Discussion Assignment Nine
For this week's assignment, you should try to find examples of Wikis, Social Bookmarks and Social Networks related to digital storytelling that you feel should be added to the EUODS website.
Post a message in which you describe the other Web 2.0 resources you found and indicate why you feel they should be added to our EUODS website.
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I found two good wikis:
http://digitalstoryshare.wetpaint.com/
This is wiki called Teaching Digital Storytelling and is a place for those who use DS in the classroom to add and share ideas. It has some good resources.
The other is:
http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/digitalstorytelling
The Teach Digital wiki. In addition to DS resources like different tech options and copyright info, this one has cool stuff like using cell phones to teach.
I had found a wiki for the assignment before this. Since this topic is specifically for wikis, let me put that link here also.
Digital Quillis Jon Orech's wiki page who is an English teacher based in Illinois. He has also done a lot of work in using Educational Technology like DS in classrooms. His wikipage is very informative with a lot of links, examples, mini tutorials, resources etc. He has ideas for training staff for DS, which is the part I liked the most about his wiki. I hope that in the future he adds some more ideas about Teacher training in DS. You can join this wiki and he has a discussion page where we can post some of our ideas. I like the fact that the topics on this page are very organized and it doesn't take much time to find the information that you're looking for.
I found this wiki that is not listed on the site. It appears to be a good site for information and also gives the visitor the opportunity to upload their digital story.
http://digitalstorytelling.iste.wikispaces.net/ISTE+Storytelling+Corps
Sorry... I have temporarily, I hope, misplaced my instructions for making the addy a hyperlink.
I found this Beyond WebCt: Social Networking Tools into Language and Culture Courses link.
It has lots of interesting things for someone who may be new to Web 2.0. Some of it deals with courses but the majority is good for anyone interested in taking the time to go through it.
http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/digital-storytelling/
http://cogdogroo.wikispaces.com/50+Ways
This cite is a wiki that gives 50+ Web 2.0 Ways To Tell a Story. It has examples of the same story but put together with differnt web 2.0 tools. This gives you a section called: As Easy as 1-2-3! Where you read to get directions on how to.
1. Outline a Story Idea
2. Find Some Media
3. Pick a Tool to Build Your Story
This should be added because it is an easy way to view all the different ways to do the same DS. You can just pick which one you prefer to use. It also gives you examples and tutorials on how to get started in designing your own DS.
Voice thread wiki
This is a really cool wikipage about using Voice Thread for DS in Education. The best part is that they have DS examples, grade wise, for eg., DS on Seasons for Kindergarteners., on various topics, for various learners like ESL and Special ED. They have a lot of links for teachers that want to support their lessons with digital stories. This is truly a good resource for teachers to be added on the EUDOS site especially on the use of Voice Thread as a tool for DS in comparison to Photostory.
Anita, I really like Digital Quills. It has several interesting sections, like the one on choosing good verbs. My personal favorite is "Advanced Thinking Does NOT Mean More Technology."
Anita, you sure are good at finding interesting sites! Voice Thread Wiki is really good, too. I agree with you that the way it is organized is helpful and intuitive, and I found a lot of good stuff in the "Best Practices" section.
Oops. I just noticed that Teach Digital is already on the DS webpage. My bad. I still like it.
Digital storytellers ning group
This is a discussion forum for digital storytellers with 103 members. You have to be a member to post any comments. This is a good place to exchange ideas, ask questions, share resources about DS. I think we could have something like this, a DS forum for the EUDOS site, that serves as a learning platform for all involved in DS in our department, students and teachers alike.
I found this wiki page for teacher. It looks like a really good resource with well-detailed lesson plans and activities for teaching digital storytelling. This could be manipulated for training teachers or teaching students. This is the link:
Grant School Technology
L Kieler,
The code to make the links hot can be found in our course web site, under week 3. This is the path: course calender > week 3. In week 3you will find the code. Copy it and stick it somewhere on your desk (my experience :-)).
Anh,
I did stick it somewhere on my desk.... but then.... 3 midterms hit and that was that...thanks I will go back and look in wk three.....I am being overwhelmed by another course and just haven't searched yet. Thanks for saving me time.
I found a website that provides free online reference management for clinicians and scientists,
Connotea.
Here are the articles and links that have been posted by Connotea users using the tag "digital storytelling". This resource is useful to quickly save and organize links to your references, access them from any computer, and share them with your colleagues.
