{"id":740,"date":"2013-02-10T19:52:00","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T02:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/?p=740"},"modified":"2013-02-17T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T03:08:27","slug":"etmooc-digital-storytelling-not-that-into","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/chendricks\/2013\/02\/10\/etmooc-digital-storytelling-not-that-into\/","title":{"rendered":"(etmooc) Digital Storytelling, I’m just not that into you …"},"content":{"rendered":"

… and I’m not sure why. So I decided to work on a post to try to write my way to understanding my reticence.
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We’re now into topic two of<\/span> etmooc<\/a><\/span>, on digital storytelling. What is digital storytelling?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Storytelling, by Surian Soosay (Flickr; links below)<\/p><\/div>\n

According to<\/span> a University of Houston site<\/a><\/span>,<\/p>\n

Digital Storytelling is the practice of using computer-based tools to tell stories. … [A]s the name implies, digital stories usually contain some mixture of computer-based images, text, recorded audio narration, video clips and\/or music.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Storytelling is an art<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

It’s not just about putting together a video through, e.g.,<\/span> Mozilla popcorn maker<\/a><\/span> or putting some photos to music with<\/span> Animoto<\/a>.<\/span> It’s not just about finding and learning how to use<\/span> the many, many tools available for digital storytelling.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

As<\/span> Alan Levine<\/a><\/span> (@cogdog<\/a><\/span>) notes in his reply to a tweet during a recent etmooc twitter chat (#etmchat), the tools aren’t the most important thing:<\/span><\/p>\n

@dimitristzouris<\/a> I am not one not give weight to tools alone. One can create art or crap from any. #etmooc<\/a> I’m not hip yet on vine.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Alan Levine (@cogdog) February 7, 2013<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n