Digital Storytelling Digital stories in the classroom New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, & Creativity (Corwin Press, August, 2007) .

Digital Storytelling

Digital stories in the classroomNew Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, & Creativity(Corwin Press, August, 2007)

www.jasonOhler.com/storytelling

William Tell and the Young Girl Who Could Fix Computers…”

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Problem(tension) Solution

(resolution)

Transformation

Story Core

Story


Story Core


Trans-formation


Nature of transformation?


8 Levels of character transformation…1. Physical/kinesthetic - strength, dexterity,

realizing potential

2. Inner strength - courage, realizing potential



realizing potential


3. Emotional - maturity, realization

4. Moral - conscience, realizing “right”



realizing potential




5. Psychological - insight, self-awareness, realization, revelation

6. Social - realizing responsibility



realizing potential






7. Intellectual/creative - learning, problem solving, critical thinking, realizing new understandings

8. Spiritual - awakening, revelation



realizing potential






7. Intellectual/creative - learning, problem solving, critical thinking, realizing new understandings

8. Spiritual - awakening, revelation


Bloom’s taxonomy as transformation…Level Kind Explanation

#6 Evaluation Character assesses situation, critiques and/or defends idea, person; evaluates a situation in order to respond to it…

#5 Synthesis Character pieces together parts to form new understanding of situation…

#4 Analysis Character deconstructs a situation, distinguishes among options, plans or organizes something, compares and contrasts different things…

#3 Application Character discovers, constructs or changes something; applies understanding to a new situation…

#2 Comprehension Character explains, interprets, predicts something…

#1 Knowledge Character knows, remembers, describes something…


1. Tell, watch stories some…2. Story core, story map…3. You create a story map…4. Peer pitch it…5. Develop media lists…6. Assessment…7. DST talking points…

Today’s plan:


Watch, discuss: Rolling ball Hannah Piano Good dad Life w/o air travel


- Learning -

Story Core for learning- the quest story becomes the question story

InquiryDiscover

y


Make students heroes of their own learning stories…




Story Core




Story Core




Story Core




Story Core


Putting story core to work:

Story mapping


Traditional story planning process

1. Get a story idea

2. Develop storyboard or outline and script


Traditional story boarding

Angle:

Shot:

Movement:

Audio:

Angle:

Shot:

Movement:

Audio:

Technical direction

Technical direction


Angle: wide

Shot: side of bus, going to school

Movement: follow bus Audio: music (Born to Learn)

Angle: wide, zoom in

Shot: front of school, students entering

Movement: stationary

Audio: music, cont.

Technical directionNone - ambient happy school bus noise

Teacher at door, greeting each child as they enter

Story board for “We Won’t Leave School”

Technical direction


http://www.csupomona.edu/~wcweber/325/storybd.htm

Teacher at door, greeting each child as they enter

Script, voice over narration:

“Once upon a time there were children so in love with school they refused to leave when summer vacation came. They demanded to keep learning. ‘More math problems!’ they cried.”

None - voice over with ambient happy school, bus noise

Story board for “We Won’t Leave School”

Angle: wide

Shot: side of bus, going to school

Movement: follow bus Audio: music (Born to Learn)

Technical direction



1. Get a story idea




1. Get a story idea

NO!2. Develop storyboard or outline and script


New story planning process

1. Get a story idea


2. Develop story mapNew!


Key concept: Story mapping vs. boarding…

…the flow of emotion vs. the flow of motion…

VS.

:

New!


(Dillingham, 2003; modified Ohler 2005)

VPS + transformation = quest

Transformation


(resolution)

Beginning End


Story Core


Story Core within the story map

(Ohler, 2005)

Transformation

Story


(resolution)

Beginning End


Story Map

(Ohler, 2005)

Transformation

Story


(resolution)

- challenge - opportunity

- obstacle- goal

-meet challenge

-realize opportunity

-overcome obstacle

-reach goal

Ordinary life…

“the call to adventure…” closure

“Life” resumes…

Beginning End


Story Map

(Ohler, 2005)

Transformation


(resolution)


- obstacle- goal

-meet challenge


-overcome obstacle

-reach goal

Ordinary life…

“the call to adventure…” closure


Beginning End


Story Map (VPS)

(Dillingham, 2003, with Transformation (Ohler, 2005)


Fox tires of being meanand friendless; wantsto change...Fox Becomes a Better Person

BeginningEndFox is mean;alienates othersaround him...Fox takes things fromothers, like firewood,a scooter...Fox enlists Dove’s helpto help him becomea better person...Fox workshard every day to change...Eventually, Fox transforms;life is better for everyone inthe forest...Fox wants friends but realizes hewill need help changing in orderto have them. He asks Dove for help...

Fox learns importantSoutheast AlaskaCultural Valuethat Hannah (anAlaskan Native) hasbeen studying toprepare her story: Speakwith Care.Changes....

