Week#14 - Culture in Storytelling

ONLINE RESOURCES

Cultural Stories

http://www.worldoftales.com/

Long list of Folk texts

http://www.pitt.edu/~dash/folktexts.html

Myths & Legends

http://home.comcast.net/~chris.s/myth.html

Folk Tales from around the World - YouTube Playlist

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT67RSvE2YqJaK2R3t0jShSGaAcOHLzy3

Korean Folk Tales

Ten Influential Modern and Contemporary Korean Writers

http://theculturetrip.com/asia/south-korea/articles/a-century-of-tumult-ten-important-modern-korean-authors/

American Culture through FiIm
http://blog.interexchange.org/career-training-usa/2011/11/02/a-glimpse-of-american-culture-through-film/

Disney Movies and Racism
http://disneyandmovies.pbworks.com/w/page/17905683/FrontPage

10 Racist Storybookshttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCdBmddPa1Q

Stereotypes in Children's Media
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT281Oxxg1sYiJzASexeyS3RqecLmge5t

Yellow Face - a History of Racist Asian Stereotypes

http://yellow-face.com/

Where Do Koreans' Ideas about Race Come From?

http://metropolitician.blogs.com/scribblings_of_the_metrop/2006/02/where_do_korean.html

History of BlackFace in Korea

http://populargusts.blogspot.kr/2012/03/three-decades-of-black-face-in-korea.html

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Discussion Questions

• What are your favorite traditional Korean stories, folk tales, or myths?
  Which ones best represent Korean culture?  How so?

• Which modern stories (novels, movies, poems, etc.) best represent periods of Korean history or aspects of its culture and society?  How so?
  
• Are there Korean stories that bother you or seem to misrepresent parts of Korean culture?
  
• What are some of your favorite traditional stories or folk tales from other cultures?

• What examples of racism or cultural misrepresentations can you think of in traditional or modern stories from Korea or elsewhere?

• Which cultural stories (Korean or not) do you think teach a valuable lesson?
  
• How have you or might you use cultural stories in your teaching?

Week#13 - Gender in Storytelling

Readings

Gender Roles in Children’s Picture Books

Gender stereotypes plague children’s picture books

Poor Storytelling and the Gender Debate

Gender-specific children’s books ‘are easier to sell’, insists children's book publisher

Why Does Gender Matter?

Videos

Sexism, Strength and Dominance- Masculinity in Disney Films

Subtle Sexism: Gender Inequality in Our Media

Childhood Gender Roles in Adulthood

Comic Book MOOC Playlist

Discussion Questions

• What were your favorite stories as a child? Which gender were the main characters? Describe those characters?
• If you could play any role in any story, which would you want to play and why?
• Who are your favorite male characters from any story or movie? Describe them and why do you like them?
• Who are your favorite female characters from any story or movie? why do you like them?
• Which male and female characters have you disliked the most? Why?
• Do you think the criticism of gender balance in stories is overblown? Might it just represent natural or desirable social norms?
• Have you ever seen gender portrayals in stories, movies, or comic books that bothered you? Which ones? Why?
• Do you think certain stories appeal more to boys or girls? How so?
• When sharing personal narratives, do you think men and women (boys and girls) differ in storytelling style? How so?
• How would you describe traditional and modern gender roles in Korean storytelling (books, movies, folk tales, etc). Is there much difference between Korea and other cultures?
• How much do you (will you) consider gender portrayal when choosing a story to read, teach, or share with your child?

Week#12 - Digital Storytelling for Advanced Language Learning

Storytelling Podcasts

• NPR: StoryCorps Podcast
  When Living Out Of A Car, It's Hard To Feel At Home
   
• The Moth Podcast
  Texas Hold' Em, Kin, and Cloistered Nuns
   
• Death, Sex, & Money
  This Senator Saved My Life
   
• This American Life
  Switched at Birth
   
• Hardcore History
• True Story
• Porchlight Storytelling
• Love + Radio
• More Podcasts at: Podbay.fm Podcast Directory

Audio books

Podiobooks	Podiobooks offers complete books in episodic form so you can get just a chapter at a time
Open Culture	Open Culture has a very respectable collection of great audio books, mostly classics, available for free in a variety of downloadable formats from all over the Web.
Internet Archive	The Internet Archive has a very good collection of free audio books and poetry recordings from a eclectic variety of sources.
Librivox	Librivox is an entirely volunteer-curated collection of free audio books that are in the public domain. Volunteers read chapters of these books, and the chapters are then placed online for public consumption.
Learn Out Loud	Learn Out Loud is a gigantic collection of free audio books, lectures, and educational podcasts.
Project Gutenberg	Project Gutenberg one of the oldest and largest sites on the Web, offering thousands of free, public domain books both to read and to listen to.

