UMF EDU 571 Week 3: Building Upon the Oral Tradition of Storytelling Using Technology
This week our thoughts go toward audio storytelling and building upon the oral traditions started well . . . at the beginning of all culture ever.
Essential Questions to Consider for the Week
- How does oral storytelling impact the meaning behind a story?
- When does oral storytelling create add value to understanding classroom content?
- How do we maintain the strengths of tradition while leveraging new capabilities to create content?
- How might audio-centric storytelling reshape the assessment of student understanding?
As you browse through the various mentor texts, articles and links posted for Week 3, apply the lens of the TPACK and/or SAMR models as well. This is where we make that shift from storytelling as a tradition to storytelling as educational tool and then to digital storytelling as transformative educational experience.
- How might we use the suggested tools to move from substitution and augmentation into modification and redefinition?
- What do these tools enable students to do that a tape deck or a campfire does not?
- What sorts of technical and content knowledge need to overlap to make a meaningful and successful product?
- How does adding layers of audio content (i.e. music, sound effects) enhance the meaning and demonstrate deeper understanding of the subject/impact area content?
As you build your various artifacts for the course, you might ask yourself
- How can I layer as much meaning and intention into each artifact as possible?
- How will students/colleagues benefit from my creation of this artifact?
- How might I share my process of creating to encourage and empower students/colleagues?
As you are reading the various texts for the course, you might ask yourself
- How might I apply this thinking to my work with students/colleagues?
- How might my students/colleagues benefit from reading these words, experiencing these ideas themselves?
- How can better understanding the process and power of creating inform our students/colleagues’ abilities to create digital stories?
You will notice more and more of the links point toward applying storytelling to the business and marketing worlds. We can can a great deal of better understanding about how people think and what engages audiences -- and cognition -- by thinking through different lenses. It may be uncomfortable and that’s ok.
Now for the challenges of the week. Remember, these are not required. These are just structured suggestions to help you generate artifacts.
First Digital Storytelling Challenge for the Week
1. Identify an important concept or skill from your content/impact area
2. Craft an oral story that underscores the importance of students developing that skill or understanding that concept
3. Use an audio-centric digital storytelling tool to package that story for students
Suggested Digital Storytelling Tools
Second Digital Storytelling Challenge for the Week
Using ____________ as your storytelling mentor text, tell a story about solving a challenging problem using _______________ digital storytelling tool and applying __________ music and/or sound effects to enhance the meaning/experience.
Suggested Mentor Texts
Suggested Digital Storytelling Tools
Suggested Music/Sound Sources
Creative Commons Music Community (Multiple Links Here)
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