This document discusses using digital storytelling in language arts classes. Digital storytelling involves presenting a narrative using various digital media, such as text, images, video, recorded voice and music. Teachers can have students create different types of digital stories, such as personal narratives or movie trailers, to illuminate themes in literature by reenacting or documenting scenes where characters transform internally. Creating digital stories promotes 21st century skills like creativity, problem solving, communication and media literacy.
Role playing games (RPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons boast fans of all ages. Learn how these games work, and how you can use them to attract teen, new adult, and other players to your library. Explore how you can reach these potential patrons by supporting RPG play. From providing meeting space, to rule books, formal library programs, 3D printing services, and more, discover what level of engagement is possible at your library. Investments for these ideas in terms of staff, time, and budget will be covered, as well as how to market these programs and services to the public and reach the gaming community.
Creating Spheres of Interculturality through Paerformative ActivitySusan Hillyard
Performativity will be shown to replace more abstract conceptions of language as a structure of meaning or as a symbol system and one way of introducing the concept of spheres of interculturality into ELT. The emphasis will be on the role of language in the concrete, particular transactions of the speaking body in specific contexts and in specific moments of time. It focuses on language as action, and also on meaning as the effect of embodied processes of meaning-making.
Role playing games (RPGs) like Dungeons & Dragons boast fans of all ages. Learn how these games work, and how you can use them to attract teen, new adult, and other players to your library. Explore how you can reach these potential patrons by supporting RPG play. From providing meeting space, to rule books, formal library programs, 3D printing services, and more, discover what level of engagement is possible at your library. Investments for these ideas in terms of staff, time, and budget will be covered, as well as how to market these programs and services to the public and reach the gaming community.
Creating Spheres of Interculturality through Paerformative ActivitySusan Hillyard
Performativity will be shown to replace more abstract conceptions of language as a structure of meaning or as a symbol system and one way of introducing the concept of spheres of interculturality into ELT. The emphasis will be on the role of language in the concrete, particular transactions of the speaking body in specific contexts and in specific moments of time. It focuses on language as action, and also on meaning as the effect of embodied processes of meaning-making.
The Media Maker Collection is a set of challenges that explore the new media literacies within the context of media artists and production. Challenges are media-based lessons to provide instruction or share an idea or a story. This collection provides a template for contributions from members who want to use the Learning Library to develop their own challenges.
http://newmedialiteracies.org/library/
Digitalstorytelling and education: an introductionBryan Alexander
This introduces educators to digital storytelling. The first third is class DS, including its history. The second looks into DS through new forms, such as social media and gaming. Part 3 outlines key features of DS for education.
How do institutions effectively utilize the full potential of visual media to communicate their strategic messaging? This session will explore the power of documentary-style short-form video production to engage targeted audiences with compelling stories.
Through case studies, participants will learn how to identify, design and produce documentary-style stories that deliver marketing messages with authenticity; to leverage the impact of those stories in social and online platforms; and examine the potential of hybrid formats like Instagram and Snapchat.
Stories give context to data and facts. They make the abstract concrete, and create relationships where none existed. Significantly, stories create emotional connections between an organization and its audience that can last well beyond the initial contact. This presentation, given for organizations participating in Valley Gives 2014, highlights
• What makes a good story
• The organizational stories you have right now
• The types of stories that can power your fundraising/crowdfunding campaign
• Social media tools to tell your story
The Media Maker Collection is a set of challenges that explore the new media literacies within the context of media artists and production. Challenges are media-based lessons to provide instruction or share an idea or a story. This collection provides a template for contributions from members who want to use the Learning Library to develop their own challenges.
http://newmedialiteracies.org/library/
Digitalstorytelling and education: an introductionBryan Alexander
This introduces educators to digital storytelling. The first third is class DS, including its history. The second looks into DS through new forms, such as social media and gaming. Part 3 outlines key features of DS for education.
How do institutions effectively utilize the full potential of visual media to communicate their strategic messaging? This session will explore the power of documentary-style short-form video production to engage targeted audiences with compelling stories.
Through case studies, participants will learn how to identify, design and produce documentary-style stories that deliver marketing messages with authenticity; to leverage the impact of those stories in social and online platforms; and examine the potential of hybrid formats like Instagram and Snapchat.
Stories give context to data and facts. They make the abstract concrete, and create relationships where none existed. Significantly, stories create emotional connections between an organization and its audience that can last well beyond the initial contact. This presentation, given for organizations participating in Valley Gives 2014, highlights
• What makes a good story
• The organizational stories you have right now
• The types of stories that can power your fundraising/crowdfunding campaign
• Social media tools to tell your story
2. Digital Storytelling for
Language Arts
Discovering Literary Themes Through Transformation
Michael Kiefer
Wilkes University EDIM 510
3. What is digital storytelling?
Digital storytelling is presenting a narrative with
a variety of digital media including...
4. What is digital storytelling?
Digital storytelling is presenting a narrative with
a variety of digital media including...
• Text
• Still images
• Video
• Recorded voice
• Recorded music
6. Types of Digital Stories
• Personal narrative
• PSA’s
• Movie trailer
• Oral history
• Documentary
• News broadcasts (current or historical)
• Reenactment (scene from a book)
9. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
10. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
11. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
12. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
✴ reenacting
13. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
✴ reenacting
✴ documenting
14. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
✴ reenacting
✴ documenting
✴ making a movie trailer
15. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
✴ reenacting
✴ documenting
✴ making a movie trailer
for a specific scene.
16. Discovering Themes
in Literature
• Themes often involve a
character’s transformation.
• Pick a scene in which a
character changes internally.
• Illuminate a central theme by...
✴ reenacting
✴ documenting
✴ making a movie trailer
for a specific scene.
18. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
19. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation
20. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
21. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Communication & Collaboration
22. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation • Information Literacy
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving
• Communication & Collaboration
23. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation • Information Literacy
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Media Literacy
• Communication & Collaboration
24. The Benefits of Digital
Storytelling:
Promotes 21st Century Skills
• Creativity & Innovation • Information Literacy
• Critical Thinking & Problem Solving • Media Literacy
• Communication & Collaboration • ICT Literacy
26. Image Credits
Stefan Erschwendner. (2010) Flip cam. Retrieved April 12, 2011 from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/stefanerschwendner/4835468998/
Jill Mott. (2009) 20090928_CDS_WORKSHOPS. Retrieved April 12,
2011 from
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jillpmott/3992610089/
TheeErin. (1972) The Outsiders. Retrieved April 12, 2011 from http://
www.flickr.com/photos/theeerin/3319626950/
Smannion. (2008) Students working in groups. Retrieved April 12, 2011
from http://www.flickr.com/photos/smannion/2949490218/
Smannion. (2008) Students working in groups. Retrieved April 12, 2011
from http://www.flickr.com/photos/smannion/2948636127/