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Faculty Digital Story Workshop, 2006
During January, ten faculty members attended an intensive workshop in digital storytelling at UMBC, sponsored by OIT, New Media Teaching and Learning and the New Media Studio. The workshop brought to campus Joe Lambert, co-founder and Executive Director of the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkeley and a leading figure in the digital storytelling movement. He was joined by Daniel Weinshenker of CDS's Denver office in guiding the participants in the creation of their own individual digital story.
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 gained insight into potential application of this approach in their own teaching.
UMBC faculty attending included Jason Loviglio, Greg Williams, Judith Schneider, Edward Larkey and Anna Rubin. In addition, instructors from other area schools including Goucher, Bowie State and the University of Maryland School of Nursing attended the workshop.
Following the workshop, Lambert met with members of the campus community to discuss how digital storytelling relates to teaching in a variety of disciplines, and how new ideas of digital literacy are embodied in the technique. Lambert told the group "The mix of photography, our voice, a piece of writing, music is extraordinarily powerful. We all dream, and we dream in Technicolor, not in text. So the idea that this form allows us to get a little bit closer to writing in the form of our own dreams is why the work continues to grow."
Joe Lambert's full presentation can be viewed in New Media's TLT brownbag archive.
The Stories
| East Marries West | Edward Larkey |
| Our Trip to Peru | Anna Rubin |
| My Mother's 90th Year | Judith Schneider |
| ID and Me | Greg Williams |
| Through My Grandfather's Eyes | Bill Shewbridge |
| untitled | Amy Peterson |
| Inconsequential Monuments | Laura Burns |
| A Mother's Love | Carol O'Neil |
UMBC Magazine: International Edition
The latest episodes of UMBC TV Magazine are now available for viewing online. This spring students from MLL 495/695 Intercultural Video Production produced four programs focusing on the international student experience at UMBC. You'll find stories on special events, resources for getting involved and digital stories. You will also find links to past episodes of UMBC TV Magazine. Enjoy!
Digital Stories from Charlestown
This summer UMBC students teamed with residents of Charlestown Retirement Community to create a series of digital stories. Drawn from the life experiences of the residents, the stories combined narration, animation, photos and music in short movies to be shared with others. Residents worked closely with student partners, acting as author and creative director of their individual story. Each student brought their own style and talents to the project, helping to create some unique examples of intergenerational storytelling.
The project was organized by the New Media Studio with funding from Retirement Living TV. You may view the videos below (requires Quicktime 7).
| A Traveler at Heart | Barbara Walker and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Mary's Waltz | Jean Singleton and Jorge Rios |
| My Two Grandsons | Mary Hein and Paul Iwancio |
| Barn Story | Joan McMann and Cathryna Brown |
| The Music Box | Marie Brinsfield and Samantha Duvall |
| Call Me Patsy | Tommy Koch and Andrea Olivier |
More Digital Stories from Charlestown
During the fall semester and winter break, students from the New Media Studio returned to the Charlestown Retirement Community for another round digital storytelling. Following the success of last summer's project, Retirement Living TV agreed to extend the workshop which they hope will form the basis of an ongoing program of viewer-submitted content for the network. This time cameras from RL-TV and the New Media Studio followed the students and residents as they collaborated in the creation of eleven new stories. The documentary footage and stories will be a part of an upcoming series on the project to be aired on RL-TV. You can view a short feature about the project here.
| Candles for the Wake | Jesse Poole and Joanna Lit |
| Christmas in England | Mary Hein and Andrew Chang |
| Crystal 3 | Jim Poole and Bill Shewbridge |
| Families are Forever | Barbara Walker and Jorge Rios |
| Ivan and Goo Goo | Barbara Kurz, Andrea Olivier and Cathryna Brown |
| Little Dog Miles | Jerri Mullinex, Andrea Olivier and Cathryna Brown |
| Magic Dust | Charlotte Valentine and Andrew Chang |
| My Father's Letter | Barbara Walker and Samantha Duvall |
| Nun for a Day | Marie Brinsfield and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Rude Polite | Barbara Kurz and Cathryna Brown |
| You're Never Too Old | Mary Zotain and Paul Iwancio |
Summer Seminar in New Media and Culture 2007
During summer session of 2007 for the first time English Language Center offered the Seminar in New Media and Culture to level 3 (intermediate) students. The class met five days a week for 3.5 hours during the eight weeks of the summer session and was taught by Polina Vinogradova.
