Assignments for Wednesday

1. Post a reaction paper to this week's readings on your blog. Shoot for 500 words. Include one illustrative image, with a caption and a credit.

2. Make your blog snazzy--add a couple of widgets, play with colors and themes.

3. Get on twitter and tweet a couple of things about digital storytelling. Include the hashtag #ewudigitalstorytelling.

4. Look again at the list of stories we are going to tell for the MAC. Develop a first and second choice.

Week Two Readings--What is Digital Storytelling?

7 Elements for Digital Storytelling (in 4 Minutes!) from Paul Iwancio on Vimeo.


Please have these readings completed when you come to class on Monday, September 30. You reaction essay will be due on your blog by Tuesday evening--we will talk about that in class on Monday.

Read, Explore:

• Wikipedia, Digital Storytelling
• The Value of Digital Storytelling for the Small Museum
• Stony Brook University, Digital Storytelling (explore this site in depth)
• Explore some of the other projects that use the Curatescape platform. Be prepared to show us a favorite and least favorite story from a site other than Spokane Historical.
• Mashable, Two Must-See Digital Storytelling Projects
• Mashable, Four Inspiring Examples of Digital Storytelling

Week One: Welcome to Class!

Welcome to Mobile Historical Development, a course in digital storytelling!

Here are some of the stories we will explore this week:

• We will listen to and watch two stories from StoryCorps:
• What is Your Legacy?
• Danny & Annie
• A story from Moth Radio Hour, Mishka Shubaly’s Shipwrecked (skip ahead to his story).
• Another animation, very different, The Old Man and the Sea.
• We will glance at The Digital Storytelling Daily.
• The effectiveness of sound: Mass Moments.