Post on 14-Dec-2015
Digital Storytelling
Brian Newberry
Digital Storytelling
We live in an Age of Digital Stories
• 48 hours of video are uploaded every
• Over 3 billion videos are viewed a day
http://www.youtube.com/t/press_statistics
Digital Storytelling
We live in an Age of Digital Stories
• Users upload the equivalent of 240,000 full-length films every week
• More video is uploaded to YouTube in one month than the 3 major US networks created in 60 years
http://www.youtube.com/t/press_statistics
Digital Storytelling
We live in an Age of Digital Stories
• YouTube's demographic 18-54 years old
• Over 700 billion playbacks in 2010
• 800 Million unique users on YouTube each month
http://www.youtube.com/t/press_statistics
Digital Storytelling
Story
• An arrangement of ideas - through words, pictures, sound and other media – that conveys meaning.
• A sequence of events with a beginning and an ending.
• A journey shared between the creator and consumer
Digital Storytelling
Humans use stories to:
• Communicate and Develop Shared Meaning• Make a Statement About Themselves• Make Sense of the World and Life• Gain Attention• Negotiate• Socialize • And More!
Digital Storytelling
Aesthetic Experience vs. Anesthetic
• Changing Educational Paradigms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDZFcDGpL4U&feature=player_embedded
Digital Storytelling
Educational Purposes
• Teaching• Engaging Different Learning Modalities• Addressing Different Learning Styles and
“Intelligences”• Stimulate Thinking, Writing, and Language Use
Digital Storytelling in Plain English
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zP6CeGLPuOY
Digital Storytelling
Elements of Good Stories
• Characters• Plot• Setting• Theme• Conflict• Resolution• Story Arc (Think: Beginning, Middle, End)
Digital Storytelling
Technologies and Techniques
• Digital Photography
• Audio Recording
• Digital Video
• Stop Motion
• Slowmation
Digital Storytelling
• Examples
• Vi Hart – Doodling in Math http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXIMUkSXX0
• My Future Classroom http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-YkQE_FWzfg
• Grand Canyon http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LEoTKxr9EyY
• Fox Becomes A Better Person http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bw4lEdsd_fo