The effect of technology on our world in the past decade has been mind boggling. Perhaps its greatest impact has been the explosion of tools to create and share pictures, movies and sounds. What used to cost thousands of dollars and require years of training is now accessible to anyone with a camera and an internet connection. Abundance is resulting in an unbelievable amount of content but still a very low percentage of quality. As educators, it is clear we must consider viewing and multimedia content creation every bit as important as reading and writing. Visual communication is the professional language of th future. Let's examine together how we'll make our classrooms places where students can utilize the tools to tell amazing, beautiful stories.

1. The Story of Pixels
Telling Stories with Pixels Dean Shareski
SSLA Learning Event
http://www.flickr.com/photos/viamoi/2178045449/ February 16. 2011

2. Where’s the handout?

3. http://delicious.com/shareski/ssla

4. @shareski
shareski@gmail.com
shareski.ca

5. How did we get here?

6. How did we get here?
What can model?

7. How did we get here?
What can model?
More than words

8. How did we get here?
What can model?
More than words
Sharing matters

9. A Progressive Story
1. Tell a story using each slide as your prompt
2. 1st person choose second and continue on
3. You’ll have 20 seconds per slide

10. 6

16. cc licensed flickr photo by ayemo: http://flickr.com/photos/ayemo/2760308168/

17. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/2699829038/

19. Image: txt’ing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520/

20. The End

21. Communicate
is
to
Share
is
to
Tell
Stories
is
to
Present
is
to
Teach
http://www.flickr.com/photos/9812708@N03/2666345725/
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22. What is digital
storytelling?

23. What is digital
storytelling?
Sharing using media

24. The greatest digital divide is
between those who can read
and write with media, and
those who can't.
Elizabeth Daly
cc licensed flickr photo by jayRaz: http://flickr.com/photos/shnakepup/2935979173/ 19

26. Voice

27. Voice
Pen

28. Voice
Pen
Typewriter

29. Voice
Pen
Typewriter
Imagination
Machine
cc licensed flickr photo by Anonymous Account: http://flickr.com/photos/anonymouscollective/4241315246/
cc licensed flickr photo by Olivander: http://flickr.com/photos/olivander/3383454343/
cc licensed flickr photo by yohann.aberkane: http://flickr.com/photos/yohann-aberkane/2836258475/

30. Who’s the big kid in the suspenders?

33. 50,400

34. 50,400
hours of video per day

35. 1,000,000,000 +

36. 1,000,000,000 +
videos per day

37. Hours of Content Per Day
TV Youtube
60000
45000
30000
50400
15000
0 60 0 400 0 2000
1970 2000 2009

38. 99.9% of what’s on
Youtube....

39. 99.9% of what’s on
Youtube....
is crap

40. ...the professional language of the future
NY times
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mattimattila/4306412944/

42. 60,000 times faster than text

43. The Power of the Pictograph

45. The Boy is Sad.

46. cc licensed flickr photo by ayemo: http://flickr.com/photos/ayemo/2760308168/

49. The Archivist and the Photographer

50. http://www.flickr.com/photos/scriptingnews/2699829038/

54. You

55. You

56. You
173,955,468

57. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

58. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

59. Consumption Creation
Reading Writing
Listening Speaking
Viewing Representing

60. Image: txt’ing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/2831891520/
Are we designing and creating for the past
or the future?

61. What can
you model
for your
students?

62. 1,142
days

65. http://www.flickr.com/photos/dkuropatwa/4766403166

67. My hometown

70. What about equipment?

71. How might these
examples translate
into the classroom?

72. More than Words

74. http://www.youtube.com/user/SearchStories

75. Whose woods these are I think I know.
His house is in the village, though;
He will not see me stopping here
To watch his woods fill up with snow.
My little horse must think it queer
To stop without a farmhouse near
Between the woods and frozen lake
The darkest evening of the year.
He gives his harness bells a shake
To ask if there is some mistake.
The only other sound's the sweep
Of easy wind and downy flake.
The woods are lovely, dark and deep,
But I have promises to keep,
And miles to go before I sleep,
And miles to go before I sleep.

76. wordle.net

78. http://www.flickr.com/photos/deapeajay/2308017152/

80. http://www.flickr.com/photos/calliope/2147672236/

81. 6 word Stories

82. The power of the human voice

83. Explore Formats

84. Sharing

86. Cognitive
Surplus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedconference/4727376547/

87. cause silly leads to...

88. cause silly leads to...
sublime

89. Thank you
and tell great stories
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