Visual Portrait of Story (VPS) - the quest

(Dillingham, 2003; modified, Ohler 2005)


Many maps…


End

Aristotle - Story Map/Diagram

complication

peripeteia

Aristotle

(reversal of fortune)

tying of the knot untying

anagnorisis(transformation, realization)

- - Middle - -

(denouement)

Beginning

From THE POETICS by Aristotle


Freytag’s story pyramid

("untying the knot”)

From DIE TECHNIK DES DRAMAS by Freytag, 1863

Inciting incident Resolution


Joseph Campbellcall to adventure

tests

challenges

problems

rescue

resolution

resurrection

moral, lessons learned, changed habits

threshold of adventure

transformation

helpers

flight

From HERO HAS A THOUSAND FACES by Campbell


Breneman

Minor climaxes

Quick ending after climax

From ONCE UPON A TIME - A STORYTELLING BOOK by Breneman and Breneman


McKee

From STORY by McKee

Bringing life back into balance…watch “Adaptation”…


Treasure map

Less structure, more adaptable… begin here or evolve into this approach…?

reversal

smaller conflict

relatively more significant conflict

steep resolution

medium gradual rise to adventure

sharp change

smoother change

start here…

end here…


Adapt-a-map

by Michael Christenson, Media Literacy class, 2005


From maps to media development process…


Pre-production Production

Post-production

Performance, distribution

•make media list

•gather raw media components

•begin editing raw media components& creating new ones

•finish creating, editing media components (voice-over, music, pics, video, scans, etc.)

•assemble media into final product

•formative review

•mix, add transitions, titles

•add credits & citations

•final review•final editing•export final

product into readable format

•showing in class, community

•Web posting•local TV?•local

festival?•DVD?•notifying

others

- MEDIA PRODUCTION PROCESS -Story planning

•ideas•story

storming•story map•peer

pitching•scripting,

writing•story-

boarding•telling/re-

telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling


•make ingredients list

•gather, buy ingredients

•begin making cake components

•frost

•decorate

•add candles

•credits, citations for those who helped

•cut the cake

•distribute, share

•seconds anyone?

•take leftovers to work

•share recipe

•ideas

•brain-storm

•decide on cake

•get recipe, directions

•finish components (dough, frosting, etc.)

•taste test

•assemble cake into final product

•bake, let cool


Post-production


Cake planning

- CAKE PRODUCTION PROCESS -



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling



Post-production


•make media list





•formative review








others


•ideas•story



writing•story-


telling

TODAY

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Narrative development process


Digital story telling thinkpoints…What’s it all about…?


DST Thinkpoints: Backwards design DAOW of literacy Combine story,

critical thinking Assess everything Rule of 80/20


Transformation?

Problem (tension)

Solution (resolution)

Beginning

Ordinary life…

closure


Start your story anywhere…

Middle(conflict, growth)

End

Build story around a key transformation you want to illustrate…

‘Problem/ resolution scenario you want to flesh out? Start here…

I rarely start here…

Do you have a “moral” you want students to understand? Start here and work backwards…

Opportunities or challenges for your students? Start here…

(Dillingham, 2003; modified, Ohler 2005)


- obstacle- goal

-meet challenge


-overcome obstacle

-reach goal





DAOW of literacy…

Digital storytelling blends a number of literacies…

Including MEDIA LITERACY…

(4thR)





Report/ DocumentaryStory

Two kinds of thinking…

VS.

Where…? ?

Story thinking vs. Analytic thinking


New frontier…

= new pedagogies…

+

Story thinking Analytic thinking+





Beneath story: storyboards, story maps, scripts, photos, footage, music, logs, media lists, narratives, treatments…lots of writing “under the radar”…if it ain’t on the page…

Story on the digital stage is just tip of artifact/assessment iceberg…

Assessment


AssessmentReason teachers don’t require more new media projects from students??

Not comfortable assessing new media…

So, let’s help them…

Role of media grammar in new media…


Digital story rubric1. Story2. Voice3. Length, pacing, economy4. Media use5. Technique,

media grammar6. Assessable artifacts7. Citations ©





First 80%Last 20%

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glitz, fixing every little thing…

the production wall

- project completion -

Hitting the production wall

Rule of 80/20

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First 80%Last 20%

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My advice?

Forget the last 20%!!!

- project completion -

Rule of 80/20


Media grammar…

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Steady camera…

Clear audio… (ear squinting?)

Well-mixed audio…

Clear, effective lighting… (eye squinting?)

Subject-oriented shot…

Relevant background…

Unless on purpose!

Media grammar-video


Bump…

Squint…? (eyes, ear, mind)

Confused or distracted…?

Story clear, supported, not overwhelmed

Use of music… (show three “music” movies)

Media grammar


Go tell your story!

www.jasonOhler.comThank you…


Go tell your story!

www.jasonOhler.comThank you…

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