Storythinking > Storymaking > Storytelling

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"Storytelling" is a long time resident of the charts of educational ideas. As a topic of workshops and presentations (I've done plenty), books (none for me), TED Talks (definitely not), the word to me conjures up the idea of performance. Plus my own internal conversation-- "I'm not a storyteller". Peel away the connotations of campfires, cave drawings, and performers on a stage, the elements of storythinking are much more important to me than the show. A hook of interest, the shape of a narrative, a character to care about, suspension of belief, using less, media metaphors are story techniques that you can integrate into your work as educators. While technology provides plenty of tools to tell stories, more compelling is what they afford us to practice and develop our own skills of making and incorporating story not only into teaching, but many forms of expression. I will share my own experiments in improvisation (pechaflickr), visual storytelling (Five Card Flickr Stories), a method hidden within a list of tools (50 Web Ways to Tell a Story), and online teaching (ds106) -- not as magic answers but perhaps a way of thinking about story elements beyond the performance aspect. Keynote for 2014 Riding the Wave for Change Conference, GImli, Manitoba

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STORYTHINKING > STORYMAKING > STORYTELLING

ALAN LEVINE

is.gd/ridingwave_storytelling

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/

PICK A METAPHOR

PICK A METAPHOR

PICK A METAPHOR

PICK A METAPHOR

ONCE UPON A TIME...

The last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room.

The Last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.

"KNOCK" BY FREDERICK BROWN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley: http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2172001078/

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by chuck_heston: http://flickr.com/photos/chuckheston/383386494/

cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Pay No Mind: http://flickr.com/photos/paynomind/65010034/

488th Day of Summer by Rosanna (2012 UMW Student) http://rossannamarie.umwblogs.org/the-488th-day-of-summer/

TELLING ~= PERFORMING

cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Lancaster Litfest: http://flickr.com/photos/litfest/5412498421/

TELL ME A STORY

cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by g-mikee: http://flickr.com/photos/g-mikee/5202927662/

THE PYRAMID

THE LUMPY HILL

THE CYCLE

THE OBVIOUS

KURT VONNEGUT "THE SHAPE OF STORIES" !http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ

The Story Spine by Kenn Adams http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/

* THE "SO WHAT?" *

TECHNOLOGY IS JUST A TOOL

creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by katerha: http://flickr.com/photos/katerha/5746905652

“CLAUDE, IT’S JUST A PAINTBRUSH”

creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by cavale: http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/5619905303

“JIMI, IT’S JUST A GUITAR”

creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by wiserbailey: http://flickr.com/photos/25084516@N03/5331538409

STORY OVER TOOLS

creative commons licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by kaje_yomama: http://flickr.com/photos/kajeyomama/4987968865/

I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857

!http://cogdogroo.wordpress.com

!http://cogdogblog.com/1887

!http://youtu.be/eMp-Fl-sXrU

!http://50ways.wikispaces.com

I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

http://www.evenfromhere.org/2012/10/26/five-card-flickr-or-cogdog-visits-the-idea-hive/

!http://5card.cogdogblog.com/

FLICKR TAG!rtwgimli

OR EMAIL!island42words@photos.flickr.com

creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857

I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by mictlan74: http://flickr.com/photos/mictlan74/3374564653

!http://pechaflickr.net

I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)

Participating in ds106 eliminated

my fears—- my fears about my

abilities, my fears about the online

community, my fears about

technology, and my fears about

sharing ideas.

blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/

ds106 has given this me the conviction that I, at 72,

can make videos, that tell my story beautifully,

thoughtfully, and truthfully. The community aspect

gives me the security that, no how busy I am with

other things, I can always "drop into" ds106 and

continue to learn more.

margaretherrick.com/blog/

FeedWord !

Press

http://assignments.ds106.us/types/DesignAssignments/

http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/

assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/

assignments.ds106.us/assignments/parent-child-headswap/

youtu.be/3ecOluGahNY

assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-propaganda-posters/

http://youtu.be/od8s0E7b9LY

http://bcodelson.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/cool-hamster/

photo blitz assignment!http://ds106.us/2014/03/31/gmu-week-3/

http://cew5x.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/all-you-can-take-cactus-audio-assignment-942/

Chaplin Foley Assignment!

http://ds106.us/2014/04/13/gmu-week-5/

http://number1fio.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-first-rule-in-this-blog-is-you-cant-talk-about-this-blog/

http://cookiesuponwhichtomunch.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/its-not-you-its-me/

tdc.ds106.us