Let's begin with a story - of a famous Canadian storyteller
Alice Munro, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. She revitalized the art of writing the short story. Her stories are a model and an inspiration. She found her stories in the ordinary people, places and events. Watch this short video clip to hear and see the story behind the stories of Alice Munro.
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"The job of the writer is to transform and fix in permanence the ordinary place, the old road, the river, the forgotten person."
Thacker, Biographer (from the Toronto Star) |
What is Digital Storytelling?
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The seven elements outlined here include point of view, dramatic question, emotion, voice, soundtrack, economy and pacing.
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Asking questions about digital storytelling - what is it? what isn't it?
Using a web based concept mapping tool, we will collaboratively define DS.
Link to this Cacoo site to try this concept mapping tool.
Link to this Cacoo concept map HERE.
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Storytelling meets Web 2.0
To learn more you can review the document 7 Things You Should Know About Digital Storytelling, one of a series of "7 Things" information briefs produced by the Educause Learning Initiative. Alan Levine created a resource wiki outlining the qualities and characteristics of over 50 Web 2.0 tools applied to digital storytelling. Titled 50 Ways to Tell a Story, the simple story of Dominoe, a lost dog, is told using a variety of Web 2.0 tools. Rather than explore all of the listed resources, focus on ONE as a starting point for your explorations. You can access the 50 ways site to see how the story of Dominoe was created. Access a listing of the tools by their application. |
Sylvia Rosenthal Tolisano provides a guide to determine what storytelling is or is not. Her blog post provides some insight into this sketchnote graphic. Her 'how to guide' provides lots of tips, tricks and insights into this storytelling technique.