Podcatchers

• Stitcher.com
• iTunes
• Feedly   How-to    opml
• Tunein.com (live radio)

Videos

• George S. Best Stories Ever
• Piers Morgan's Life Stories
• World Creation Myths and Stories

Playback Speed control

• Android Playback speed
•  iPad/iPhone apps like SmarterPlayer

Media players with speed control

• Gom Player (x, c keys)
• WMP  Enhancements / Play Speed Settings
• VLC: View/Status bar, bottom scroll

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Next Week Materials: Gender in Storytelling

• Gender, Storytelling and Culture
• Exploring Gender Identity in Early Childhood through Story Dictation and Dramatization
• Barbie can be a computer engineer ... but only with help of a man

Week#11 - Digital Storytelling

What is Digital Storytelling?
From : http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/page.cfm?id=27&cid=27
Digital storytelling at its most basic core is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. There are a wealth of other terms used to describe this practice, such as digital documentaries, computer-based narratives, digital essays, electronic memoirs, interactive storytelling, etc.; but in general, they all revolve around the idea of combining the art of telling stories with a variety of multimedia, including graphics, audio, video, and Web publishing.

Online Resources

General Digital Storytelling Resources

• Digitial Storytelling EVO Session
• DigitalStorytelling for Kids EVO Session  EVO2015 Info here (January 12 to February 15, 2015)  2014 Sessions
• Kathy Schrock's Megaguide to Digital Storytelling
• Center for Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling Examples

• Santee Students
• Tech2Learn (halfway down the page)
• CDS Playlists
• Web2storytelling Wiki
• Webtools4Educators
• UWM Students

Tools

• Zooburst (make your own 3D book) 
• StoryboardThat.com  (friendly, powerful comic strip generator)
  Curated Storyboards    Lesson Materials   Recent Boards (copy)
• Toondoo.com - Browse Toons   * How-to Guide
• StoryJumper  (how to, create, examples)
• Storybird.com  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
  (example Seven Ways to Survive School) 
• Utellstory.com  Overview   How-to Video  Example
• ZimmerTwins.com
• Slidestory - add audio narration to your original stories
• Photostory (for Windows) - download and installation required (tutorial videos here)

Make 'fill in the blank' Stories

• British Council Storymaker
• Storyteller
• Madglibs.com

Graphic Organizers & Worksheets

• ISL Collective
• http://eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
• http://www.successlink.org/gti/lesson_unit-viewer.asp?lid=2677
• http://edhelper.com/teachers/Storytelling_graphic_organizers.htm
• http://www.eslprintables.com/speaking_worksheets/story_telling/
• Example 1 (story map) Example 2 ('What happened?' Worksheet)

Week#10 - Language Skills & Online Tools (Part#1)

Discussion Questions

• Can you think of times when hearing a story has affected your behavior or actions?
• Describe significant experiences you’ve had learning via ‘fact presentation’ (e.g. reading bullet points or simple lecture). Which ones were effective or ineffective? Why?
• Describe significant experiences you’ve had learning via ‘storytelling’ (e.g.dramatic videos or a professor who told a lot of stories). Which ones were effective or ineffective? Why?
• In your past and present workplaces, how have bosses and supervisors gotten their message out via fact presentation vs. storytelling? Has it made a difference?
• What are some topics you currently teach via storytelling? How do you do it?
• What are some topics you currently (or will likely teach) via fact presentation that might be taught via storytelling instead? How would you do it? What would the challenges be?

Language Skill Activity Demonstrations

• Instructional: Jeff's Housing Vocab based on the NH Years
   
• Vocabulary/Grammar 'Make a Story' Activity (adapted from here , word lists from here)

Discussion

• How might you use storytelling-based activities to teach specific language skills
  
  
  • Grammar
  • Vocabulary
  • Speaking / Pronunciation
  • Listening
  • Reading
  • Writing

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Online Resources

Graphic Organizers & Worksheets

• ISL Collective
• http://eduplace.com/graphicorganizer/
• http://www.successlink.org/gti/lesson_unit-viewer.asp?lid=2677
• http://edhelper.com/teachers/Storytelling_graphic_organizers.htm
• http://www.eslprintables.com/speaking_worksheets/story_telling/
• Example 1 (story map) Example 2 ('What happened?' Worksheet)

Tools

• Zooburst (make your own 3D book) 
• StoryboardThat.com  (friendly, powerful comic strip generator)
• Storybird.com  Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.
  (example Seven Ways to Survive School) 
• Slidestory - add audio narration to your original stories

Make 'fill in the blank' Stories

• British Council Storymaker
• Storyteller

General Digital Storytelling

• http://digistorytelling.pbworks.com/
• http://digitalstorytelling4kids.pbworks.com/
• http:/www.hongkiat.com/blog/digital-story-telling-tools/

