Discover and explore numerous genres of digital storytelling. Projects like book trailers, public service announcements, nonfiction narrative docudramas, podcasts, vision videos and numerous curricular applications will be reviewed and examples shared. We'll break into guided work groups to dig deeper and experience the design process of storytelling done digitally.
Participants will become familiar with multiple genre of Digital StoryTelling, their curricular applications and how to integrate them into curricular areas. Participants will engage in the process of creating story, design storyboard/plan for production, and begin the production process. The processes being shared are tool agnostic and able to be created on multiple devices and in numerous formats making it equitable and available to diverse needs.
Objectives:
• Elements of good storytelling will be woven in throughout the session and pointed out within each area.
• Introduce and share information and examples of each genre
•Show how the process can be done in many different formats allowing the process to work with whatever technology is available. Special attention will be on formats that are free to use and accessible on multiple devices to make the process equitable and available to any group of learners.
• Provide participants time to experience each genre as they move between working groups, explore and dig deeper into areas of interest.
• Provide Resources lists, Teacher Guides and Planning templates will for each genre discussed.
• Participants will leave with numerous cross curricular applications and access to multiple resources and information to help them get started with the process.
Dr. Tom Baker, Dr. Marialice B.F.X. Curran, Jaime Donally, Charlie Fitzpatrick, Michael Hernandez, Julie Jaeger, Melody McAllister, Gwynn Moore, Rosa Moore, Daniel Nemerow, Jessica Pack, Georgia Terlaje, William Watts
