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February 9, 2012
In January, 2012, the New Media Studio offered its sixth annual digital storytelling workshop. As in past years, the workshop gave faculty members an opportunity to explore digital media production while creating a personal narrative, integrating voice-over with images and sound. This year for the first time the workshop was offered as a one-credit course as part of UMBC's winter session. As a result graduate and undergraduate students joined the group, giving the workshop a new dimension.
Here are some examples of the stories produced.
| UMBC | Patsy Kerstetter |
| Hidden Treasures | Gergana Kostova |
| Mexico | Meghan Park |
| Emma | Denise Perdue |
| The Unforgettable Year | Keegan Skipper |
| Through Natalie's Eyes | Joyce Bedi |
| Knowing Shakespeare | Robin Farabaugh |
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December 14, 2011
October 8, 2011

Students in the Shriver Center's Peaceworker Program's Summer Pro Seminar created these stories reflecting on their service and experiences abroad.
2011 |
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Whitney Swander |
The Turning of the BONES |
Tara Gill |
TEFL |
Michael Wissner |
I Knew I was in Peace Corp When... |
Margaret Howell |
IHTEP |
Kayla Keelan |
Tico Directions |
Joey Brown |
Tsunami |
Charlotte Keniston |
Spit on a Stranger |
2010 |
Joby Taylor |
Journey to the Shriver Peaceworker Program |
Emily Nelson |
Mbabba |
Oscar Sinclair |
Snowdoctor |
Tim Hartman |
The Arrival |
Kristyn Oldendorf |
A Family Fiesta in Honduras |
Renee Johnson |
Integration Check Point |
Michael Auerbach |
Peace Corps in Mauritania |
2009 |
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Joby Taylor |
Digging for Peace |
Lindsay Walberg |
What's in a Name? |
Dustin Hogenson |
Dusty's Digital Storyline |
Meghann Shutt |
Catching a Cow |
Jennifer Robinson |
Black Water |
Robert Dietzen |
Moving Day |
Katie Long |
Honduras |
Sarah Hill |
Second Chance |
Joby Taylor |
Mystery With a Capital "M" |
September 16, 2011
Prof. Nicoleta Bazagan has posted stories from her Spring 2011 French Cinema class here: http://www.youtube.com/user/nbazg . The stories are primarily in French however some students also produced english versions for extra-credit.
June 12, 2011
As part of her Independent Studies in the New Media Studio, Fulbright Scholar Meri Collazos Sola developed a multimedia project using digital digital storytelling to explore identity and culture shock. The project website, www.cultureshockstory.com is based on Meri's research in the Intercultural Communications program.
"This project contains the materials I will focus on for my scholarly paper. The scholarly paper should be related to some of the topics that we've done for the core courses. The main topics of the research will be intercultural competency, creativity and two up and coming new media formats: digital storytelling and personal documentary film."
June 11, 2011
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MCS101L, Multimedia Literacy Lab, is a one-credit course offered in two sections. The class is taken in conjunction with MCS333. Students were given 6 story prompts to choose from for their final digital story projects.
Final Projects
First Project
June 10, 2011
This spring students examined the history of American Youth Activism from 1945-1975 while producing digital stories and documentaries. Young Americans were important participants in the social, economic, and political changes that took place across society during the most intense years of the Cold War. The class emphasized skills in writing, oral history, and traditional research as well as digital storytelling computer technologies. Student first produced digital stories exploring the roots of their own political awareness. HIST 495 - 710 was held in the spring of 2011. The course was taught by Dr. Kriste Lindenmeyer, Chair of the UMBC History Department and Dr. Bill Shewbridge, Director of the New Media Studio.
You can view the projects here.
May 26, 2011
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During the spring 2011 semester, students in MLL 495/695 Intercultural Video productions completed two community-base digital story projects. The first brought the class to the Arbutus branch of the Baltimore County Public Library to help tell the stories of the librarians and others in the community. This was the second year for the project.
Next the class went to the Charlestown retirement community for aa new round of Charlestown stories. This was a continuation of an award-winning project that began in 2006.
The semester culminated in a showing of all stories hosted by the Arbutus Library.
| Charlestown Stories | |
| My Life as a Boy Scout | Barbara Walker and Thomas Conner |
| Caterpillar Corral | Marie Brinsfield and Abigail Farrara |
| The Old Farm House | Jeri Mullinix and Josh Cochran |
| In My Heart I Will Always be a Dancer | Ebbe Saleski and Madeline Smith |
| An Unexpected Slap | Lloyd Stewart and Keith Blomberg |
| Girls of the Limberlost | Miriam Tongier and Brandon Callahan |
| The Little Girl Who Grew Up at Charlestown | Charlotte Valentine and Amanda Winters |
Arbutus Library Stories |
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| Getting from Here to There | Gloria Ries, Tom Conner & James Peak |
| Arbutus Library | Gail Ross, Abby Fanara and Lei Lou |
| The Fair of the Iron Horse | John Roth, Josh Cochran & Keith Blomberg |
| Library Rat | Aldemore Turgeon,Cara Marie & Muhammed Ashraf |
| Arbutus Library | James Klein, Brandon Callahan & Christine Sadowski |
| Arbutus Branch Library: Then and Now | Jennie Gill, Madeline Smith & Amanda Winters |
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April 18, 2011
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March 29, 2011
With the goal of building a greater sense of community in the Linehan Artist Scholars Program, students in the Linehan Freshman Seminar class participated in a Digital Story Workshop over a four week period. Their stories reflect the broad concerns of young talented artists as they begin their university careers in the arts. The stories speak of family, creative passions, and the search for identity in a complicated and fractured world.