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A presentation from a workshop held at Skidmore College in March 2014.
This workshop will cover a simple development process. Participants will create a digital story using images, audio, and/or video using free web tools and/or mobile apps. I use "story" in a general sense; it may be one of personal discovery or growth, a fictional narrative, a travel experience, a presentation, or something else you find worth telling. I discovered more than 50 such tools and recently have expanded the site to include mobile apps as creative platforms. As an example I created the same story in each tool. The result is that a good story and the creative process should and do transcend the tools.
The workshop process:
- Warm Up Activity
- The Way of the 50+ Ways (presentation above)
- Table Group Activity: Story Brainstorm
- Table Group Activity: Pick and Find the So What?
- Table Group Activity: Find Media
- Individual Activity: Build a Story in a Web Tool and/or a Mobile App
- Summary and Review
To see the workshop in action see Alan's blog post.
Over the years I have referred many times to Alan's original site and am a huge fan. He took a single story idea, retold it using free web tools, and posted the results. I'm so glad to see he's updating it on a new site and adding mobile apps. And also invites others to contribute.
I like the format he used at Skidmore (described above). It looked like it was a lot of fun and pretty easy format to replicate at your own digital storytelling workshop.