The goal of this class was to introduce the students to a number of cultural concepts and illustrate how these concepts can be recognized and analyzed using a variety of new media genres. For example, in class, the students talked and read about the Iceberg Theory, individualistic and collectivistic cultures, cultures that use high and low context communication styles, identity, culture sock, and aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication. At the same time, the students watched a number of motion pictures, documentary films, online advertisements, and digital stories applying the cultural concepts they have learned about in the analysis of the latter. The students also worked on a number of weekly group projects one of which was a production of photographic maps in which they illustrated how the aspects of culture can be visually present and interpreted.
The final project of the class was a production of individual digital stories on which the students worked during the eight weeks of class. In this process, the students chose the topics of their stories, wrote their narratives, collected photographic images, and chose the music to accompany their verbal narration. The students also discussed their stories in class, peer-reviewed their narratives, and made online journal entries twice a week which allowed them to reflect on their progress and express their doubts and concerns to their instructor. The students also intensively worked in the computer lab putting their stories together under their instructor’s guidance. Several digital stories that were produced in this class can be viewed here.
| My Family | SUN HEE (SUNNY) CHOI |
| My Friends | JONG YOON (KEVIN) HAN |
| Travel is my Breath | BO HYUNG KOH |
| Vietnam: My Country, My Family | THAO NGUYEN PHAM |
| Sweet Homesick | OUMOU HELENE SAADE |
| JISUG (MELISA) SHIN | |
| The Market in Vietnam | LUAN MINH TRUONG |
| Changing Me: My Life in the US | HYUN JU (JAMIE) KANG |
UMBC Faculty Explore Digital Storytelling in Summer Workshop 2007
This summer, nine UMBC faculty members participated in a three-day digital storytelling workshop at UMBC. For the second time in two years, OIT and the New Media Studio brought experts from the Center for Digital Storytelling in Berkely to campus, giving faculty members an opportunity to learn the basics of creating digital stories while exploring possibilities for integrating new media into their teaching.
Joe Lambert and Stephany Sesse led the group through the writing and production process as each participant created a digital movie relating a short personal story. Faculty members included: Beverly Bickel, ELC; Steve Bradley, Visual Arts; Jason Loviglio, Media & Communication Studies; Nicole King, American Studies; Doug Hamby, Dance; Pat Scully, Education; Jody Shipka, English; Joan Shin, LLC; and Joby Taylor, Shriver Center. The workshop was conducted in the International Media Center with assistance from New Media's Bill Shewbridge. Several of the stories produced in the workshop can be viewed here:
| Steve Bradley | Rubbernecking |
| Jason Loviglio | The Fire |
| Joby Taylor | This I Believe: Mystery with a Capital "M" |
| Jody Shipka | Gonna Make You Sweat: Composing a History of 'this' Space (Windows Media) |
| Nicole King | Going Down South |
| Pat Scully | Our Family is Born! |
| Doug Hamby | My Big Sister Dianne |
For more information visit Digital Storytelling @ UMBC.
Digital Stories from Charlestown Round 3
The Project
The Charlestown Digital Story Project teams UMBC students with residents of Charlestown Retirement Community to create digital stories. Drawn from the life experiences of the residents, the stories combine narration, animation, photos and music in short movies to be shared with others. Residents work closely with student partners, acting as author and creative director of their individual story. Each student brings their own style and talents to the project, helping to create some unique examples of intergenerational storytelling.
Over thirty stories have been produced to date. In 2007, the project was recognized with a Bronze Telly Award.
The project is organized by the New Media Studio with funding from Retirement Living TV.
View a short feature on the project.