Anita, I like your idea of having a DS forum for the website. I also found a good social network (created with Ning)that was created by Jeri Hurd called Classroom 2.0. It's for "educators interested in the theory and use of digital stills and video in the classroom."
A Storied Career, created by Kathy Hansen, is a blog with some interesting posts related to DS, including one about the use of DS in health care.
Anita, Digital Quills is great. I have spent so much time this evening just checking it out, that I am going to have to find my posting tomorrow because it is getting late.
The teaching aspect is great-so much information and examples!
I was also intrigued by the section of "Sample Movies". There were even some in Spanish. The first one-I did not like because the narrator sounded like she was not fluent in Spanish and it seemed as if she were reading from a script (which is what we are to do) but it just did not flow well. The second one about grandparents was good-the narrator is Puerto Rican and she has a lovely accent.
Under Resources: Did you even notice that the creator of this wiki has also used this course for one of his web resources? Dr. Robin, pretty soon you are going to have to copyright your courses, epecially now being an award winner.
I even like the workshop information. I did notice on the flyer there was not a date, or it could be my eyes are now playing tricks on me since I have been on the computer for the last 3 hours.
Anita, again, Great find!!
Lauren, I thought the finding of Connottea was very good.
I especially found the bookmarking article presenting the "Digital Storytelling Cookbook" great. Who would have thought there would be a cookbook in technology-amazing! Briefly skimming the cookbook,the table of contents was interesting. Then I proceeded to read some of the material (which was very informative)-I could have spent at least another few hours more with this find-good job Lauren.
I found this bookmark which is in a very interesting form. It is a collection of 35 sites of wikis, webs, blogs on digital storytelling. The presenttation is really amazing for visual search. You have stack of sites in front of you on the screen, just click on one and the web page appears. This is the most innovative site I have found so far. The site is called SearchMe Stack .
I think Digital Quill and Voice Thread are very good sites to add to EUODS. Voice Thread seems to be rather well-known, and has been often connected to from other sites. Good findings, Anita.
This is the wiki that I found very user-friendly. It is: Collaborative Learning for Your Classroom-Connect Teachers, Students and Parents.
http://pbwiki.com/academic.wiki
I would strongly recommend this wiki for any educator.
There are a couple of "Demo View" that show "what a PBwiki can do for you" and "what a PBwiki can do for your company". They contained information stating how a wiki is useful in creating collaboration in the classroom and how it engages students to participate more in school. There was even a statement by someone that felt the use of wikis in classrooms may entice the students to try harder and contribute/write well because other students would be viewing their work. It also contained "Listed Facts", "Webinar Resources" that you could view-in case you have any questions.
It also demonstrates how to create a free PBwiki.
If I were a new educator in academia and wanted to incorporate technology (web 2.o tools) into my coursework, I would definitely find this wiki very useful.
Ahn, that SearchMe Stack is SO cool! I love being able to flip through all the sites so easily before deciding which one to click on and load. It's brilliant! It kind of reminds me of the way my iPod displays song graphics.
Hi Everyone,
Wow! There are so many good resources listed on this page that I have never seen before.
And I agree with Anh and Deidre that the Search Me page on DS is awesome. For those of you who are iTunes users, it looks like the CoverFlow function for viewing CDs and it is very cool indeed.
I conducted a Digital Storytelling session yesterday at the Texas Library Association annual conference and I will post a message soon to let you know how it went.
Great job everyone!
Wow the Search me site is mind-blowing Anh! How cool is that! When you embed a Youtube video gallery on the site, this is what the embedded player looks like vaguely. However this is a much bigger version. And what a convenient way to look for DS related information. You can clearly see what pages are more organized and contain more resources than others. And its great for people like me who want the text to be clear and organized otherwise I wouldn't bother scrolling to read the whole content. It surely helps save a lot of time going through extensive Google searches on DS. Well done, Anh! Thanks everyone for encouraging comments on some of the resources that I found.
Hey Lauren, I saw Classroom 2.0 when I was going through DS forums on Ning. Its quite a comprehensive forum. We could all create something like this for our Department and get everyone in Instructional technology involved to put in their inputs for the use of DS and Web 2.0 in classrooms and call it something like 'A Tale of 2.0 Virtual Cities'!!!
