ETAQ Seminar 2, 2014
Digital Stories: From Production to
Assessment
Kelli McGraw – QUT
Slides available at: http://www.slideshare.net/kellimcgraw
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• I am @kmcg2375• ETAQ is @ETAQLD• Tag your ETAQ event tweets with #ETAQPD
What is your story?
To the person sitting next to you:• What is your name?• What school are you from, or what is
your role? • Is digital storytelling popular at your
school? How do you know?
What is ‘Digital Storytelling’?
Where can I find some digital stories?
How do I assess digital stories??
Why is it important for
students to MAKE digital stories?
What is ‘Digital Storytelling’?
Story-telling
Twitter = newest tweet at top(Therefore read bottom-to-top)
DIGITAL Story-telling
…more ‘types’
Digital Replic-ations
Digital Embell-
ishments
Digital Transfor-mations
Digital Revers-ionings
‘Born Digital’ Fiction
Blended Stories
Digital fiction types:
via Simon Keily @aus_teach
Where can I find some Digital Stories?
Some ‘Born Digital’ stories
• Electronic Literature Collection, Volume 2: http://collection.eliterature.org/2/index.html
• two five three (interactive novel): http://www.ryman-novel.com/
• Telescopic text (hypertext): http://www.telescopictext.com/
• Shopping List (hypertext): http://tracearchive.ntu.ac.uk/hw/groceries/
http://www.inanimatealice.com/
http://inanimatealice.edu.au/stories/1_tilly_and_brad/
Alice in Australia
How do I assessdigital stories?
…let’s play!
Why is it important for students to make digital stories?
Create – Design – Produce
Making digital stories develops…• Higher order thinking e.g. creativity/design• Digital literacy• Problem solving skills via project work• Narrative ‘voice’• Awareness of imagery & symbolism
References & LinksInanimate Alice episodes 1-4:http://www.inanimatealice.com/
Alice in Australia & ‘Snappy’ download:http://inanimatealice.edu.au/
Kelli’s digital storytelling resources:http://kmcgraw.wetpaint.com/page/Digital+Storytelling
QUT Creative Industries Digital Storytelling Resources:http://digitalstorytelling.ci.qut.edu.au/