Symposium for Teaching and Learning with Technology

I've looked forward to Kathleen Brown's Next Generation Storytellers presentation. With Dr. Brown are Chris Millet and Justin Miller.

Chris offered a general background of digital storytelling. Simply, it's storytelling using a variety of the available multimedia tools. The Stories revolve around a theme- not the technology. It could be a photo montage, a podcast, or a collaborative voice thread. Remixing- using existing media- to tell a new story, is currently a popular method. There are a number of pedagogical benefits: engagement, motivation, dual-coding, authentic learning. And, it can serve as a "hook", as in a great Astro001 video example on the Composition of a Comet. Poor Steven.

Hannah Sloan interviews Kathleen Brown about her use of iPods (with recorders) and blogging software to turn her students into reporters. Her students interviewed three generations of people to create intergenerational conversations about why we fight. You can watch the streaming version of the video below, or subscribe to the Symposium feed in iTunesU.