"Storytelling" is a long time resident of the charts of educational ideas. As a topic of workshops and presentations (I've done plenty), books (none for me), TED Talks (definitely not), the word to me conjures up the idea of performance. Plus my own internal conversation-- "I'm not a storyteller". Peel away the connotations of campfires, cave drawings, and performers on a stage, the elements of storythinking are much more important to me than the show. A hook of interest, the shape of a narrative, a character to care about, suspension of belief, using less, media metaphors are story techniques that you can integrate into your work as educators. While technology provides plenty of tools to tell stories, more compelling is what they afford us to practice and develop our own skills of making and incorporating story not only into teaching, but many forms of expression. I will share my own experiments in improvisation (pechaflickr), visual storytelling (Five Card Flickr Stories), a method hidden within a list of tools (50 Web Ways to Tell a Story), and online teaching (ds106) -- not as magic answers but perhaps a way of thinking about story elements beyond the performance aspect. Keynote for 2014 Riding the Wave for Change Conference, GImli, Manitoba

1. STORYTHINKING >
STORYMAKING >
STORYTELLING
ALAN LEVINE
is.gd/ridingwave_storytelling

2. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/

3. PICK A METAPHOR

4. PICK A METAPHOR

5. PICK A METAPHOR

6. PICK A METAPHOR

7. ONCE UPON A TIME...

9. The last man
alive on Earth
sat alone in a
room.

10. The Last man
alive on Earth
sat alone in a
room. There
was a knock at
the door.
"KNOCK" BY FREDERICK BROWN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)

11. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley: http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2172001078/

12. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by chuck_heston: http://flickr.com/photos/chuckheston/383386494/

13. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Pay No Mind: http://flickr.com/photos/paynomind/65010034/

14. 488th Day of Summer by Rosanna (2012 UMW Student) http://rossannamarie.umwblogs.org/the-488th-day-of-summer/

15. TELLING ~= PERFORMING

16. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Lancaster Litfest: http://flickr.com/photos/litfest/5412498421/

17. TELL ME A STORY

18. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by g-mikee: http://flickr.com/photos/g-mikee/5202927662/

19. THE PYRAMID

20. THE LUMPY HILL

21. THE CYCLE

22. THE OBVIOUS

23. KURTVONNEGUT "THE SHAPE OF STORIES"
http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ

24. The Story Spine by Kenn Adams http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/

25. * THE "SO WHAT?" *

26. TECHNOLOGY IS JUST
A TOOL
creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by katerha: http://flickr.com/photos/katerha/5746905652

27. “CLAUDE, IT’S JUST A
PAINTBRUSH”
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by cavale: http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/5619905303

28. “JIMI, IT’S JUST A
GUITAR”
creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by wiserbailey: http://flickr.com/photos/25084516@N03/5331538409

30. STORY OVER
TOOLS
creative commons licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by kaje_yomama: http://flickr.com/photos/kajeyomama/4987968865/

31. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

32. creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857
http://cogdogroo.wordpress.com

33. !
http://cogdogblog.com/1887

35. !
http://youtu.be/eMp-Fl-sXrU

36. !
http://50ways.wikispaces.com

37. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

38. http://www.evenfromhere.org/2012/10/26/
five-card-flickr-or-cogdog-visits-the-idea-hive/

39. !
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/

40. !
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=29951

41. !
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/play.php?suit=5card

42. FLICKR TAG!
rtwgimli
OR EMAIL!
island42words@photos.flickr.com
creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857

43. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

44. creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by mictlan74: http://flickr.com/photos/mictlan74/3374564653

45. !
http://pechaflickr.net

46. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

47. ds106.us

48. Participating in ds106 eliminated
my fears—- my fears about my
abilities, my fears about the online
community, my fears about
technology, and my fears about
sharing ideas.
blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/

49. ds106 has given this me the conviction that I, at 72,
can make videos, that tell my story beautifully,
thoughtfully, and truthfully. The community aspect
gives me the security that, no how busy I am with
other things, I can always "drop into" ds106 and
continue to learn more.
margaretherrick.com/blog/

51. FeedWord
!
Press

52. assignments.ds106.us

53. http://assignments.ds106.us/types/DesignAssignments/

54. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/

55. bank.ds106.us

56. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/

57. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/parent-child-headswap/

58. youtu.be/3ecOluGahNY

59. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-propaganda-posters/

60. http://youtu.be/od8s0E7b9LY

61. http://bcodelson.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/cool-hamster/

62. photo blitz assignment!
http://ds106.us/2014/03/31/gmu-week-3/

63. http://cew5x.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/all-you-can-take-cactus-
audio-assignment-942/

64. Chaplin Foley
Assignment!
http://ds106.us/
2014/04/13/gmu-week-5/

65. http://number1fio.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-first-rule-in-
this-blog-is-you-cant-talk-about-this-blog/

66. http://cookiesuponwhichtomunch.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/its-
not-you-its-me/

67. tdc.ds106.us