The Stories
| Candles for the Wake | Jessie Poole and Joanna Lit |
| Christmas in England | Mary Hein and Andrew Chang |
| Crystal 3 | Jim Poole and Bill Shewbridge |
| Families are Forever | Barbara Walker and Jorge Rios |
| Ivan and Goo Goo | Barbara Kurz and Andrea Olivier |
| Little Dog Miles | Jerri Mullinex, Andrea Olivier and Cathryna Brown |
| Magic Dust | Charlotte Valentine and Andrew Chang |
| My Father's Letter | Tommy Koch and Samantha Duvall |
| Nun for a Day | Marie Brinsfield and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Rude Polite | Barbara Kurz and Cathryna Brown |
| You're Never Too Old | Mary Zotian and Paul Iwancio |
| A Traveler at Heart | Barbara Walker and An Nguyen-Gia |
| Mary's Waltz | Jean Singleton and Jorge Rios |
| My Two Grandsons | Mary Hein and Paul Iwancio |
| Barn Story | Joan McMann and Cathryna Brown |
| The Music Box | Marie Brinsfield and Samantha Duvall |
| Call Me Patsy | Tommy Koch and Andrea Olivier |
| Arctic Memories | Jim Poole and Joshua Glassman |
| It's All Because of Aunt Lucy | Tommy Koch and Joanna Lit |
| The Chocolate Bunny | Jeri Mullinex and Joshua Glassman |
| All My Life's A Circle | Jean Singleton and Paul Iwancio |
| Felix and the Cardboard Christmas Tree | Joyce Bathgate and Cathryna Brown |
| Halloween Past | Betty Hession and Jorge Rios |
| The Lone Survivors | Jessie Poole and Samantha Duvall |
| Missing in Action | Jessie Poole and Cathryna Brown |
| The Dining Room Table | Barbara Kurz and Andrew Chang |
| Tinsmith or Tailor? | Gloria Mariani and Elana Consoli |
| The War Effort and I | Mary Zotian and An Nguyen-Gia |
| The Willow Tree | Regina Service and Elana Consoli |
| A Year to Remember | Marian Tongier and Samantha Duvall |
| My Dotage | Charlotte Valentine and Jorge Rios |
Faculty "Train the Trainers" Workshop, Summer 2008
The Workshop
UMBC faculty started the summer with a five-day workshop in using digital storytelling in their classes. Ten participants in the "Train the Trainers" experience received intensive training in the creative and technical aspects of teaching digital storytelling in a variety of contexts. Ten additional participants had an opportunity to create stories during a two-day mini workshop aided by their own "personal trainer." The Center for Digital Storytelling returned for the third year to conduct the workshop. Here are the stories produced during the week.
This short video tells the story of the workshop itself.
The project is organized by the New Media Studio with additional funding from OIT.
The Stories
| Typecast | John Fritz |
| Pete's | Kyle Halle-Erby |
| Being Jughead | John Willard |
| Glace 1993 | Donald Snyder |
| Butchering Day | Susanne Sutton |
| Song Land | Pat McDermott |
| Going Home | Doug Hamby |
| What's Wrong With My Face? | Joan Shin |
| The Family Gallery | Joan Costello |
| Paseos Con El Viento | Adriana Val |
| Journey to the Shriver Peace Worker Program | Joby Taylor |
| That's Why We Travel | Heather Linville |
| Why I Believe | Kathy Raab |
| Unfinished Business | Deb Arnold |
Somali Bantu Refugees Speak Through Digital Stories
In October 2008, the New Media Studio worked with members of the Somali Bantu community to create digital stories as part of the American Friends Service Commitee's Project Voice. The production workshop was facilitated by the Center for Digital Storytelling with a final production session at UMBC's International Media Center.
Baltimore's Somali Bantu's tell their stories of war, forced migration and resettlement to our city. In short digital videos, using original art, narration, and music, five young Somalis share powerful testimonies in English and their native Maay Maay, which they wrote and produced with the AFSC. Hand-drawn pictures of soldiers wielding automatic weapons and bulldozers decimating the countryside combine with moving narration, such as Mohamed Iftin whose farm was confiscated by the Somali Government.
The stories were released online on Dec. 10 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
You can view the stories and learn more about Project Voice here.
Stories from Intercultural Communications MLL 495/695
MLL 495 Intercultural Video Production
MLL 695 Intercultural Filmmaking
This course introduces the history and practices of the field of intercultural communication, including its diverse theoretical and conceptual approaches; its analytical and methodological tools of evaluation and assessment; basic principles of training and professional and career development opportunities in the various areas of the discipline, particularly as it is practiced at UMBC.
Since its beginning in 2004 this course has used digital storytelling as an introductory exercise, allowing students an opportunity to create personal reflective works. Telling their own story provides valuable insights into the filmmaking process as they prepare to tell the stories of others.
