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www.netskills.ac.uk Digital storytelling Chris Thomson @cbthomson

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www.netskills.ac.uk

Digital storytelling

Chris Thomson@cbthomson

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Presentation Notes
What are stories? Why are they a powerful tool? We all recognise them. Grown up with them – it’s how we first encounter the workd and make sense of its complexity
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“Stories are about how we experience things and not about how things actually are.”

Dr Chris McKillop (2004)

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“We remember stories with ease and struggle to make sense of abstractly presented facts and figures”

Dr Chris McKillop (2004)

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Building a story

• Opening• Trigger• Development• Climax• Resolution

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This is the way things were……and this is how they are now.

Or…

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Change

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Uses for Storytelling

Education Publicity and Marketing Public Engagement Personal Reflection Recreation

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Story writing tips

• Focus on people or events• Your audience will relate to the story better

• Use small things to explain big things• Nail the first and last sentences

• You need high impact at the start• The last sentence should resonate with your audience

• Create tension• Your audience will want to stick with the story to find

out what happens• Provide resolution…• …or don’t provide resolution!

• Leaving things hanging can spur someone on to do something

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Making stories digital

• Show, don’t tell• Avoid phrases like “this is a picture of…”

• Choose simple images• Don’t overload the screen

• Images don’t have to literally match the words of the story

• Abstract images can be powerful• Leave things to the imagination

• Choose music carefully• Sometimes ambient sound effects work better

than music

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Simple

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Keeping it simple

• Let learners play to their strengths• Use technologies with their grasp• Link small elements together• Provide a commentary

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Diigo

Delicious

Evernote

Animoto

Vimeo

iMovie

PosterousWordpressTumblr

AudiobooWoices

Google EarthMotionX

Flickr

Instagram

TwitterFacebook

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Animoto

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Project Planning Evidence of storyboard, critical evaluation, mapped to assessment framework

Story Success of the story, evidence of reflection against assessment criteria

Media Application Appropriate use of media, image selection

Literacies Blend of different literacies

Technical Delivery Length of story, sound, music

Flow, organisation and pacing Is the story well organised?

Creativity Evidence of originality (to student)

Emotional impact Evidence of personal engagement with the story

Citations, permissions Permissions obtained, correct citations

Academic Understanding How well the story meets the academic goals

Assessment

from Gravestock P, and Jenkins, M (2009) Digital Storytelling andit’s pedagogical impact, York, HEA (after Ohler)

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Planning– Scripts, storyboards, literature review, citations,

media credit.

Critical Commentary– Explanation for choices, cutting room floor,

Reflections– Personal perspectives, blog posts

Peer assessment

Capturing the Process

Presenter
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Planning There are lots of different aspects to planning Initial research – similar to research for a more traditional activities. Reading, brainstorming , surveys, data collection, experiments etc Describing the audience – identifying the audience is a key element in DS as it determines much of the writing style and choice of media. You wouldn’t use academic language and images of real life injuries to explain how bones break to a 5 year old! Consider who is it aimed at, What will that audience respond best to. in what situation will the audience be viewing/listening to it, what level of interactivity will there be with the audience Writing – the best results always come from the stories that have been written most thoroughly. It is reasonably easy to tell which haven’t had a lot of time spent on them. Writing could be in the form of a script, storyboard, wiki page etc. These can all be used as evidence when it comes to assessment. Choosing media – It should be apparent from the digital story itself why the particular media were chosen but making it explicit turns the activity into a conscious exercise. Some choices will be artistic (images that go with certain words, ideas etc. Music that compliments mood) or practical (taking video in a hospital may be impossible for a nurse documenting her placement) Display – If there is to a screening or public playing then the process of planning the event could also be recorded Citations If the activity has involved researching literature than it’s important to cite those as you would do with a written piece. If necessary link then to timings in the finished movie (wait until the final cut is produced to do this) If images or sounds have been used that were not created by the students then these should be properly attributed. To cite for academic articles but not for other intellectual property is inconsistent. Critical Commentary Director’s Commentary – a written or spoken commentary explaining the process and choices that went into making the piece makes the learning explicit. Reflections Think about having a personal reflection on how the process went. Particularly useful for collaborative storytelling. Blog post, audio, written piece?
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In summary

Stories describe changeKeeping it simpleAssess around the story

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Netskills workshop

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For more information

[email protected]• @cbthomson• Find the slides, links and workshop details at:

http://bit.ly/kxP5HK

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