Intro to Digital Storytelling - Spring 2025 - MLL 291

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1. Intro to Digital Storytelling ASHLEY BROKAW | DIGITAL MEDIA INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGIST
2. Hello! Instructional Technologist at the CIP in Edwards House (2nd Floor) Background: ◦ Teaching composition with a focus on incorporating digital technology ◦ Critical thinking about authorship, audience (who is a “general audience?”), goals of the project and choosing tools that fit those best Highest Quality Composition Author/Audience Relationship Ongoing Conversation & Context Goals & Outcomes Available Tools for Communicating
3. What we’ll cover today: Origins of Digital Storytelling 1. Examples of digital stories 2. Constraints of Digital Storytelling 3. Resources for Moving Forward 4.
4. Digital Storytelling at Kenyon •Especially in Community Engaged Learning Projects Oral History Projects •Video Essays, Micro Documentaries, Video Interviews •Need for instructional support outside of film department Video Projects •Instructional support in place (me!) •Outside facilitators •What is digital storytelling, exactly? Mellon Grant THE COMMUNITY WITHIN: KNOX COUNTY BLACK HISTORY ARCHIVES BECOMING: FIRST-GEN AND LATINX EXPERIENCES
5. What is digital storytelling, really? The use of computer based tools to tell stories. (U of Houston) Image by Manfred Steger from Pixabay
6. Some [other] Types Oral History Podcasts Websites & Digital Exhibits Blogs Maps Interactive Writing Platforms (Twine) Social Media
7. Why do it? Brings the story to life Humanizes your content Multi-level and multi-modal narrative Brings your content to new audiences Makes you think critically about all the components of the story you want to tell and ways you can do that through words, sounds, music, and visual components Engaging – you have more tools to set the tone.
8. Increase Digital Fluency “How is digital fluency different from digital literacy? In learning a foreign language, a literate person can read, speak, and listen for understanding in the new language. A fluent person can create something in the language: a story, a poem, a play, or a conversation. Similarly, digital literacy is an understanding of how to use the tools; digital fluency is the ability to create something new with those tools.“ -Jennifer Sparrow Senior Director of Teaching The Pennsylvania State University https://er.educause.edu/articles/2018/3/digital-fluency-preparing-students-to-create-big-bold-problems
9. Examples THE BEST WAY TO BE INSPIRED
10. Why We Say “Ok” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UnIDL-eHOs
11. Capitalism, Poverty, and Ratatouille https://youtu.be/EC2gRvG1RlI?si=lnPOFjLw-YlSeTXu
12. Other Examples At Kenyon: ◦ SCRIPT OHIO: THE OHIO WRITERS PROJECT ◦ BECOMING: FIRST-GEN AND LATINX EXPERIENCES ◦ CHEMISTRY 401: DRUG INTERACTIONS AND THE BODY ◦ MATH 128: DIGITAL STORY VIDEOS ◦ SOCIALISM AT THE MOVIES ◦ OUR JOURNEY WITH ARABIC AT KENYON: BIG CHALLENGES, BIGGER REWARDS My List: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrCYQH4UeD-YuPiF3Ts8yw4BQflwWwXtF&si=bbPYH-XYpoiw4I4O Storycenter List: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKLPPDaG0bCj1Yqy6PlcouQ (identity, health, education, social justice, environment, family, human rights, healing, community) Historical Societies/Libraries ◦ Minnesota Historical Society: https://www.youtube.com/user/minnesotahistory/playlists News Orgs: ◦ NPR: https://www.youtube.com/nationalpublicradio/playlists (Story Hour, Code Switch) ◦ New York Times: https://www.youtube.com/c/nytimes/playlists (Op-Docs, Almost Famous) ◦ Vox: https://www.youtube.com/@Vox ◦ TedEd: https://www.youtube.com/@TEDEd
13. Constraints of Digital Storytelling (THINGS TO CONSIDER)
14. Things to Think About Relationship between author, audience, topic and purpose and the larger conversation/context around your topic. Embracing and allowing time for the whole process Priorities ◦ Quality Production? ◦ Communication of the content? ◦ Time spent? ◦ Low learning curve? Getting a lay of the land and thinking critically about utilizing the format in the best, most thoughtful, most appropriate ways (not using tech for the sake of tech) Anticipating and planning for resources you might need Image by Manfred Steger from Pixabay
