Storybridges: November 2014

Friday, November 28, 2014

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?

Friday, November 21, 2014

Week#12 - Digital Storytelling for Advanced Language Learning

Storytelling Podcasts

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

Videos

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

Next Week Materials: Gender in Storytelling

Friday, November 14, 2014

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

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

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)

Friday, November 7, 2014

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