intellectual propertyThe concept of fair useThe role of open source and Creative Commons24

The citation of intellectual property

The concept of fair use

The role of open source and Creative Commons

AssessmentHow do we evaluate student digital stories?How does digital story telling fit into our overall writing curriculum?25

New Forms of Literacy DividesA new kind of digital divide ten years from now will separate those who can use these new media to band together from those who don’t. - Howard Rheingold (2003).26

Research Questions to think about?How does one form of literacy enhance other forms of literacy?Can the rhetorical strategies be transferred from digital story telling to other forms of writing?What does digital story telling tell us about digital literacy?Can digital story telling be taught collaboratively?27

How does one form of literacy enhance other forms of literacy?

Can the rhetorical strategies be transferred from digital story telling to other forms of writing?

What does digital story telling tell us about digital literacy?

Can digital story telling be taught collaboratively?

Some Useful ResourcesEd Tech TalkDigital StorytellingTips and ResourcesGail Matthews-DeNatale, 28