Digital Storytelling in Education

HEATHER ROGERS EDUC – 7101

Digital Storytelling in Education

What is Digital Storytelling?

Digital Storytelling Process

History

Stage 1: Need

What was the need that paved the way to the rise of digital

storytelling?

Stage 2: Research Leading Researchers: ◦Joe Lambert & Dana

Atchley - Center for Digital Storytelling

◦Abbe Don ◦KQED Digital

Storytelling Initiative ◦Story Corps ◦Brenda Laurel ◦John Hartley

Possible Obstacles: Availability of technology

Time Training

Maintenance

Stage 3: Development

Stage 4: Commercialization

Diffusion of an Innovation

◦ Image representing diffusion

Knowledge

Joe LambertDana Atchley

Persuasion

Decision

Implementation

Confirmation

The S- Curve of Digital Storytelling

•1986-1988: Joe Lambert & Dana Atchley developed Next Exit – a multimedia autobiography.

•1993- Lambert and Atchley teach digital storytelling workshop at the American Film Institute

•1994-1998- Creation of the San Francisco Digital Media Center. Organization spread to Europe, and news stories presented on CNN and MSNBC

•1996- Digital Storytelling Cook Book Published

1998- The Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) is established.

•1999- CDS begins annual conference on the establishment of digital storytelling in higher education.

•2001- Kentucky initiates the first digital storytelling program in k-12 educational settings.

(Center for Digital Storytelling, 2011) (Wikipedia, 2011)

•1999- Silence Sparks Project was developed which expanded digital storytelling to public health.

•2003-The BBC held the first international conference on digital storytelling.

•2004- Bridges to Understanding was established to incorporate digital storytelling in countries of Latin America, Canada, and India.

•2006- Workshop for educators is established to train teachers on incorporating digital storytelling in the k-12 setting.

•2010- CDS opens an east coast center with will offer custom trainings and assist in the establishment of national programs on digital storytelling.

•2011- ICIDS (International Conference of Interactive Digital Storytelling) will hold its 4th annual conference- this is one of the largest in the world.

Innovators & Early Adopters

Educators

Laggards

How to speed up adoption?

•Workshops

•Tutorials

•Classroom Implementation

Perceived Attributes

CRITICAL MASS HAS BEEN MET

WHEN 10-20% OF INDIVIDUALS

HAVE ADOPTED AN INNOVATION

Critical Mass

Critical Mass Met for Digital

Storytelling(society)

Critical Mass for digital storytelling in the educational setting will be met…

• 10-20% of educators incorporate digital storytelling in all subject areas

• The idea and enthusiasm spreads to other educational institutions

•The ideas and enthusiasm continue to spread until there will not be a need for further convincing.

Key Change Agents

Media Specialists

YOU CAN BE A CHAMPION...

Champions of Digital Storytelling

Champions of Digital Storytelling

The ‘Champions’ or change agents include lead

teachers, and staff who implement this innovation

in cross- curricular assignments.

The Plan…

1. Identify students reading and writing abilities and weaknesses

2.Scores are discussed and strategies are implemented

3. The knowledge of digital storytelling is spread to show the relativity of increasing students performance to digital storytelling.

Why does the Need for Digital

Storytelling Exist in Education?

Benefits of Incorporating Digital Storytelling in the Classroom

Assist struggling students with the writing process

Promote creative thinking

Increase oral fluency

Build public speaking skills

Expose students to 21st Century technology

Allows students to create a voice

Motivates students through creativity

Student Examples of Digital Storytelling

References