Week Five Agenda

Reading: Dalton, B. (2013). Multimodal Composition and the Common Core State Standards. Reading Teacher, 66(4), 333-339.

Noteworthy:

• Exploration Introduction: Digital Storytelling
• Assignment Due Monday 26 February: Mobile Learning (including blog 3)
• Reading for Thursday: Ohler, J. (2013) Chapter 14: Media Grammar for Teachers.  Digital Storytelling in the Classroom. Thousand Oaks, CA : Corwin. pp. 226-244.

Mini lecture / Discussion: 

• Technology Thought to Be Educational…
• Visual and Multimodal Literacy Standards
  • Common Core in Action: 10 Visual Literacy Strategies
  • Common Core Visual Literacy ELA K-12 Standards
• Imagining the Digital Storytelling Workshop across disciplines and grades

Workshop: Mobile Learning

Viewing: Center for Digital Storytelling

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Part II

Noteworthy:

• Reading for next week: Selected Readings on digital storytelling in the content areas
• Assignment Due for class (Wednesday 21 February or Thursday 22 February) : BlogPost Four | Digital Storytelling Across the Curriculum
• The answer to your burning question: media

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

Viewing: Center for Digital Storytelling

Resource:  JCU Center for Digital Media — Equipment for checkout

Discussion: 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. 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.

Workshop: Mobile Learning