1. HEATHER ROGERS EDUC – 7101 Digital Storytelling in Education

2. What is Digital Storytelling?

3. Digital Storytelling Process

4. History

5. Stage 1: Need What was the need that paved the way to the rise of digital storytelling?

6. Stage 2: Research Leading Researchers: ◦ Joe Lambert & Dana Atchley - Center for Digital Storytelling ◦ Abbe Don ◦ KQED Digital Storytelling Initiative ◦ Story Corps ◦ Brenda Laurel ◦ John Hartley

7. Possible Obstacles: Availability of technology Time Training Maintenance Stage 3: Development

8. Stage 4: Commercialization

9. Diffusion of an Innovation ◦ Image representing diffusion

10. Knowledge Joe Lambert Joe Lambert Dana Atchley

11. Persuasion

12. Decision

13. Implementation

14. Confirmation

15. The S- Curve of Digital Storytelling 1986-1988: Joe Lambert & Dana Atchley developed Next Exit – a multimedia autobiography. 1993- Lambert and Atchley teach digital storytelling workshop at the American Film Institute 1994-1998- Creation of the San Francisco Digital Media Center. Organization spread to Europe, and news stories presented on CNN and MSNBC 1996- Digital Storytelling Cook Book Published 1998- The Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS) is established. 1999- CDS begins annual conference on the establishment of digital storytelling in higher education. 2001- Kentucky initiates the first digital storytelling program in k-12 educational settings. (Center for Digital Storytelling, 2011) (Wikipedia, 2011) 1999- Silence Sparks Project was developed which expanded digital storytelling to public health. 2003-The BBC held the first international conference on digital storytelling. 2004- Bridges to Understanding was established to incorporate digital storytelling in countries of Latin America, Canada, and India. 2006- Workshop for educators is established to train teachers on incorporating digital storytelling in the k-12 setting. 2010- CDS opens an east coast center with will offer custom trainings and assist in the establishment of national programs on digital storytelling. 2011- ICIDS (International Conference of Interactive Digital Storytelling) will hold its 4 th annual conference- this is one of the largest in the world.

16. Innovators & Early Adopters Educators

17. Laggards

18. How to speed up adoption? Workshops Tutorials Classroom Implementation

19. Perceived Attributes

20. CRITICAL MASS HAS BEEN MET WHEN 10-20% OF INDIVIDUALS HAVE ADOPTED AN INNOVATION Critical Mass

21. Critical Mass Met for Digital Storytelling (society)

23. Key Change Agents Media Specialists

24. YOU CAN BE A CHAMPION... Champions of Digital Storytelling

25. The ‘Champions’ or change agents include lead teachers, and staff who implement this innovation in cross- curricular assignments.

26. The Plan… 1. Identify students reading and writing abilities and weaknesses 2.Scores are discussed and strategies are implemented 3. The knowledge of digital storytelling is spread to show the relativity of increasing students performance to digital storytelling.

28. Benefits of Incorporating Digital Storytelling in the Classroom Assist struggling students with the writing processPromote creative thinkingIncrease oral fluencyBuild public speaking skillsExpose students to 21 st Century technologyAllows students to create a voiceMotivates students through creativity

29. Student Examples of Digital Storytelling

31. References