Week#9 - Storytelling, Your Brain, & Teaching

Storybook Reading Feedback

• Don’t like your voice. Changeable?
• Pace
• Facial Expressions
• Vocal Expressions (for character clarification)
• Connecting with the audience - Events (ask questions, interventions) - Checks for Understanding

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The Science of Storytelling and your Brain

Readings  (print friendly Google Doc here)

• The Science Behind Storytelling
   
• Why Your Brain Loves Good Storytelling - Paul J. Zak - Harvard Business Review
   
• The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains

Videos

• How Storytelling Connects Both Sides of Your Brain
• Your Storytelling Brain | Big Think | Think Tank
• The Story of Storytelling
• Connecting our Global Brains 
• The Divided Brain

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Discussion Questions (for Week#10)

• Can you think of times when hearing a story has affected your behavior or actions? 
• Describe significant experiences you’ve had learning via ‘fact presentation’ (e.g. reading bullet points or simple lecture). Which ones were effective or ineffective? Why? 
• Describe significant experiences you’ve had learning via ‘storytelling’ (e.g.dramatic videos or a professor who told a lot of stories). Which ones were effective or ineffective? Why? 
• In your past and present workplaces, how have bosses and supervisors gotten their message out via fact presentation vs. storytelling? Has it made a difference? 
• What are some topics you currently teach via storytelling? How do you do it? 
• What are some topics you currently (or will likely teach) via fact presentation that might be taught via storytelling instead? How would you do it? What would the challenges be?

Week#7 - Storytelling Activities - Part#2

In-class Games & Activities for reading storybooks

• Freeze frame
• I was present/ I was there/ What can you add?
• Continuing the Story
• Countdown
• Student Illustrators
• Mime & Guess
• Interviewing a protagonist

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Midterm 

Part#1 -  Due Oct. 26
Create a plan for an amazing storybook lesson using a specific book.  Try an activity you've never done before. The format is up to you, as long as you cover the main areas of lesson planning.

Part#2 - Due. Oct. 26
Jeff will email you a link to the video file of your storytelling. Watch that video  and provide some feedback to yourself.  This can include surprising things you noticed, observations of verbal and non-verbal storytelling style,  analysis of storytelling strengths and weakness, areas you'd like to improve on, and anything else that catches your eye. Be nice!

If you're comfortable using Google Docs, please use that for these assignments and share the file with jefflebow@gmail.com.  If not, you can email it to me at that address. 

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Assignments for Week#9

Readings

• The Science of Storytelling: Why Telling a Story is the Most Powerful Way to Activate Our Brains

Digital Storytelling Tool

• Check out Storyboardthat.com

Week#6 - Storytelling Activities

Lists of Activities

• Storytelling with Children by Andrew Wright
  94 activities (pages 31~74)
• StoryArts  Storytelling Activities & Lesson Ideas
• Storytelling Games
• Storybook Lessons Pinterest

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In class tasks
-  Finish whole group read aloud and usage discussion
- Look through Wright's Storytelling activities in pairs. Jigsaw and share the activities of most interest. 

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Assignments
- Look through the storytelling activity sites listed above and comment on this post about two or three that seem useful and how you might apply it in a real teaching situation.
- Bring a storybook to read for solo video practice next week.
- Continue contributing books that you really like to our Class Resources Google.  

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Midterm Preview

Part#1 - Create a plan for an amazing storybook lesson using specific book.  Try an activity you've never done before.

Part#2 - Watch your storytelling video and provide some feedback to yourself.  Be nice!

Week#4 - Finding Good Stories

Online Resources

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Reading Materials - Storybooks and Read Aloud

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International Children’s Digital Library   ChildrensLibrary.org 1000’s of children’s books from around the world , sortable by age level and book type. Best to use advanced search.

Story Online   Storylineonline.net

Videos of famous people reading storybooks. Includes printable handouts with activities, but not the original text of the books.

FreeKidsBooks   Freekidsbooks.org    Free stories to view online or download as pdf's. storybooks.

StoryBird    Storybird.com

Seven Ways to Survive School

Allows users to make their own visual stories using contributed illustrations. Thousands of user generated stories to read and discuss.

Children’s Storybooks Online    Magickeys.com/books

Illustrated books sorted by level (young children, older children, young adults)

Archive.org Children's Library   http://archive.org/details/iacl

Thousands of copyright-free children’s books in a variety of formats (e.g.pdf, mobi, html).

List of Children's Books for Reading  http://www.techsupportalert.com/free-books-children

Links to many sources of free children’s books and reading material

ESLFast   http://www.eslfast.com/eslread/A collection of 365 short stories for language learners. Each story include a slowly read audio and there are also quiz and dictation activities for each story. .

ER Central    http://er-central.com/
Dedicated to developing an Extensive Reading and Extensive Listening approach to foreign and second language learning. Lots of potential resources - many still ‘coming soon’.

