Category: digitalstorytelling
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Sunset over a sea of clouds
This evening was a magnificent time to have a window seat on my flight into Memphis, enroute to Montgomery. I don’t think these images can adequately render the spectacular scene I witnessed on our descent into a sea of interlaced clouds, as the red sun set in the west. I took a short video as…
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Summarizing the 2011 MACE Keynote with Mobile Video and Glogster
Last week I had an opportunity to share some of the background behind our Storychasers nonprofit as well as the Celebrate Kansas Voices oral history project with attendees at the 2011 MACE Conference in Manhattan. Lori Hollar Swim was in the audience, and after the conference used video she recorded with her mobile phone as…
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The Power of Media Advertising: Ads Worth Spreading from TED
Generally I am averse to most advertising, but funny, clever, and powerful ads can be exceptions to this rule. The Bridgestone Superbowl 2011 ad “Reply All” is an example. This is not only funny, it also raises important issues about being careful when sharing information digitally (via email or other means) which can be used…
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What Skills Can Storychasers Develop?
In putting the finishing touches on my presentation for tomorrow’s MACE conference in Manhattan, Kansas, I created the following Wordle to summarize many of the key skills Storychasers participating in the Celebrate Kansas Voices project can develop. In case you can’t see this image saved to Flickr, I’ll list them below: planning organizing asking wondering…
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iPhone Video Edited with Splice
On the enthusiastic recommendation of Karen Montgomery, this weekend I used the iPhone application Splice for the first time to edit a video. Two versions of Splice are available in iTunes: a $2 version (without ads) and a free version which includes iAds at the bottom of each screen. The functionality of the apps is…
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Student Presentation on an iPad
Students in my “Technology 4 Teachers” classes at the University of Central Oklahoma are currently sharing “pecha kucha” style presentations during the first part of each class for several weeks until everyone has an opportunity to share. These “Presentation Zen” influenced presos include 20 slides, each shown for 20 seconds each, and are supposed to…
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Storytelling with Scratch
Scratch is a fantastic, FREE, creative program from MIT which can be used to create art, animations, games, music, simulations, stories and more. For week 7 of my “Technology 4 Teachers” course at the University of Central Oklahoma, I asked my students to spend at least ONE HOUR playing in Scratch and “creating something cool.”…
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Surviving Dachau, Liberating Mauthausen
In October of 2005, Dachau Concentration Camp survivor, Eva Hance, and Mauthausen Concentration Camp Liberator, Mark Geeslin, shared a 90 minute presentation with students in Lubbock, Texas, as well as other parts of the United States connected via videoconference to the International Cultural Center of Texas Tech University. That videoconference was recorded, but until yesterday…
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Fund the Dreams of Students Through The Generation Project
The Generation Project provides an innovative way for anyone to make a specific kind of impact in the lives of children from lower income situations through financial giving and the recommendations of teachers. If you have a worthwhile activity or experience you’d like to fund (or partially fund) for a deserving, low income student, you…