F18 Week Eight Agenda

Digital Storytelling 

Tuesday 16 October 

Noteworthy

Tuesday 23 & Thursday 25 October | Dr. Shutkin Out of Town  — Alternative Schedule & Learning Experiences this Week TBA

Reading: Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar for Teachers.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 226-244.

Viewing | Cycle of Life – a digital story by Dany Martinez

Workshop I:  WeVideo: video production and editing (I DO, YOU DO, WE DO, YOU DO…)

  1. Basic editing in Timeline Mode
  2. Titles
  3. Multiple tracks -> video
  4. Animation
  5. Video Levels (Dissolve)
  6. Audio
  7. Audio Levels
  8. Multiple tracks -> audio

Discussion |  Storyboarding for Digital Storytelling

Resources | 

There are any number of storyboarding apps to choose from including apps dedicated to the iPad. (You might just prefer using Post-It Notes on a sheet of paper).

  • Visit the App store and explore the various StoryBoard tools. While I cannot recommend one or another application, there are numerous interesting apps to explore.  Of course read the reviews before spending money.
  • Prezi is particularly effective for storyboarding.
  • You might also consider Google Slides. (Please note: the application you choose for your storyboard needs to be well suited for representing the semiotic systems you are exploring).
  • Lino – collaborative bulletin board for posting notes, images, and video

Thursday 18 October | Digital Storytelling

Assignments Due: (in class):  Blog Post | Reflections about your students

Noteworthy

Tuesday 23 & Thursday 25 October | Dr. Shutkin Out of Town  — Alternative Schedule & Learning Experiences this Week TBA

Reading | Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar for Teachers.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 226-244.

Viewing | An Agricultural Place –  a digital story by David Vigil

Discussion I :  Blog Post | Reflections about your students

Workshop II |  WeVideo: video production and editing (I DO, YOU DO, WE DO, YOU DO…)

  1. Basic editing in Timeline Mode
  2. Titles
  3. Multiple tracks -> video
  4. Animation
  5. Video Levels (Dissolve)
  6. Audio
  7. Audio Levels
  8. Multiple tracks -> audio

Discussion II: An Approach to Multimodal Literacy | Media Grammar for Teachers

  • Media Grammar Overview and Ohler’s perspective.
  • This chapter is a very useful, though basic, guide to the technical aspects of digital storytelling in a videographic environment.

Working in a small group, first review your assigned section of Media Grammar for Teachers and then watch the brief associated video.

[Note: the answer to that pressing question is: media, of course.]

Working with the ideas in the section, produce a series of still images or a brief video that is a fair representation of the main concepts and prepare 3-4 minute presentation to explain them to your classmates.

  1. A Well Lit Picture
  2. Visual Noise
  3. Camera Framing 
  4. Camera Angles

Check the JCU Center for Digital Media — Equipment for checkout to see if there might be some available equipment that you want to mention.

The chapter includes additional sections.  We’ll discuss audio and the grammar of transitions on a separate day. However, this chapter is a very useful, though basic, guide to the technical aspects of digital storytelling in a videographic environment.