storythinking > storymaking > storytelling
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"Storytelling" is a long time resident of the charts of educational ideas. As a topic of workshops and presentations (I've done plenty), books (none for me), TED Talks (definitely not), the word to me conjures up the idea of performance. Plus my own internal conversation-- "I'm not a storyteller". Peel away the connotations of campfires, cave drawings, and performers on a stage, the elements of storythinking are much more important to me than the show. A hook of interest, the shape of a narrative, a character to care about, suspension of belief, using less, media metaphors are story techniques that you can integrate into your work as educators. While technology provides plenty of tools to tell stories, more compelling is what they afford us to practice and develop our own skills of making and incorporating story not only into teaching, but many forms of expression. I will share my own experiments in improvisation (pechaflickr), visual storytelling (Five Card Flickr Stories), a method hidden within a list of tools (50 Web Ways to Tell a Story), and online teaching (ds106) -- not as magic answers but perhaps a way of thinking about story elements beyond the performance aspect. Keynote for 2014 Riding the Wave for Change Conference, GImli, ManitobaTRANSCRIPT
STORYTHINKING > STORYMAKING > STORYTELLING
ALAN LEVINE
is.gd/ridingwave_storytelling
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/
PICK A METAPHOR
PICK A METAPHOR
PICK A METAPHOR
PICK A METAPHOR
ONCE UPON A TIME...
The last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room.
The Last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door.
"KNOCK" BY FREDERICK BROWN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley: http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2172001078/
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by chuck_heston: http://flickr.com/photos/chuckheston/383386494/
cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Pay No Mind: http://flickr.com/photos/paynomind/65010034/
488th Day of Summer by Rosanna (2012 UMW Student) http://rossannamarie.umwblogs.org/the-488th-day-of-summer/
TELLING ~= PERFORMING
cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Lancaster Litfest: http://flickr.com/photos/litfest/5412498421/
TELL ME A STORY
cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by g-mikee: http://flickr.com/photos/g-mikee/5202927662/
THE PYRAMID
THE LUMPY HILL
THE CYCLE
THE OBVIOUS
KURT VONNEGUT "THE SHAPE OF STORIES" !http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
The Story Spine by Kenn Adams http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/
* THE "SO WHAT?" *
TECHNOLOGY IS JUST A TOOL
creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by katerha: http://flickr.com/photos/katerha/5746905652
“CLAUDE, IT’S JUST A PAINTBRUSH”
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by cavale: http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/5619905303
“JIMI, IT’S JUST A GUITAR”
creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by wiserbailey: http://flickr.com/photos/25084516@N03/5331538409
STORY OVER TOOLS
creative commons licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by kaje_yomama: http://flickr.com/photos/kajeyomama/4987968865/
I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857
!http://cogdogroo.wordpress.com
!http://youtu.be/eMp-Fl-sXrU
!http://50ways.wikispaces.com
I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
http://www.evenfromhere.org/2012/10/26/five-card-flickr-or-cogdog-visits-the-idea-hive/
!http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=29951
!http://5card.cogdogblog.com/play.php?suit=5card
FLICKR TAG!rtwgimli
creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857
I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by mictlan74: http://flickr.com/photos/mictlan74/3374564653
!http://pechaflickr.net
I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
Participating in ds106 eliminated
my fears—- my fears about my
abilities, my fears about the online
community, my fears about
technology, and my fears about
sharing ideas.
blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/
ds106 has given this me the conviction that I, at 72,
can make videos, that tell my story beautifully,
thoughtfully, and truthfully. The community aspect
gives me the security that, no how busy I am with
other things, I can always "drop into" ds106 and
continue to learn more.
margaretherrick.com/blog/
http://assignments.ds106.us/types/DesignAssignments/
http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/
assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/
assignments.ds106.us/assignments/parent-child-headswap/
youtu.be/3ecOluGahNY
assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-propaganda-posters/
http://bcodelson.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/cool-hamster/
photo blitz assignment!http://ds106.us/2014/03/31/gmu-week-3/
http://cew5x.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/all-you-can-take-cactus-audio-assignment-942/
Chaplin Foley Assignment!
http://ds106.us/2014/04/13/gmu-week-5/
http://number1fio.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-first-rule-in-this-blog-is-you-cant-talk-about-this-blog/
http://cookiesuponwhichtomunch.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/its-not-you-its-me/
tdc.ds106.us