Storythinking++Storymaking++Storytelling

=Storythinking > Storymaking > Storytelling= Shar-E-Fest Tour • October, 2014 • New Zealand (Oct 2, University of Victoria, Wellington; Oct 3, University of Waikato, Hamilton)

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Abstract
"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]), and a digital time capsule ([|the StoryBox)]-- not as magic answers but perhaps a way of thinking about story elements beyond the performance aspect

[|Audio Recording] (University of Victoria, Wellington; Oct 2, 2014)

The Cards

 * pechaflickr http://pechaflickr.net/
 * University of Waikato audience performing pechaflickr ([|audio recording])
 * Five Card Flickr Stories http://5card.cogdogblog.com/
 * The Storybox http://cogdogblog.com/storybox
 * Storybox Presentation http://cogdogblog.com/storybox/assets/preso-nz.html

URLs Mentioned

 * **Story Openings**
 * "Knock" by Frederick Brown []
 * **Character**
 * Meet your Modern Office commercial http://youtu.be/9zf0dqzTUPk
 * Google Nexus 7 Commercial http://youtu.be/Lmf0F7JxxXE
 * **What Makes a Story?**
 * We Tell Stories (Trailer) http://youtu.be/ytq4VZ2Nyxg
 * "When you are in the middle of a story" (Margaret Atwood quote) http://www.goodreads.com/quotes/163271-when-you-are-in-the-middle-of-a-story-it
 * **The Shape of Stories**
 * Kurt Vonnegut "The Shape of Stories" http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
 * The Story Spine by Kenn Adams []
 * **Overcoming Tension**
 * Removing the Tension from the Budweiser Puppy Love Video (Literally) http://www.ishmaelscorner.com/budweiser-puppy-love-storytelling/
 * **Storytelling for Science**
 * //Don't Be Such a Scientist// (by Randy Olsen) http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Such-Scientist-Substance/dp/1597265632
 * Grab Attention and Communicate - Orange experiment http://youtu.be/9_LLj4_3ZRA
 * One Minute Physics http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics
 * Story of Stuff http://www.storyofstuff.org
 * Three Acts Math Problems (Dan Meyer) http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/

Some Other Presentations About Storytelling

 * Making / Telling Stories That Matter
 * Explorations in Web Storytelling
 * What Mean Ye Storytelling?

Other Cards

 * 50+ Web Ways to Tell a Story http://50ways.wikispaces.com
 * DS106 http://ds106.us
 * DS106 Assignment Bank http://assignments.ds106.us
 * The Daily Create http://tdc.ds106.us