Summer Institute
Stories can transform the listener and the teller.
Digital Storytelling
Description:
Left brain
meets right brain in this year's Summer Institute for faculty. Designed
to help faculty develop multimedia skills, these series of workshops will
use the framework of Digital Storytelling to create stories to connect
with and engage the learner. Hands-on activities will take participants
through the process of desktop media production. Participants
will gain skills and knowledge of how to tell their stories with simple
multimedia to motivate, inspire students and connect as a community of
learners.
Whereas the
use of technology skills may be very left -brained, the idea is to use
the right brain to present information to learners in artful, creative
and imaginative ways to encourage learners to synthesize information and
think critically.
"Lively
narrative format is being used increasingly in higher education, and
it appears to be helping students think critically and understand factual
content in a personalized fashion." excerpted from Storytelling
as a Pedagogical tool in Higher Education by Abrahamson (1998)
This summer
institute will prepare participants to create stories and apply New Media
in face-to-face and online courses to help improve teaching and learning
at Austin Community College.
Outcome:
At
the end of this workshop, faculty will have created a short (3 min)
multimedia story along with the help of Instructional Development Services
staff. Additionally a design and script will be planned for a second
3 min production that can be used in class. (i.e. advance organizer)
Faculty
will apply a production model to script and storyboard for a 3 min:
1) personal narrative to motivate or inspire student learning and
2)
story to introduce a topic studied in class (Advanced Organizer)
Skills
and knowledge will include how to:
-
Tell
a story: Write a script of 300- 400 words to tell a point of view
(narrative)
- Capture
and Edit Video : scan images; edit digital still images and video
- Capture
Audio: record a voice over; add music
This workshop
is designed for faculty that want to add multimedia in creative ways
to improve the student learning environment. Suitable for all skill
levels. Must have basic Mac or PC skills and be able to save, store
and manage files; use Word Processor.
Schedule
2007:
Summer Institute
will be held from Monday, July 9, - Friday, July 20, 2007. Institute will
total 40 hours and include some face-to-face presentations and practice
activities and additional online activities.
Week |
1
(20 hours) |
2
(20 hours) |
| Days |
Monday
- Friday |
Monday
- Friday |
Dates |
July
9 - 13 |
July
16 - 20 |
| Location |
TBD |
TBD |
Time |
3 classroom/F2F
hours, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
These
sessions will be supplemented with online activities to total
4 hours of "contact time" daily.
|
3 classroom/F2F
hours, 1:00 - 4:00 pm
These
sessions will be supplemented with online activities to total
4 hours of "contact time" daily.
|
Incentive:
Faculty will
be compensated at a rate of $25.00/hour for 40 hours. A stipend of
$1000 will be distributed upon completion of stated outcomes. Deadline
for completion of projects is July 25.
To
Apply:
The application deadline has passed. Please check back in the future for information about Summer Institute 2008.
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