Tarhell Reader    Tarheelreader.org

Hundreds of easy-to-read  user-generated books illustrated by using Flickr photos.

EastoftheWeb Children’s Short Stories - good source of text for several dozen stories.

Repeat after Us - Online Library and Language Lab

An assortment of stories, poems, and tongue twisters - some with audio recordings.

American ESL Folklore   http://americanfolklore.net/folklore/esl-reading/

A few dozen American folk tales retold within several basic easy-reading paragraphs.

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Comics

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Kidjutsu, Comics for Kids  http://www.kidjutsu.com/browse/comic

Free comics sorted by type and age level

Batoto  http://www.batoto.net

Goong   Comic    Discussion

International comics translated into different languages (mostly English)

Comixology   http://comixology.com

Large selection of comics for sale, but with a decent selection of free ones which change weekly. Some might not be appropriate for middle schoolers.

Newsarama Free Comics http://newsarama.com/topics/free-online-comic-books/

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Book Reviews, Recommendations, and Discussions

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TeenReads.com http://www.teenreads.com/reviews

KidsReads.com  http://www.kidsreads.com/reviews

Affiliated sites that provide book reviews, author interviews, and reading lists.

GoodReads: http://goodreads.com/     http://www.goodreads.com/genres/childrens

Reviews, recommendations, ‘best of’ lists,  and discussions of recent books

TheChildrensBookReview.com
    Sorted by age, level, and topic

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In class task
- Partner storybook reading practice.
- Whole group read aloud and usage discussion

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Assignments
- Contribute as many books that you really like as possible to our Class Resources Google Doc.  Look through the online resources and review sites shared during class if necessary. 

Have a wonderful (loooooong) 개천절 Weekend. See you October 10!

Week#3 - Read Aloud Techniques

Resources

• Storybridges Resource Page
• Jeff's Internet Reading Resources
• Our Class Google Doc of Resources
• How to access Google Drive in Busan Schools if it's blocked

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Read Aloud Time

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Storytelling Read aloud Techniques

Read Aloud Do's & Don'ts from Jim Trealease
Do's: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah-ch4.html

Don'ts: http://www.trelease-on-reading.com/rah-ch4-pg2.html

Videos
The Art of Reading a Storybook

• Part 3: Reading the book
• Part 4 - After a Story

How to Read a Book to Children (English)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM4PyyAo8eE

Watch Reading Aloud And Learning Languages - Reading Aloud Studying Technique http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcJzozpimnA


Reading Aloud: A Tutorial (Part 1 of 2)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6S3JN_7wac

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Discussion Questions

• What are the advantages and disadvantages of … ...reading a paper storybook ...reading a digital copy of a storybook ...playing a video of a storybook being read
• Which do you prefer, as a teacher and a listener?
• When you read a story to your students or children, how do you arrange the physical space?
• How would you describe your storybook reading style?
• Is it different from your personal storytelling style?
• Which of Trelease’s Do’s and Don'ts do you agree with (or not)?\
• What are you own Do’s and Don’ts for reading to your students and children?
• What do (or might) you usually do before and after reading a book?

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Read Aloud Practice

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Assignment: Bring a favorite storybook or two with you next class.  Prepare at least five minutes of Read Aloud materials. 

Week#2 - Storytelling Basic and More Get Acquainted Storytelling

Storytelling Basics

What is Storytelling
From: http://www.storynet.org/resources/whatisstorytelling.html
With annotations: https://diigo.com/03uez2
Narratives and Story-Telling http://www.beyondintractability.org/essay/narratives

What Makes a Story Great?
Andrew Stanton Ted Talk: The Clues to a Great Story
How Basic Storytelling Elements Transcend Cultures

• Make me care
• Create anticipation
• 2 + 2  not 4

Types of Stories

Stevedenning.com/Business-Narrative/types-of-story.aspx


Oral Tradition of Storytelling: Definition, History & ExamplesEducation-portal.com/academy/lesson/oral-tradition-of-storytelling-definition-history-examples.html#lesson


Discussion Questions

• What do you remember about engaging with stories as a child? 
• How did you (do you) consume most stories (storybooks, videos, oral presentation, etc.)? 
• Which Korean stories were your favorite? Why?
• Which non-Korean stories were your favorites? Why? 
• What was/is your favorite storytelling environment (bed, in front of TV, a stage) 
• What experiences do you have telling stories to children or adults(in or out of school) ?

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Tasks

• Storytelling Basics Discussion
• More Timeline Storytelling
• Photo Stories   Jeff Example

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Assignments

• Familiarize yourself with materials from Week#1 and Week#2
• Complete the Entrance Questionnaire if you haven't already done so. 
• Find a storytelling video or audio online that engages you. Post the link on our Video Recommendation Doc  and describe why it was interesting for you.