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