Center for Teaching & Learning at The University of Georgia
Center for Teaching & Learning at The University of Georgia
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“The world is made of stories, not atoms.” --Muriel Rukeyser The semantic power of stories is everywhere evident, not least in the classroom. The digital revolution is creating new ways to tell stories, and a change in methods can mean a change in expressive possibilities. Stories can now include graphics, sound, music, animation, and interactivity—and story form must stretch to accommodate them. More broadly, the meaning of literacy is changing to accommodate the new digital possibilities. Communication in our culture is increasingly multimedia based. Pure print is not vanishing, but it is being augmented by interactive and collaborative video, audio, and graphic expressions. Current and soon-to-be current university students are at home in this new inherently cross-disciplinary culture. Students expect their educational environment to be furnished with the tools that are commonplace outside it. Instructors want to make the best educational use of the tools that are available to them. Story form can scaffold engagement with this new literacy. This faculty learning community will explore the uses of digital storytelling in the classroom. Activities may include discussions of how story can inform pedagogy (especially how digital storytelling can do so), the development of plans for using digital storytelling in our classes, and the creation of some of our own stories. iMovie (Mac) and MovieMaker (PC) are the basic software programs we will use, but we will have the opportunity to examine various technologies that make digital storytelling possible. No previous knowledge of specific programs is required. Dr. David Noah will facilitate this community. He has a strong interest in how we use stories to shape our lives, and has attended workshop sessions offered by the Center for Digital Storytelling.
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