Dr. Robin,
I had friends at that library conference. I wonder if either of them heard you. Can't wait to ask them.
The SearchMe site is incredible. I had never heard of this site; along with most of all the other sites.
Of course I entered "teeth" as the search word and clicked on childrens health. I like they way they had tags of information for parents, children, and teens. They even contained some videos as an educational tool.
I am VERY impressed, and agree with everyone that the SeaarcMe Stack is awesome! Good find Anh!
First of all, I did not know that wiki is an acronym “for what I know is”! I also now know that wikis are a collaboration, or sharing of ideas.
Wikis
When I first thought of Wiki, of course I thought of Wikipedia, but now I know that there are so many more wiki sites out there. Here are a few that I think are worth checking out
A good site for fans of sci-fi novels:
http://www.life-after-harry-potter.com/
A brief explanation of DS
http://edutechwiki.unige.ch/en/Digital_storytelling
A wiki about award winning books:
http://www.awardannals.com/wiki/Main_Page
Social Bookmarking
Basically a collection of websites, rather than saving a ton of websites to your favorites, social bookmarking collects them for you.
This is a good introduction to Social Bookmarking:
http://www.socialmarker.com/
I like this social bookmarking site:
http://www.mister-wong.com/
it is easy to read, use friendly and has a very diverse collection of websites.
Social Networks
We have all heard of myspace & Facebook, but I was surprised to see that a search for social networking on yahoo came back with 1,580,000,000 results!!! We are a social network, and there are quite a few online classes that are structured like ours in which the teacher gives a topic and students share findings.
Here is another class that discussed DS
http://beyondwebct.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/digital-storytelling/
Here is another site discussing DS
http://forums.techsoup.org/cs/forums/t/2723.aspx
http://teachdigital.pbwiki.com/digitalstorytelling
This site is managed by Wesley Fryer. It has several sections on using digital storytelling. It has useful software information as well as educational uses in the classroom. Deidre also found this site. It is very easy to navigate.
http://jdorman.wikispaces.com/digitalstorytelling
I also like this wiki as it relates to educational uses of digital storytelling. It has great resources to other websites on digital storytelling.
Become a Storykeeper: http://digitalstorytelling.iste.wikispaces.net/
it was hard to find one that someone has not already put on here, but the page is for educators. it doesn't seem to get very much use though. There is only one disscussion post with no replies. more people just need to know about the site.
iam noticing that there are alot of sites there are started independently but people just don't know about them. so putting them in one location on the website is great idea.
I like Anita's idea of having forum on the EUDOs website. Since we want people to view the site to learn, it would also be a great way for others to share their ideas, projects or just a place to get other help.
I checked out digitalstoryshare.wetpaint.com and I prefer our website info better b/c of the layout and all the information you can get from 1 website. I notice that I tend to overlook sites if they don't look easy to navigate or easy to find what I am looking for. I don't have the time or patience to look and look for things.
Anita,
I like Digital Quillis too. Since it provides so much useful information about DST for educators. From introduction to links links to resources.
I like the idea about discussion forum. Maybe we can build our own forum as a part of EUODS web site.
As I begin this post, I find it useful to define some modern terminology (we all use it but some aren't sure how to define it). The “Social” phenomena associated with web-based communication – and with changes in the manner in which we communicate in general (Kaye & Medoff, 2008) can be classifed in three unique substructures: Social Networking, Social Media, and Social Bookmarking. Each distinct subcategory is often bundled under the general term, Social Networking, and has become somewhat prolific in part due to the overwhelming need for human being to be social, even when the communication paths that we choose are ripe with limitations.
The Internet, for example, finds most of its users interacting from behind a monitor and with a keyboard – largely solitary behaviors which promote isolation. Social Networking, then, might just be a way for folks to preserve some of our inherent social interaction – and is also why online communities are so popular.
I recall some of Dr. Robin’s earlier work (in 2003), where he focused on the online community as a necessary way to harness collaboration and human interaction in an otherwise antisocial user environment. I think it’s fascinating, today, that the EUODS site has become the defacto-online community that has grown in popularity and really out of necessity.
To that end, I think YouTube is the end-all-be-all in terms of Web 2.0 and social networking integration. YouTube’s primary distribution technology utilized full-motion video, however a brief investigation will produce many digital story-like videos (including the Ken Burns Effect – and other transitions) in what is obviously a collection of still images and voiceovers.
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