Story, Technology, Community, & Learning
I thought it seemed rather obvious that digital storytelling adds something to storytelling, but I struggled in finding the words to describe how those additions came to be. I think my first issue in figuring out this question was differentiating digital storytelling from regular storytelling. At first, I thought it was obvious. If […]
MoreTrying to figure out what makes a story good was more difficult than I thought it would be. Since we are using a road trip metaphor this semester, I decided to use a similar analogy for my travel blog response: the guided tour. After all, a story really is somewhat of a guided journey. So, […]
MoreBeyond what a story needs in order to be, what does a story need in order to be good? Connection is “a relationship in which a person, thing, or idea is linked or associated with something else” (Lexico). A good story will connect a memory, a scent, an emotion, a place with something that […]
MoreThis story begins a few weeks ago. Stories are stories, we know that, but what is a story? What makes a story good? Let’s go back to the beginning, where this story begins. That’s where we started our journey to find these answers. We’ll encounter different ideas along the way of what makes a […]
MoreStories have become a universal tool for learning, conveying meaning, and entertainment, but the content of a story itself is not the determining factor for what makes a story good. Historic movies, popular songs, and best-selling books all share a similar aspect across massively different formats. A good story creates strong connections. I […]
MoreBrian’s Horrible No Good Story In the Spring of 2015 I went on a week long road trip with some of my college buddies to a literature conference a couple states away. About halfway through the road trip, when the novelty of being with friends twenty-four hours a day had begun to wear off, […]
MoreBEYOND WHAT A STORY NEEDS IN ORDER TO BE, WHAT DOES A STORY NEED IN ORDER TO BE GOOD? For a story to be good, it needs to have a good ending. And yet who defines that? Is it the storyteller or the story receiver? Let’s start with the storyteller. […]
MoreFostering storytelling identities in my students will begin in my seventh-grade classroom with a lesson very similar to our narrative assignment that needed to have voiceovers. I feel that about a third of my students or so come to my class with some background in iMovie, but do not have much exposure to narration […]
MoreHave you ever tried to cancel “Show-and-Tell’ in an elementary classroom? If you have, you’ll understand when I say, all students have stories to tell, and most students LOVE to tell them. It’s truly one of the highlights of the week for some students. Taking this enthusiasm for story telling and transferring it to the […]
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