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1.  Digital Poetry - Rose, Where Did You Get That Red?

Note: This is a workshop outline example. It was adapted from Helen Barrett’s Digital Storytelling workshop outline.

2.  Workshop Description

In 3 hours, participants will create a digital poem that is illustrated with still images, and includes a poem reading. Participants will understand principles of Digital Poetry and how this process can be used with students in the classroom. Participants will receive a rubric for evaluating their digital stories.

3.  Workshop Goals

1. Participants will demonstrate skills in the multimedia development process as they add multimedia objects.
2. Participants will demonstrate skills in digital poetry by creating a 1–3 minute digital video clip.
3. Participants will be able to discuss the use of digital poems to support achievement of TEKS content goals.

4.  TEKS Addressed

Not yet provided.

5.  ISTE NET Standards

6.  Technology Applications:TEKS Addressed

7.  Before the workshop

Participants should review the preparation video or web page and bring the following items to class: a poem they have written or selected that is “full of visual imagery,” and some images. Here is an example of a digital poem adapted from Kenneth Koch’s book, Rose, Where Did You Get that Red? Koch writes:

View Example - Rose, Where Did You Get that Red? | Image Citations

If they don’t want to create a story about what they teach, then suggest a story about a significant learning experience they have had in the past and how it led them to their current career role.

Start out with the same image that represents their school, plus their picture, and a couple of PowerPoint slides in JPEG or PICT. Limit the stories to one-to-three minute mini-commercials for the courses/programs. These may be individual stories, but collectively they tell a story of a whole community of learners.

Some web sites on Digital Storytelling to review prior to the workshop:

Center for Digital Storytelling (CDS): http://www.storycenter.org/

CDS Guide for the Canadian Film Centre: http://www.storycenter.org/canada/index.html

Scott County Schools: http://www.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html

Digital Family Stories: http://www.digitalfamilystory.com (which includes links to the BBC’s Capture Wales and other examples of digital stories)

8.  Post Production

After the workshop is over, collect the stories and create a CD-ROM (or DVD-R) for each participant with all of the files used to create their movie, so that they could continue editing the movie after the workshop. With written permission from participants, post their projects on your TILT Blog and encourage the Campus Web Coordinator to link post them on the Campus Web Page. [need permission form, if it already exists]

9.  Workshop Agenda

While participants are sharing their digital poems, the session facilitator will post them to their group blog.