Explorations+in+Storytelling

media type="custom" key="22521336" Alan Levine • [|@cogdog] • [|cogdogblog.com] a presentation/workshop for the Hong Kong Knowledge Management Society March 20, 2013

Often recognized as one of the oldest traditions of communications, one that humans are "wired" for, storytelling is usually associated with entertainment. The arc shaped trajectory of films, television, books, and legendary tales has been charted as The Freytag Pyramid, the Hero's Journey, and is the playbook of the Hollywood Three Act screenplay. However, the way academic and scientific ideas are typically communicated follow a much flatter path aimed at the delivery of key information, but often fails to motivate the listener/reader to be invested in the journey. Incorporation of storytelling techniques on our communication can deliver an effective approach, what writer Randy Olson describes as "Arouse" and "Fulfill." Our work as professionals includes not only achievements in our fields, but a responsibility to communicate its importance to the public.

In this session we will explore the dimensions of modern storytelling, what happens with this tradition meets the capabilities of the open internet. You will learn of web-based tools for creation of multimedia stories, experience ones for practicing improvisational skills, creating stories via imagery, and explore the activities used in teaching ds106, an open online course in digital storytelling. Leave with access to free tools and activities suitable for student media projects and ways for infusing more storytelling into your own communications.

Storyelling about Storytelling

 * Web 2.0 Storytelling: Emergence of a New Genre (EDUCAUSE Review 2008) http://connect.educause.edu/library/erm0865 and related wiki http://web2storytelling.wikispaces.com/
 * New Digital Storytelling by Bryan Alexander http://newdigitalstorytelling.net
 * “One of the best ways to understand something is to create a story around it” Ruben Puentedura http://www.hippasus.com/rrpweblog/
 * Hobolobo http://hobolobo.net
 * Google Plus Hangout- a place for storytelling? http://youtu.be/AwULXJlOxOU
 * Choose Your Own Adventure story in Youtube http://www.chadmattandrob.com
 * Recursive Camera story by ds106 student John Dorman http://youtu.be/3ecOluGahNY
 * Twitter Adventures of Mark Sample http://twitter.com/samplereality
 * If We Don t Remember Me http://iwdrm.tumblr.com/post/12284715341
 * GIF Exploder http://www.gifexploder.com/
 * ds106 Messing with the MacGuffin http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/messing-with-the-macguffin/
 * ds106 Propoganda Posters http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/ds106-propaganda-posters/
 * ds106 Parent/Child Head Swap http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/parent-child-headswap/
 * Don't Be Such a Scientist http://www.amazon.com/Dont-Be-Such-Scientist-Substance/dp/1597265632
 * Nancy Duarte "Resonate" Sparkline http://www.duarte.com/books/resonate/sparkline-overview/
 * Freytag's Pyramid http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/freytag.html
 * Three Acts Maths Story Dan Meyer http://blog.mrmeyer.com/?p=10285
 * Dan Meyer http://threeacts.mrmeyer.com/
 * Powering with Oranges http://youtu.be/9_LLj4_3ZRA
 * Kurt Vonnegout on the Shapes of Stories http://youtu.be/oP3c1h8v2ZQ
 * Paul Zak: Empathy, Neurochemistry, and the Dramatic Arc http://youtu.be/DHeqQAKHh3M
 * One Minute Physics http://www.youtube.com/minutephysics
 * Troy Library Book Burning Party http://youtu.be/AoT13m8-Kxo
 * Story of Stuff http://www.storyofstuff.org
 * RSA Animate- The Power of Networks http://youtu.be/nJmGrNdJ5Gw
 * Phillippe Dusont Amazon Resume http://www.phildub.com/
 * How Business Storytelling Set a Project Back on Track http://youtu.be/xBsLeobkm2A
 * Storytelling with Data http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/
 * Story Branding Group http://storybranding.com/site/
 * Lost Flash Drive - Remixed then Returned http://youtu.be/IG1ZkW_u_Bw
 * Jonathan Harris on partial revelation http://www.greenplum.com/community/data-scientist-summit-2011
 * BBC Five Show Method http://www.slideshare.net/fuzheado/teaching-visual-storytelling-the-five-shot-method-and-beyond
 * Example of Five Shot Method www.youtube.com/watch?v=finF04ecMk4
 * This American Life: Make Radio http://www.thisamericanlife.org/about/make-radio