15. Storyboarding & Planning for Video Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Visual: Visual: Visual Narration: Narration: Narration: Accompanying Audio: Accompanying Audio: Accompanying Audio: Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Copyright/Citing Info: Copyright/Citing Info: Copyright/Citing Info:
16. Storyboarding & Planning for Video Scene 1 Scene 2 Scene 3 Visual: Visual: Visual Narration: Narration: Narration: Accompanying Audio: Accompanying Audio: Accompanying Audio: Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Notes (Duration, Transition, etc.): Copyright/Citing Info: Copyright/Citing Info: Copyright/Citing Info:
17. Gathering Artifacts and A/V Elements Use a combination of elements based on: ◦ Access ◦ If you don’t have easy access to what you want, you might have to get creative! ◦ What is appropriate ◦ Really think about what elements you can use to best illustrate your story and move it forward
18. Gathering Artifacts and A/V Elements Some elements you can think about including: ◦ Maps ◦ News Clips (Video, Audio, Clippings) ◦ Historical video footage or audio clips ◦ Interviews ◦ Original Recordings/Readings ◦ Art produced or inspired by your subject ◦ Music produced or inspired by your subject
19. Gathering Artifacts and A/V Elements Some elements you can think about including: ◦ Maps ◦ News Clips (and clippings) ◦ Historical video footage ◦ Interviews ◦ Original or Dramatic Recordings/Readings ◦ Art produced or inspired by your subject ◦ Music produced or inspired by your subject Keep in mind that these might require contacting libraries and archives, digitizing a physical document, or requesting permission from others before using them. These things take time and planning to pull off!
20. Gathering Artifacts and A/V Elements Some elements you can think about including: ◦ Maps ◦ News Clips (and clippings) ◦ Historical video footage ◦ Interviews ◦ Original or Dramatic Recordings/Readings ◦ Art produced or inspired by your subject ◦ Music produced or inspired by your subject If you need help pulling audio or video from Youtube or DVDs (or some other web-hosted spaces), let me know!
21. Gathering Artifacts and A/V Elements Pixabay Pexels Wikimedia Commons The Commons (Flickr) Getty Open Content Images Getty Images
22. CC & public domain sounds & music Some video editors have built in sounds and music that you can use. If not, here are some alternatives: ◦ Incompetech: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.html ◦ Freesound.org: https://www.freesound.org/browse/tags/sound-effects/ ◦ BenSound: https://www.bensound.com/
23. Creating your own A/V artifacts Capturing image, film, and sound Rode Mic hooks up directly to the camera and can go on a pole or on top of the camera for better-than- camera-audio Lavelier mics that can hook straight into the camera/phone or into a portable audio recorder Snowball mics that can connect to your laptop via USB connection. Great for podcasting. Quality camera that captures HD photo and video Fluid head tripod to level and steady your photo and video footage and a tripod dolly for smooth panning
24. Tech Behind Audio and Video Capturing image, film, and sound Rode Mic hooks up directly to the camera and can go on a pole or on top of the camera for better-than- camera-audio Lavelier mics that can hook straight into the camera/phone or into a portable audio recorder Snowball mics that can connect to your laptop via USB connection. Great for podcasting. Quality camera that captures HD photo and video Fluid head tripod to level and steady your photo and video footage and a tripod dolly for smooth panning All gear pictured is available at the CIP – please contact me if you’d like to talk about your project!
25. Tech Behind Audio and Video Sound Capturing and Editing Options Audacity (Mac and Windows) http://www.audacityteam.org /download/ Garage Band (Mac)
26. More Tech to Create Videos WeVideo ◦ Web-based ◦ Real-time collaboration ◦ Low learning curve ◦ Robust, but simple ◦ Can also export audio only for podcasts Demo: March 18th!
27. A Few Tips: Use what you know and you’ll get the best end product Best thing you can do for your audio is have a good mic and a quiet place to record Second best thing you can do for your audio is record it all at once ◦ Environment, posture, health, mood, etc. all sound different when recording ◦ Easier to edit one recording vs stitching multiple recordings together Third best thing you can do for your audio is record 15 seconds of silence at the beginning that you can copy and paste wherever you might need it.
28. Questions?? BUTLER1@KENYON.EDU