Moving at the Speed of Creativity - Phenomenal Oklahoma family stories from COV this week

Phenomenal Oklahoma family stories from COV this week

Published by Wesley Fryer in digitalstorytelling, history, military on October 31st, 2008

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We had a wonderful “partners” Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (COV) workshop this week on Thursday and Friday in MidDel Schools. These are just two of the amazing stories our participants created in a very short and concentrated time together.

Scott Charlson created “A Few Sketches of Minnie’s Cafe,” telling the story of his grandmother and her informal encounters with legendary Oklahoma musician Woody Guthrie:

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Scott had told me about this story back in April when he first attended a COV workshop at Western Oklahoma State College in Altus, and his desire to share this story with others. At that time I interviewed Scott for a podcast about their use of Moodle at WOSC, and learned about his passion for family histories. This week Scott not only created another digital story as a COV project, he also helped co-facilitate our workshop and was formally “knighted” as a lead facilitator for our project! Since my Halloween costume for the day included a sword, we felt such a ceremony was appropriate to mark the auspicious moment! Thanks to Jean Hendrickson for taking and sharing this photo.

Rosalynn Wade also created a fantastic digital story in 1.5 days this week titled “Silver Spoon – A Legacy of Integrity and Compassion.” The planets must have been in the proper and requisite alignment for so many things to come together for her and her family last night. Her parents were supposed to have left for a vacation but were delayed in departing. Her father was eager to share this story as well as the photos which make it even more impactful. He even returned later in the evening to add the concluding lines, which he specifically requested be at the end of the story. This is an unforgettable Veteran story from World War II.

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It was exciting again to see so many new people become engaged, inspired, and passionate about the power of digital storytelling to preserve family histories and develop the skills of rich-media communication using images, audio, and text.

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