Digital Storytelling Archive
The following is a listing of stories our students and faculty have chosen to share publicly through the blog.
Faculty Stories
- Mitzi Adams – Strong Like a River
- Cheryl Bacon – The Buzzer
- Mathew Bardwell – The Time We Accidentally Adopted 11 Dogs
- Bill Carroll – 40
- Karen Cukrowski – Once Upon a Time
- Kyle Dickson – Childhood in Snapshots
- Nathan Driskell – The Flag
- Suanna Haston Davis – Cleo & Jennifer
- Mikee Delony – Letter to Joan
- Michelle Faerber – Not Quite
- Cherisse Flanagan – Batgirl
- Sue Garcia – Master Craftsman
- Al Haley – A Bed in San Francisco
- Al Haley – Copier
- Al Haley – Down on the Farm
- Stephanie Hamm – Perfect Timing
- Karen Hendrick – New London School Explosion
- Dickie Hill – Colis Campbell
- Stephen Johnson – Sure They Can
- Dan McGregor – Lost at Sea
- Jenn Rogers – Her Name is Hope
- Nil Santana – From Father to Son
- Jennifer Shewmaker – My Daughters’ Mother
- Donald Simpson – Buy a Camera
- Kent Smith – Improv Gardening
- Jeanine Varner – The Empty Desk
- Dora Weathers – The Summer of 1974
- Debbie Williams – Caregiver
- Lorraine Wilson – Ebb and Flow
Scholarly Storytelling
- Jeff Childers – Different
- Mark Hamilton – Hope & Tragedy in Amos
- Kent Smith – Modeling Intentional Community
Why I Teach
Student Pilot
- Sandra Amstutz – Summer Story
- Brance Armstrong
- Chris Campbell
- Anna Ciufo
- Kimmie Flanders
- Leslie Lewis
- Denzil Lim
- Seth Montgomery
- Maddie Pickle
- Whitney Pittard
- Drew Ritchie
- Emily Teel
- Rachel Winkelman
OTHER COURSES
These students stories represent students from Dr. Stephen Johnson and Dr. Kyle Dickson’s sections of Cornerstone who participated in the initial pilot. For updates on other courses using media projects, check the Digital Storytelling blog posts below.
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with Camtasia
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with iMovie
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on the iPad
Student Digital Stories this fall
After two successful workshops we hosted this summer with the Center for Digital Storytelling, we worked with our first groups of students this fall producing digital stories as a part of their courses. These student projects focused on three different areas:
• Two Cornerstone classes from the Honors College explored the potential of first-person narrative in first-year experiences.
• Two Psychology courses introduced first-person reflections on vocation into a capstone experience.
• Finally two other teachers looked at digital authoring as a way to communicate more traditional arguments (Proposing a Solution) or portfolio-type reflections on teacher training.
Thanks to the faculty and students in each of these courses for working with us to better understand the role digital stories play in the broader curriculum here at ACU.
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HONORS CORNERSTONE
All of the students produced remarkable stories. The following collection reflects the flexibility of the form to capture a wide range of experiences.
Chris Campbell
Denzil Lim
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OTHER COURSES
Proposing a Solution essay – Dr. Laura Carroll’s ENGL 111
Psychology assignments – Dr. Jennifer Shewmaker and Cherisse Flanagan
Digital Storytelling with iMovie
Many students and faculty who visit the Learning Studio are new to video editing. Apple’s iMovie software comes free on all Macintosh computers, so it’s the most obvious place to begin.
The iLife suite–including iMovie, iPhoto, and GarageBand–is available on any Macs in the Learning Commons or Learning Studio. iMovie was designed around the ability to organize, edit, and share your video as quickly as possible. With the addition of the tapeless camcorders, now available for checkout in the Learning Studio, this means you’ll have your clips loaded and ready to edit almost immediately.
Here are a few ways you might use iMovie for projects this semester:
- Import footage from a checkout camera or mobile device and cut it into a short video.
- Bring images from iPhoto or the web and assemble them into a narrated slideshow with panning effects.
- Combine still images, video footage, and audio tracks to create a basic digital story.
Digital Storytelling with Camtasia
The Learning Studio continues to work with students and faculty on a wide range of audio and video projects. One thing learned in our first year is the importance of selecting the right tools.
Though some projects require actual video editing, Camtasia offers a simple alternative for beginners. Camtasia for Mac is a screen-capture program available in the Learning Studio that lets students create a movie from anything currently on their screen. Here are a couple uses of Camtasia for assignments this fall:
- Bring in a PowerPoint presentation and record audio narration for a simple slideshow.
- Create a short video explaining how to use a basic web tool by recording the clicks with your own narration.
- Use alternative presentation tools like Prezi or 3D Timelines to introduce a complex process or historical topic.
Digital Storytelling facilitator training
This last week Joe Lambert from the Center for Digital Storytelling joined us for a one-week follow-up to our workshop last May. During the week he and Beverly Bickel from CDS trained on-campus volunteers to facilitate future digital storytelling workshops.
As part of the facilitator training, a small group of campus volunteers went through a “workshop within a workshop” where they created stories of their own. See below for select stories from each workshop..
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Digital Stories – August 2011
- The Summer of 1974 – Dora Weathers
- My Daughters’ Mother – Jennifer Shewmaker
- New London School Explosion – Karen Hendrick
- Buy a Camera – Donald Simpson
- Cleo & Jennifer – Suanna Haston Davis
- Colis Campbell – Dickie Hill
- The Flag – Nathan Driskell
- Summer Story – Sandra Amstutz
Dora Weathers
Digital Stories – May 2011
- Batgirl – Cherisse Flanagan
- A Childhood Farm – Sally Sanchez
Nil Santana
- Childhood in Snapshots – Kyle Dickson
- Down on the Farm – Al Haley
- Ebb and Flow – Lorraine Wilson
- From Father to Son – Nil Santana
- Her Name is Hope – Jenn Rogers
- Letter to Joan – Mikee Delony
- Lost at Sea – Dan McGregor
Dan McGregor
- Not Quite – Michelle Faerber
- Once Upon a Time – Karen Cukrowski
- Pay Attention – Dwayne Harapnuik
- Strong Like a River – Mitzi Adams
- Sure They Can – Stephen Johnson
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Digital Storytelling Workshop Reflections – May 2011
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Digital Storytelling workshop
A remarkable three days in the Learning Studio with our first Digital Storytelling workshop led by Joe Lambert and Mary Ann McNair of the Center for Digital Storytelling.
Twelve faculty members were joined by Adams Center staff and media specialists to produce first-person narratives and understand the future of digital storytelling in the general curriculum. Remarkable first efforts from our faculty.
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Interview with Joe Lambert – executive director of the CDS
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Digital Stories
- Batgirl – Cherisse Flanagan
- A Childhood Farm – Sally Sanchez
Nil Santana
- Childhood in Snapshots – Kyle Dickson
- Down on the Farm – Al Haley
- Ebb and Flow – Lorraine Wilson
- From Father to Son – Nil Santana
- Her Name is Hope – Jenn Rogers
- Letter to Joan – Mikee Delony
- Lost at Sea – Dan McGregor
Dan McGregor
- Not Quite – Michelle Faerber
- Once Upon a Time – Karen Cukrowski
- Pay Attention – Dwayne Harapnuik
- Strong Like a River – Mitzi Adams
- Sure They Can – Stephen Johnson
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