Digital StorytellingDigital Storytelling

Prepared for Students in LS5633Prepared for Students in LS5633

School of Library and Information StudiesSchool of Library and Information Studies

Texas Woman’s UniversityTexas Woman’s UniversityJudi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.Judi Moreillon, M.L.S., Ph.D.

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What is a digital story?What is a digital story?

digital storydigital story (dig·i·tal sto·ry) (dig·i·tal sto·ry)A short, first person video-narrative A short, first person video-narrative created by combining recorded created by combining recorded voice, still and moving images, and voice, still and moving images, and music or other sounds.music or other sounds.

From the Center for Digital StorytellingFrom the Center for Digital Storytelling

What is digital storytelling?What is digital storytelling?

Digital storytelling involves combining Digital storytelling involves combining three or more of these elements: three or more of these elements: voice, music, still or video images, voice, music, still or video images, text, and technology tools to tell a text, and technology tools to tell a story.story.

Dr. M.Dr. M.

What are some types of digital stories?What are some types of digital stories?

Personal storiesPersonal stories Events and “Ah-Hah!” momentsEvents and “Ah-Hah!” moments Adventures and travelAdventures and travel AccomplishmentsAccomplishments Memorializing a person or placeMemorializing a person or place

InterviewsInterviews

TestimonialsTestimonials

Advocacy storiesAdvocacy stories

Values & PrinciplesValues & Principles

1. Everyone has many powerful stories to tell.

2. Listening is hard.

3. People see, hear, and perceive the world in different ways.

4. Creative activity is human activity.

From the Center for Digital StorytellingFrom the Center for Digital Storytelling

Values & PrinciplesValues & Principles

5. Technology is a powerful instrument of creativity.

6. Sharing stories can lead to positive change.

What are your values and principles What are your values and principles related to digital storytelling?related to digital storytelling?

From the Center for Digital StorytellingFrom the Center for Digital Storytelling

7 Elements of (Digital) Storytelling 7 Elements of (Digital) Storytelling

Take a point of view (insight)

Hone in on the memorable moment

Make it dramatic - emotional content

Visualize your story and select compelling actual and metaphorical images

Seven Elements of StorytellingSeven Elements of Storytelling

Use your gift of voice and the power of the soundtrack

Develop a script and storyboard (set the pace)

Share, seek feedback, and revise

Adapted from Joe Lambert, Center for Digital Adapted from Joe Lambert, Center for Digital

StorytellingStorytelling

Sample Digital StorySample Digital Story

Storyboard Using Cacoo (Web 2.0 Tool)Storyboard Using Cacoo (Web 2.0 Tool) https://cacoo.com/diagrams/kUbh9VWEUMCbsbfp

“ “Where I’m From” Script Where I’m From” Script http://storytrail.com/SLIS/ls3013/A_1_3storytrail.com/SLIS/ls3013/A_1_3

“ “Where I’m From” by Judi Moreillon: Where I’m From” by Judi Moreillon: Digital Story Using VoiceThreadDigital Story Using VoiceThread

http://voicethread.com/#u117067.b161985.i864217http://voicethread.com/#u117067.b161985.i864217

Relating Storytelling and Digital Storytelling: 9- to 13-Year-Olds Explore Storytelling Concepts and Terminology after Creating Digital Storytelling Projects

by Rebecca Morris

Focused ethnography 6th-grade – social studies teacher and

school librarian collaboration 4th/5th – iMovie book trailers

(technology teacher) 7th grade – 3 students – club

testimonials

Georges (1981) – importance of audience in a story-transmitting-and-receiving-act

Lingering question: How then do we simulate “receiving” in the digital storytelling environment?

Discussion

Resources on our Course WikiResources on our Course Wiki

Web Sites About Digital StorytellingWeb Sites About Digital Storytelling

Web 2.0 Tools for StoryboardingWeb 2.0 Tools for Storyboarding

Electronic Tools for StorytellingElectronic Tools for Storytelling

Sample StoriesSample Stories

http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytellinghttp://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling

Bubbl.us Cacoo Mind42 Mindomo Wallwisher

Linked from http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling

Recommended Tools for Storyboarding

Animoto Go! Animate iMovie MovieMaker PhotoStory Storybird VoiceThread Linked from http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling

Recommended Tools for Story Production

Story of the Battle = Mobilization – story shared within the ranks of the organization

Battle of the Story = Persuasion – targeted to stakeholders

Reinsborough and Canning

A Wordabout Advocacy Stories

Positive stories or testimonials

Dispel stereotypes, negative opinions and images

Promote support for a cause by addressing the constituents’ or stakeholders’ needs

A Word or Two about Advocacy Stories

Offer new futures Reframe debates Subvert spectacles Repurpose existing narratives

Make the invisible VISIBLE (Reinsborough and Canning 73).

Intervention at the Point of Assumption

Works Cited

“Digital Story.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. <http://www.storycenter.org>.

Georges, Robert A. “Do Narrators Really Digress? A Reconsideration of ‘Audience Asides’ in Narrating.” Western Folklore 40.3 (1981): 245-252.

Lambert, Joe. “Cookbook.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. <http://www.storycenter.org/cookbook.pdf>.

Digital Storytelling. LS5633: The Art of Storytelling. Web. 27 Jan. 2012. <http://ls5633.wikispaces.com/Digital_Storytelling>.

Morris, Rebecca. “Relating Storytelling and Digital Storytelling: 9- to 13-Year-Olds Explore Storytelling Concepts and Terminology after Creating Digital Storytelling Projects.” Panel Presentation. Youth Services Special Interest Group. ALISE Conference, Dallas, TX. 2012.

Reinsborough, Patrick, and Doyle Canning. Re: Imagining Change. Oakland, CA: PM Press, 2010. Print.

“Values & Principles.” Center for Digital Storytelling. Web. 25 Jan. 2012. <http://www.storycenter.org/principles.html>.

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