Digital Storytelling Workshop
Jan. 7th, 2010
Kenyon College

Digital technology makes it easy for people to create and share digital images, audio, and video, pushing the storyteller's art in new directions. Web 2.0 takes that art further by moving digital storytelling into the realm of readily available web applications. This workshop will introduce participants to the emergent field of Web 2.0 storytelling. We will explore its many forms across media and platforms, including narrative by blog, wiki, podcast, web video, SlideShare, and microblogging. Other topics will include audience as coauthor, story microcontent, antecedents, multimodal forms, appropriate tools, and emergent trends. Grounded in a series of real-world examples, the workshop will mix presentation with discussion and focus on educational uses. Participants will leave this workshop with their own web 2.0 story, the ability to use this technique for more engaging teaching, and ideas to promote deeper learning in their students through alternate methods of communication

If you would like to attend, please RSVP Marsha Zavar at mlzavar@owu.edu

Faculty Workshops
Fall 2009 Noon* Workshops
Sponsored by Libraries & Information Services

Sept. 23 (Wed.) “Video Production Basics” in AV 27

Chuck Della Lana, Audio Visual Services Manager, will provide a hands-on demonstration of setting up a digital camera and tripod. Participants will also learn basic shooting techniques and discuss lighting and sound considerations.

Sept. 24 (Thurs.) “Basics of BishopMail and BishopApps” in Corns 109

Considering moving away from Outlook or Eudora? Have you heard some of the benefits of BishopApps and would like to find out what the buzz is all about? David Soliday, Trainer & Help Desk Manager, will introduce what BishopApps has to offer.

Sept. 30 (Wed.) “ARTstor Fundamentals” in Corns 109

Learn the nuts and bolts of ARTstor (a robust image database) from Pete Szabo, Music/Public Services Librarian. This workshop will include discussion of its content and purpose as well as demonstrations of how to search for and use images.

Oct. 1 (Thurs.) “Video Capturing and Editing” in AV 27

Audio Visual Services Manager, Chuck Della Lana, will demonstrate several easy to use software programs that can be used to create digital videos for DVD or online distribution.

Oct. 7 (Wed.) “Making PowerPoint Powerful!” in Corns 109

David Soliday, Technical Trainer & Help Desk Manager, will teach the ‘bells and whistles’ of Microsoft PowerPoint so your presentations really impress.

Oct. 21 (Wed.) “Getting Better at BishopApps” in Corns 109

You’ve been using BishopMail and have dabbled in BishopApps. Are you ready to learn more of what it has to offer? David Soliday, Technical Trainer & Help Desk Manager, will go over intermediate BishopAppsfeatures.

Oct. 28 (Wed.) “Blackboard” in Corns 109

This course management system allows faculty to post course content, communicate with students, set up quizzes or surveys, and manage grades online.  Training provided by staff from the University of Cincinnati.  Schedule to be announced.

Nov. 4 (Wed.) “Got Digital Media? Preserve It, Describe It, Teach with It!” in AV 27

Learn how to use Ohio Wesleyan's Digital Resource Commons to preserve and present your scholarly work. Using a pilot project produced with Chris Wolverton as an example, Science Librarian, Deb Peoples, and Digital Librarian, Emily Haddaway, will demonstrate how faculty and librarianscan work together to create online collections--of images, text, audio, video, and more--for use in the classroom.

*Workshops include a free box lunch if you RSVP
Marsha Zavar at mlzavar@owu.edu or x3234

Liaison librarians and the Technical Trainer also provide individualized or departmental instruction on request.