This document summarizes a seminar on digital storytelling. It discusses different types of digital stories, provides examples of digital stories online, how to assess digital stories, and why it's important for students to create digital stories. Creating digital stories helps develop higher-order thinking, digital literacy, problem solving, narrative skills, and understanding of imagery and symbolism. Links are provided to examples of digital stories and additional resources on digital storytelling.

1. ETAQ Seminar 2, 2014
Digital Stories:
From Production to
Assessment
Kelli McGraw – QUT
Slides available at:
http://www.slideshare.net/kellimcgraw

2. Tweet it!
• I am @kmcg2375
• ETAQ is @ETAQLD
• Tag your ETAQ event tweets with #ETAQPD

3. What is your story?
To the person sitting next to you:
• What is your name?
• What school are you from, or what is
your role?
• Is digital storytelling popular at your
school? How do you know?

4. What is ‘Digital Storytelling’?
Where can I find some digital
stories?
How do I assess digital stories??
Why is it important for
students to MAKE digital stories?

5. What is
‘Digital
Storytelling’?

6. Story-telling

7. Twitter = newest tweet at top
(Therefore read bottom-to-top)
DIGITAL
Story-telling

8. …more ‘types’

9. Digital
Replic-
ations
Digital
Embell-
ishments
Digital
Transfor-
mations
Digital
Revers-
ionings
‘Born
Digital’
Fiction
Blended
Stories
Digital fiction types:

10. via Simon Keily
@aus_teach

11. Where can I find
some Digital
Stories?

12. Some ‘Born Digital’ stories
• Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2:
http://collection.eliterature.org/2/index.html
• two five three (interactive novel):
http://www.ryman-novel.com/
• Telescopic text (hypertext):
http://www.telescopictext.com/
• Shopping List (hypertext):
http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/hw/groceries/

13. http://www.inanimatealice.com/

14. http://inanimatealice.edu.au/stories/1_tilly_and_brad/
Alice in Australia

17. How do I assess
digital stories?

18. …let’s play!

19. Why is it
important for
students to make
digital stories?

20. Create – Design – Produce
Making digital stories develops…
• Higher order thinking e.g. creativity/design
• Digital literacy
• Problem solving skills via project work
• Narrative ‘voice’
• Awareness of imagery & symbolism

21. References & Links
Inanimate Alice episodes 1-4:
http://www.inanimatealice.com/
Alice in Australia & ‘Snappy’ download:
http://inanimatealice.edu.au/
Kelli’s digital storytelling resources:
http://kmcgraw.wetpaint.com/page/Digital+Storytelling
QUT Creative Industries Digital Storytelling Resources:
http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au/