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October 12, 2012
The New Media Studio will offer a three-day digital storytelling workshop on January 16, 17 and 18, 2013 (10am - 4pm). Bringing together writing, photography and audio, the digital storytelling process facilitates the telling of personal and reflective stories in the form of digital movies. Through the process of producing their own digital stories over a three-day period, workshop participants gain insight into potential application of this approach in their own teaching. For those of you not familiar with the workshop you can find more information and story examples from last year here.
The workshop is available to UMBC faculty free of charge however we ask that you commit to attending the full three days. There are a limited number of seats available for faculty from other area institutions. The fee for non-UMBC faculty will be $500.
If you are interested in reserving a seat please contact me at shewbrid@umbc.edu. Preference will be given to those who have not taken one of our workshops before, however alumni are welcome to join us if space is available.
August 26, 2012
UMBC's digital story work is highlighted in a new publication from EDUCAUSE. Game Changers: Education and Information Technologies contains case studies highlighting creative solutions to higher education challenges in difficult times. The chapter Stories in Our Classrooms: A Faculty Community of Practice as an Agent of Change by Beverly Bickel, William Shewbridge, and Jack Suess, describes the development of story work at UMBC and its importance in promoting digital literacies on campus.
Editied by Diana Oblinger, the book and individual chapters are avaiable for free download.

April 28, 2012
The New Media Studio's digital story work and the MCS 101 Multimedia Literacy Lab were featured in the April edition of "Urbanite" magazine. You can read "The Wired Campus" article online here.
March 29, 2012
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.
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.
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