Storythinking > Storymaking > Storytelling

Keynote: Riding the Wave of Change • May 15, 2014 • Gimli, Manitoba

"Storytelling" is a long time resident of the charts of educational ideas. As a topic of workshops and presentations (I've done plenty), books (none for me), TED Talks (definitely not), the word to me conjures up the idea of performance. Plus my own internal conversation-- "I'm not a storyteller". Peel away the connotations of campfires, cave drawings, and performers on a stage, the elements of storythinking are much more important to me than the show. A hook of interest, the shape of a narrative, a character to care about, suspension of belief, using less, media metaphors are story techniques that you can integrate into your work as educators. While technology provides plenty of tools to tell stories, more compelling is what they afford us to practice and develop our own skills of making and incorporating story not only into teaching, but many forms of expression. I will share my own experiments in improvisation (pechaflickr), visual storytelling (Five Card Flickr Stories), a method hidden within a list of tools (50 Web Ways to Tell a Story), and online teaching (ds106) -- not as magic answers but perhaps a way of thinking about story elements beyond the performance aspect.

Links 'n audio 'n more
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Transcript

1. STORYTHINKING > STORYMAKING > STORYTELLING ALAN LEVINE is.gd/ridingwave_storytelling
2. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by pasukaru76: http://flickr.com/photos/pasukaru76/3694736727/
3. PICK A METAPHOR
4. PICK A METAPHOR
5. PICK A METAPHOR
6. PICK A METAPHOR
7. ONCE UPON A TIME...
9. The last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room.
10. The Last man alive on Earth sat alone in a room. There was a knock at the door. "KNOCK" BY FREDERICK BROWN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knock_(short_story)
11. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by kevindooley: http://flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/2172001078/
12. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by chuck_heston: http://flickr.com/photos/chuckheston/383386494/
13. cc licensed ( BY NC ND ) flickr photo by Pay No Mind: http://flickr.com/photos/paynomind/65010034/
14. 488th Day of Summer by Rosanna (2012 UMW Student) http://rossannamarie.umwblogs.org/the-488th-day-of-summer/
15. TELLING ~= PERFORMING
16. cc licensed ( BY ) flickr photo by Lancaster Litfest: http://flickr.com/photos/litfest/5412498421/
17. TELL ME A STORY
18. cc licensed ( BY NC SD ) flickr photo by g-mikee: http://flickr.com/photos/g-mikee/5202927662/
19. THE PYRAMID
20. THE LUMPY HILL
21. THE CYCLE
22. THE OBVIOUS
23. KURT VONNEGUT "THE SHAPE OF STORIES" http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
24. The Story Spine by Kenn Adams http://aerogrammestudio.com/2013/06/05/back-to-the-story-spine/
25. * THE "SO WHAT?" *
26. TECHNOLOGY IS JUST A TOOL creative commons licensed (BY) flickr photo by katerha: http://flickr.com/photos/katerha/5746905652
27. “CLAUDE, IT’S JUST A PAINTBRUSH” creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by cavale: http://flickr.com/photos/cavale/5619905303
28. “JIMI, IT’S JUST A GUITAR” creative commons licensed (BY-NC) flickr photo by wiserbailey: http://flickr.com/photos/25084516@N03/5331538409
30. STORY OVER TOOLS creative commons licensed ( BY NC ) flickr photo by kaje_yomama: http://flickr.com/photos/kajeyomama/4987968865/
31. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
32. creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857 http://cogdogroo.wordpress.com
33. ! http://cogdogblog.com/1887
35. ! http://youtu.be/eMp-Fl-sXrU
36. ! http://50ways.wikispaces.com
37. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
38. http://www.evenfromhere.org/2012/10/26/ five-card-flickr-or-cogdog-visits-the-idea-hive/
39. ! http://5card.cogdogblog.com/
40. ! http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=29951
41. ! http://5card.cogdogblog.com/play.php?suit=5card
42. FLICKR TAG! rtwgimli OR EMAIL! island42words@photos.flickr.com creative commons licensed (BY-SA) flickr photo by cogdogblog: http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/1576718857
43. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
44. creative commons licensed (BY-NC-SA) flickr photo by mictlan74: http://flickr.com/photos/mictlan74/3374564653
45. ! http://pechaflickr.net
46. I DEAL STORIES (NOT ‘IDEAL’)
47. ds106.us
48. Participating in ds106 eliminated my fears—- my fears about my abilities, my fears about the online community, my fears about technology, and my fears about sharing ideas. blog.neverthesameriver.com/final-movie-my-ds106-adventure-spring-2012/
49. ds106 has given this me the conviction that I, at 72, can make videos, that tell my story beautifully, thoughtfully, and truthfully. The community aspect gives me the security that, no how busy I am with other things, I can always "drop into" ds106 and continue to learn more. margaretherrick.com/blog/
51. FeedWord ! Press
52. assignments.ds106.us
53. http://assignments.ds106.us/types/DesignAssignments/
54. http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/
55. bank.ds106.us
56. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/
57. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/parent-child-headswap/
58. youtu.be/3ecOluGahNY
59. assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-propaganda-posters/
60. http://youtu.be/od8s0E7b9LY
61. http://bcodelson.wordpress.com/2014/03/28/cool-hamster/
62. photo blitz assignment! http://ds106.us/2014/03/31/gmu-week-3/
63. http://cew5x.wordpress.com/2014/04/27/all-you-can-take-cactus- audio-assignment-942/
64. Chaplin Foley Assignment! http://ds106.us/ 2014/04/13/gmu-week-5/
65. http://number1fio.wordpress.com/2014/05/12/the-first-rule-in- this-blog-is-you-cant-talk-about-this-blog/
66. http://cookiesuponwhichtomunch.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/its- not-you-its-me/
67. tdc.ds106.us