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Best Websites for Teaching and Learning. Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom. My fourth and fifth graders may never say so, but the Place Project was all about storytelling.

Digital Storytelling Finds Its Place in the Classroom

At the beginning of the school year, students answered a survey about writing that asked, "Are you a writer? " Sixty percent responded yes. After the Place Project, they responded to the same survey. "Are you a writer? " Ninety-nine percent said yes. One student captured it best: "This year I have learned that places are not just physical matter but emotional places in peoples' hearts. iMovie has made all my thoughts and feelings come alive in an awesome movie. " Structuring the Story Writing For the first time in my teaching career, not one student wrinkled a brow and declared, "I don't have anything to write about! " Structuring the second half of what to say and how to say it required an outline, a variety of pre-writing activities, and iMovie, the novice video-editing program from Apple.

What is your earliest memory of your place? 7 Deadly Sins of Business Storytelling : Lifestyle. Business storytelling is an art, you can set to work honing it for maximum impact.

7 Deadly Sins of Business Storytelling : Lifestyle

Learn more about the 7 deadly sins of business storytelling. February 14, 2011 When it comes to persuasion, companies traditionally appeal to left side of the brain, using logic and reason. However, persuasion occurs just as much (if not more) through emotion. Daniel Pink, author of Drive, writes, “Right-brain dominance is the new source of competitive advantage.” Before you craft your story, ask yourself: “Who is my audience and what is my goal in engaging them?” While the reason you are telling a business story may be quite different from the reason you tell a story at a party, the same techniques apply. 1. 2. In practice: Go to the page on your company’s website where you describe what you do. 3. 4. 5.

How much more powerful would this campaign have been if the featured image was that of an actual cancer survivor? In practice: Make stories a part of your organizational culture. 6. 7. @kabbenbock). Digital Storytelling. Maricopa Center for Learning and Instruction. Jump to navigation Examples of Digital Stories If you are curious about digital stories, or want a taste of what our participants have been able to create, just take a look at some of the examples below.

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"Homeland Security" created by Linda Larsen (Mesa Community College) a participant in the May 2006 Learnshop. view as: QuickTime. Storytelling Websites and Resources. Introduction : Storytelling in the Classroom : The Hub Create a Story Contest. Jason ohler : Digital Storytelling - DAOW of storytelling.

The DAOW of literacy in a storytelling environment Digital, Art, Oral and Written literacies- the DAOW of literacy - are crucial for personal, academic and workplace success in the Digital Age and blend very well in a digital storytelling environment.

jason ohler : Digital Storytelling - DAOW of storytelling

In my digital storytelling workshops we address how oral and written storytelling, as well as storytelling using digital and art skills, are involved in the creation of digital stories, and how all these literacies and forms of storytelling can reinforce each other. This improves literacy and expression in all areas. Why is oral storytelling important in digital storytelling? Because it is how storytelling began and has endured for millennia. Why is writing important in digital storytelling? Because while writing may not be the final product of a digital story, it is the pathway students must take to create it.

Why is art important in digital storytelling? Why is digital literacy important? The "D" in the DOAW of literacy stands for Digital. Stories for Change. Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling. Bridges to Understanding.