Digital storytelling to me is clearly a tool that can be used in the classroom for nearly any audience. Adult learners in a corporate environment are the audience that I interact with. The article ‘6 Reasons You Should Be Doing Digital Storytelling With Your Students’ by Anna Warfield touches …
Johnnie Walker – The Man Who Walked Around The World
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MnSIp76CvUI
Many companies use digital storytelling to inform us about whom they are and the products they provide. Johnny Walker has a very engaging digital story that informs us of the birth of a product that has become recognized all …
HTC Featuring Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr) ‘Here’s to Change” HD
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4DLMOzqcMpk
In my search to learn more about digital storytelling I have come across an HTC advertising campaign. This is a professional example of a digital story that is produced to inform the audience of a product. HTC …
Digital storytelling is all around and yet, until recently, I never really stopped to evaluate it as the tool that it is. Digital storytelling when composed by applying music, images, narration, and interactivity does a great job to inform, instruct, entertain and sell. After reading the Seven Steps Of Digital …
Digital Story Critique
Digital Storytelling – Starbucks
Who doesn’t want to know more about Starbucks, considering there is one within walking distance no matter where you are located? This digital story about Starbucks is incredibly informative and the pace is very quick. I learned more about Starbucks, and while I’m …
The Power of Storytelling in the College Classroom by Sal S. Buffo
The power of storytelling is all around us. When we watch a commercial there is often a brief story involved to help retain our attention. During a political campaign narratives are used to help create an emotional …
A Road Travelled
The Evolution Of The Digital Storytelling Practice
This was an interesting read and given its political focus on socioeconomic struggles, it is relevant during this election cycle of 2016. Joe Lambert shares his life experiences and interactions with counter-culture movements to define digital storytelling as a valuable …
Walking Down The Hallway – Digital Short Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJWpEoKe8_g
Walking Down The Hallway is an effective short digital story. This story calls attention to one individuals experience with bullying. Bullying is familiar to many of us. You may have been the victim of bullying, or perhaps you know a friend …
I would like to begin by saying that I had some idea of what digital storytelling is, but have now discovered how much I really did not know. Digital storytelling is all around us and has many different applications. Digital stories are used to inform, instruct, and even to sell …
I continue to be pleasantly surprised as I search for digital stories. In this story, Galveston, Hurricanes and OZ, were presented with an act of discovery that leads to learning about a historical event and that leads us to present day and the arts. This digital story produced by a …
Digital Storytelling can often be seen as something that stands alone to convey a single message, place, or even an experience. When participants are asked to compose a digital story it is often focused on the outcome and not the process of getting there. Digital storytelling has the potential to …
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Digital Storytelling: Social Studies 7th Grade – George Washington Carver
I have been so focused on well-produced digital stories that I have neglected many other examples. As I continue to think about how to use digital storytelling in my work environment with adult learners, it can be overwhelming when …
As the reading begins, I am introduced to an observation that learners will use tools differently and that the outcomes will be unique. Individual learning and different outcomes, leads to a greater collaborative learning experience even when using the same tools. I often see this in the manufacturing environment that …
I recorded a clip from Friends and sped up the action by 200%. I used a Samsung Edge GS6, Adobe Premiere Pro and You Tube. The assignment can be found here: http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/chipmunk-style/
I have come to realize that digital storytelling can be a powerful tool. Whether the story is just for fun, to sell a product, or to provide instruction, if composed properly it is very effective. When considering digital stories as a means of communication it is important to understand some …
I am always amazed by the amount of things that can happen in a short amount of time. This digital story presented by Google is an excellent example of this. “Google Search: Reunion” is a touching story that happens in 3 ½ minutes.
The story begins simply with an engaging …
At first I was intimidated by this assignment, so I visited the DS106 bank and searched for something that interested me. I found a topic titled Make It 800% slower and the example given was a song by Justin Bieber called U Smile that is slowed down 800%. This incredible …
Chapter 2 – Music remix in the classroom
Erik Jacobson
I have been aware of music, music composition and music remixing for a long time. Currently, Dubstep is a popular form of remixing and talented DJs can earn fame and fortune. This Dubstep phenomenon has also led to the …
When I first thought about, and investigated digital storytelling, the focus was on an individual’s experience provided through a TED Talk or about a place that had been abandoned. As a designer and visual communicator, I began to wonder how else digital storytelling could be used. I searched around and …
Numbers are a curious thing. Some numbers we can easily comprehend, take the number 10 for example. We have ten fingers, as long you’re willing to not argue about how to correctly classify thumbs. When the numbers become larger, for example Ten Million, then it becomes a bit more …
How to Master the Art of Storytelling on Snapchapt
Snapchat is used by many as a social media toy to create and deliver temporary messages. When Snapchat was first introduced, Generation Z and Millennials snapped it up and began communicating with ease. As Snapchat has aged, so has its …
This week’s reading was intriguing. As the author begins speaking about graffiti and the social group associated with it, I thought about my own experiences attempting to understand graffiti growing up. The graffiti artists were labeled delinquents and often associated with gangs. Most of the time charged with defacing private …
I was searching for digital stories and I came across one that was quite endearing and human. As I clicked through the story, I couldn’t help being overcome with an overwhelming sensation. The story is about a small town in Canada’s Northwest Territory called Pine Point. Pine Point is interesting …
Where do I begin? There are so many items on my bucket list that I had to pause and really consider a few that would not only be fun to accomplish, but also fun to share. I composed this visual using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
I would really enjoy traveling…
The Power of Digital Story
By Bob Dillon
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/the-power-of-digital-story-bob-dillon
As an Instructional Designer who is required to engage adults regularly, I found this article inspiring. I began to ask myself questions about how I can further engage my audience using digital storytelling. Is it possible in my environment …
