Digital storytelling

It’s all about the story

http://www.storycenter.org/introducing-storylab/

Aim: to radically improve public conversation in the U.S. and around the world

Web 2.0 tools give us the opportunity to connect, communicate and collaborate easily with others around the world.

A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE ABOUT DIGITAL STORYTELLING OUT THERE!!

My family and food, 2000

Telling the story of refugee resettlement in New Zealand, 2004

Exploring the link between food and culture, 2001

MOST EXCELLENT DIGITAL STORIES

FAMILIES FIRST: STORIES OF LOVE AND LEARNING, AN EVALUATION OF THE PARENTING PARTNERSHIP

First 5: Alameda County and the Centre for Digital Storytelling

VOLUNTEERING TORONTO AND CDS

Volunteering to better help the environment

ROOM TO READ PROGRAMME

Tech Soup Digital Storytelling Winner, 2011

Why does digital storytelling work?

“Numbers numb, jargons jar, and nobody ever marched onto Washington because of a pie chart.”

"Now can you explain that with a parable?"

THE NARRATIVE ELEMENT

WHY NARRATIVE IS IMPORTANT

TROY LIBRARY, MICHIGAN

Book burning party campaign that went viral

WHAT IS YOUR BIG IDEA?

PART 2: MAKING THE STORY

http://www.techsoup.org/community/community-initiatives/techsoup-digital-storytelling

Owning insight

What is the story you want to tell?

What do you think it means or what is it really about?

What does the story mean to the storyteller?

The story about someone important. The story about an event in your life. Accomplishment stories The story about a place in your life. The story about what I do. Recovery stories. Love stories. Discovery stories.

Different stories

ORGANISATIONAL STORIES

STEP 2: OWNING YOUR EMOTIONS

• What emotions are you trying to express as you share your story with others?

• What emotions do you experience?

• What emotions will best help the audience understand the journey contained within your story?

“Compelling stories reproduce the insight and experience of the storyteller while prompting the audience to ask questions about their own experiences and look for larger truths.” Joe Lambert

STEP 4: VISUALISING YOUR STORY• What images come to mind when

thinking about moment of change?

• What other images come to mind?

• Is the image conveying another layer of meaning?

STEP 5: HEARING YOUR STORY

• Your voice• Music• Other sounds• Silence

SHARING YOUR STORY

Range of sites and documents available

For more information: emailrosalind.dibley@gmail.com

or call 021 1735906

This presentation will be available from slideshare under my name

Images:

Slide 2: grandpa telling stories norval morrisseau.JPG‑ ‑ ‑ ‑Slide 4: image from p.7 of How to Guide: Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators by Silvia Tolisano:Slide 5: http://storyroute.com/2011/09/21/storytelling-project-improves-monitoring-and-evaluation/Slide 7: www.cultureshock.org.uk - Culture Shock! has become one of the largest digital storytelling projects in the world and has engaged with nearly 600 participants, who have created their own digital stories inspired by museum and gallery collections.Slide 8: from Storybird, an online story site: http://storybird.com/sebastiaanvandoninck/artwork/bird-superstar/Slide 13: from a prezi presentation about digital storytelling: http://prezi.com/wchwhs6bmhoy/mapping-digital-storytelling/Slide 14: http://blogs.hbr.org/hbr/hbreditors/2013/04/strategic_humor_cartoons_from_the_may_2013_issue.htmlSlide 15: thenarrative.storenvy.comSlide 16: http://www.ragan.com/Main/Articles/46314.aspx#Slide 18: http://www.theinnovatorsjourney.com/2012/01/16/diary-of-a-lean-start-up-nothing-new-under-the-sun/Slide 19: http://www2.ambientdesign.com/forums/showthread.php?42729-Digital-Storytelling-using-ArtRage-Make-Your-MarkSlide 23: www.venturestreampartners.comSlide 24: http://labs.openviewpartners.com/selling-with-storytelling/Slide 25: http://www.storyworksglam.co.uk/news.htmlSlide 26: http://www.pulitzer.org/archives/5625Slide 27: http://theinspirationroom.com/daily/2011/change-for-a-dollar/Slide 28: http://www.wonderwalkers.co.nz/default,938,pouakani-totara-tree.smSlide 29: http://www.redicecreations.com/article.php?id=12861Slide 32: http://souljournaler.blogspot.co.nz/2011/05/minor-prophets-lxxxix-flying-scrolls.htmlSlide 34: marciebrockbookmarketingmaven.wordpress.com

More information about the stories in this presentation:Slide 9: Information about the evaluation can be obtained from: http://www.first5ecc.org/stories-of-love-and-learningSlide 10: Information about Green pathways evaluation can be obtained from: http://www.storyscape.com.au/wordpress/portfolio/my-story-by-jess-mentiplay/Slide 11: TechSoup 2011 winners can be viewed at: http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/community/b/tsblog/archive/2011/02/25/see-the-techsoup-digital-storytelling-challenge-winners.aspxSlide 12: The Pitcha This project can be viewed at: http://www.sistagirl.com.au/pitcha_this.htmlSlide 17: Troy Book Burning information from EPICA awards: http://results.epica-awards.com/21-01036-DM.htmlResources for digital storytelling:Slide 20: TechSoup have heaps of resources for NGOs wanting to make digital stories: http://www.techsoup.org/community/community-initiatives/techsoup-digital-storytellingSlide 21: Webinar for TechSoup 2011 digital storytelling challenge : http://npsocialmedia101.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling101The Centre for Digital Storytelling has information as well as publications available: www.storycentre.orgSlide 22: Sara Yuen, Jennifer Chow, and Vesna Radivojevic’s blog, Adventures in Digital Storytelling has information about making digital stories: http://esldigitalstorytelling.wordpress.com/steps-to-making-a-digital-storySlide 30: This storyboard comes from the following wiki: http://mswassonsclass.wikispaces.com/Curriculum+Page#Some%20Useful%20Applications%20and%20Resources:Slide 33: The following links take you to a few of the documents and sites I have found useful:http://geniwate.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/03/part-doc-cookbook.pdfhttp://fluency21.com/blog/2013/04/03/64-sites-for-digital-storytelling-tools-and-information/http://langwitches.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Digital-Storytelling-Guide-by-Silvia-Rosenthal-Tolisano.pdf