50+ Web 2.0 Ways to Tell a Story
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 * Dominoe Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMp-Fl-sXrU
 * Domonoe Storyboard http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Dominoe+Storyboard
 * Dominoe flickr set http://flickr.com/photos/cogdog/sets/72157600975093412/
 * 50 Ways Story Ideas http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryIdeas
 * Cinderella Powerpoint http://bit.ly/cindy-ppt
 * 50 Ways: Find Media http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryMedia
 * Compfight http://compfight.com
 * Google Advanced Image Search http://images.google.com/advanced_image_search
 * 50 Ways: Pick a Tool http://50ways.wikispaces.com/StoryTools
 * 50 Ways: Pick a Tool by Media Capability http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Tools+By+Media
 * 50 Ways: Pick a Tool by Features for Teachers http://50ways.wikispaces.com/Teacher+Features

Examples
 * http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/50ways/dominoe-examples.html
 * http://cogdogblog.com/stuff /50ways/examples.html
 * Vietnam Memorial (Slide) http://bit.ly/lxPssX
 * Journey to the North Pole (Tikatok) http://bit.ly/deHAmj
 * Telling the Story: 25 Years Later (Voicethread) http://voicethread.com/share/325110/
 * Sugar the Golden Retriever (Mixbook) http://bit.ly/jorHX0
 * Dominoe (ZooBurst) http://bit.ly/cPz11m
 * History of the Wheel (dipity) http://bit.ly/me6xDE
 * Trip to the Zoo (Vuvox Collage) http://bit.ly/ijdioq
 * Winnipeg General Strike 1919 (Glogster) http://bit.ly/3HzMav
 * Whirligig Lit Trip (Google My Maps) http://bit.ly/efbdPr
 * Hamlet (Pixton) http://bit.ly/kTiYAF
 * Italian Renaissance (Toondoo) http://bit.ly/kKYX34
 * Paper v. Plastic (Flickr Five Frame Story) http://bit.ly/lyLRdm
 * Alpaca (Blabberize) http://bit.ly/G09mv
 * Strained Peas (JayCut) http://bit.ly/mghomN
 * Time Travel: People We’ve Met (PhotoPeach) http://bit.ly/iRDn3P
 * Inbox Zero Action-Based Email (vcasmo) http://bit.ly/lW1N3a
 * Redwood National and State Parks (prezi) http://bit.ly/ildlED

Five Card Flickr Stories
http://5card.cogdogblog.com/

Example done in workshop "A Village of Evil Children" http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?id=31076
 * Scott McCloud http://www.scottmccloud.com/
 * Original Five Card Nancy Game http://www.scottmccloud.com/inventions/nancy/nancy.html
 * 741.5 web version http://www.7415comics.com/nancy
 * Play Five Card Flickr http://5card.cogdogblog.com/play.php?suit=5card
 * Browse Stories http://5card.cogdogblog.com/show.php?suit=5card
 * Five Card Stories with 8th Graders http://cogdogblog.com/2012/10/26/five-card-stories-8th-graders/

pechaflickr
http://pechaflickr.cogdlogblog.com/
 * TechTalks13- a talk about pechaflickr done in pechaflickr http://cogdogblog.com/stuff/techtalks13
 * Pechaflickr done via Google Hangout http://cogdogblog.com/2011/12/18/hanging-out-pechaflickr/

The StoryBox Project
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 * StoryBox blog posts http://cogdogblog.com/tag/storybox
 * Road Odyssey http://cogdogblog.com/odyssey
 * The PirateBox (David Darts) http://wiki.daviddarts.com/PirateBox
 * I Left this PirateBox Here for You to Read (@noiseprofessor) http://www.noiseprofessor.org/?p=504
 * StoryBox Jux http://storybox.jux.com/
 * World in a StoryBox / StoryBox in the World (2013 project) http://cogdogblog.com/2013/02/24/world-storybox/

ds106

 * ds106 http://ds106.us
 * About http://ds106.us/about/
 * Quick Start Guide http://ds106.us/handbook/success-the-ds106-way/quick-start/
 * Handbook http://ds106.us/handbook/s
 * Quick Start Guide http://ds106.us/handbook/success-the-ds106-way/quick-start/
 * Wikipedia Storytelling http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_storytelling
 * Jim Groom on the Syndication Bus http://bavatuesdays.com/eduglu-revisited-the-syndication-bus-2012/
 * ds106 Assignment Bank http://assignments.ds106.us
 * remixed assignments http://remix.ds106.us.
 * One Story Four Icons Assignment http://assignments.ds106.us/assignments/one-story-four-icons/
 * The Daily Create http://tdc.ds106.us
 * Remixing Assignments http://remix.ds106.us/

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