Alice in Australia: Making Digital Stories

Kelli McGraw – QUT

Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/kellimcgraw

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What is your story?

To the person sitting next to you:• What is your name?• What school are you from, or what is

your role? • Is digital storytelling popular at your

school? How do you know?

What is Inanimate Alice?

Do you have a friend like Brad?Which way is the right way?What would you do in Alice's shoes?

What is ‘Digital Storytelling’?

Where can I find some digital stories?

How can Alice in Australiabe used?

Why is it important for

students to MAKE digital stories?

What is ‘Digital Storytelling’?

Story-telling

Twitter = newest tweet at top(Therefore read bottom-to-top)

DIGITAL Story-telling

…more ‘types’

Digital Replic-ations

Digital Embell-

ishments

Digital Transfor-mations

Digital Revers-ionings

‘Born Digital’ Fiction

Blended Stories

Digital fiction types:

Where can I find some Digital Stories?

Some ‘Born Digital’ stories

• Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2: http://collection.eliterature.org/2/index.html

• two five three (interactive novel): http://www.ryman-novel.com/

• Telescopic text (hypertext): http://www.telescopictext.com/

• Shopping List (hypertext): http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/hw/groceries/

http://www.inanimatealice.com/

http://inanimatealice.edu.au/

http://inanimatealice.edu.au/stories/1_tilly_and_brad/

Alice in Australia

How can Alice in Australia be used?

Digital Resources

• Active online support community

• Support from Education Services Australia

• EQ ‘Learning Place’ resources underway

Digital Assets

Alice in Australia

&‘SNAPPY’

http://inanimatealice.edu.au/

Why is it important for students to make digital stories?

Create – Design – Produce

Making digital stories develops…• Higher order thinking e.g. creativity/design• Digital literacy• Problem solving skills via project work• Narrative ‘voice’• Awareness of imagery & symbolism

Screen shot of the ‘Snappy’ story creator

References & LinksInanimate Alice episodes 1-4:http://www.inanimatealice.com/

Alice in Australia & ‘Snappy’ download:http://inanimatealice.edu.au/

Inanimate Alice trailer:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pf5_kSTsub8

Kelli’s digital storytelling resources:http://kmcgraw.wetpaint.com/page/Digital+Storytelling