The Stories
| Camp Hilarity | Ryan Riehl | 2008 |
| With My Eyes Closed | Joey Ofori | 2008 |
| UMBC Women's Lacrosse Team | Suzanne Sweeny | 2008 |
| Egolandrysm | Landry Digeon | 2008 |
| Out West | Eric Robillard | 2008 |
| Sunday Dinners | Mallory Aaronson | 2008 |
| You Make a Wonderful Cup of Tea | Wambui Kamiru | 2006 |
| Goodbye to Pops | Doug Glynn | 2006 |
| Bitten by the Adventure Bug | Daniel Hall | 2006 |
| My Roots | Tsisana Maysuradze | 2006 |
| To My Parents (english) | Polina Vinogradova | 2005 |
| To My Parents (russian) | Polina Vinogradova | 2005 |
| Ode to My Family | Brian Greenan | 2004 |
| Second Chance | Sarah Hill | 2004 |
ELC 054 Cross-Cultural Communication 2009
The ProjectYhe English Language Center works with digital stories within the course “Cross-Cultural Communication and University Life” (ELC 054), an advanced English as a Second Language course. The 3-credit course is taught by Heather Linville and Tsisana Maysuradze in the spring and by Polina Vinogradova in the summer. The goal of this class is to help students recognize and analyze a number of cultural concepts as they are seen in a variety of new media genres. For example, in class, the students talk and read about the Iceberg Theory, individualistic and collectivistic cultures, cultures that use high and low context communication styles, identity, culture shock, and aspects of verbal and non-verbal communication. At the same time, the students watch motion pictures, documentary films, online advertisements, and digital stories applying the cultural concepts they had learned about. The students also participate in discussions, both face-to-face and on-line, in which they apply what they have learned to an analysis of their own culture and the culture they have experienced in U.S. campus life. The final project of the class is a production of individual digital stories. The process of working on the stories throughout the semester includes choosing the topics, writing the narratives, collecting photographic images, and choosing the music to accompany their verbal narration. The students also discuss their stories in class, peer-review their narratives, and complete online journal entries which allow them to reflect on their progress and express their doubts and concerns to their instructor. The students also intensively work in the computer lab putting their stories together under their instructors’ guidance. Several digital stories that were produced in these classes can be viewed here. |
The StoriesSpring 2009Tsisana Maysuradze’s class (054_8011: Fall 2008 Ahmad Alkaabi Summer 2008
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Summer Digital Story Workshop for Faculty 2009
On May 25, 26 and 27, UMBC's New Media Studio conducted a three-day introductory level digital story workshop for faculty. In addition to producing a digital story of their own, those attending the workshop gained insight into digital storytelling as a pedagogical and research tool.
The workshop was facilitated by a team of faculty, staff and graduate assistants who have over the last few years have worked extensively with digital stories in a number of ways. These included Bev Bickel, Jason Loviglio, Steve Bradley, Paul Iwancio, Bill Shewbridge, Polina Vinogradova and Satarupa Joardar.
One of the highlights of the workshop was a session on audio conducted by Steve Bradley of Visual Arts. Steve covered recording techniques and sound effects with a hands-on demonstration of creative techniques for building soundtracks.
The Stories |
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| The Last Dog | Bob Sloane |
| My Dearest Alexandra | Taryn Bayles |
| The Best Laid Plans | Susan Mundy |
| Lost and Found | Shuhua Bloom |
| See-It-There | Olga Kritskaya |
| Trashy Art | Sandra Abbott |
| My Movie Theater | Nicoleta Bazgan |
| 13,500 Feet | Bob Reeves |
| Hair Matters | Kimberly Moffitt |
| Everyone Should Be So Lucky | Jim Milani |
| Everything I Need to Know in Life I Learned from the Obama Inauguration | Christine Mallinson |
| Those Shoes | Constantine Vaporis |
| Diss-Eeese | Barry Casey |
Globalized Communication, Fall 2008
Students in this graduate seminar explored the intersections of communication and culture within a framework of global digital exchanges and new media. We investigated the unique challenges and opportunities in the public sphere of the internet for global and intercultural communication, collaborative knowledge production, political and personal stories and narratives, and participatory media. Two students made place-based digital stories that are described and linked here.
Negotiating the Ameristani Kitchen by Autumn Reed
This story takes place in my and Amar’s kitchen in Millersville, a suburb south of Baltimore in Maryland, USA. In appearance the kitchen is typical of what one would expect to find in the United States, but the food cooked within is anything but typical. Food is not the only thing made in this space, but also cross-cultural and cross-gender connections. The multiethnic foods prepared in this space serve as a mediator both linking and mixing the East with the West and the male with the female. This kitchen is a borderland; a place where barriers are broken down and stereotypes transcended and not only those of an American female but also those of a Pakistani male, for culture flows in both directions. Therefore, at one level, this story is about two individuals working out their differences in the kitchen, but at another level, it serves as an example of the potential that we have, as cultural beings, to learn from one another.
The Secret by Lori Edmonds
I had been wanting to make a video about raising “my” children for some time. Partly, I wanted to do this because I wanted to document that very rewarding and crazy time of my life and partly I wanted to do it because I had a very unique family and I thought others would find the story interesting. I was nearly finished writing it when a horrible event occurred with one of my children that I had not expected. I decided not to tell my original story after all but with encouragement returned to my original plan because it would also help me to emotionally deal with it. The result is one story that, in some ways, tells many stories. Yet, it is a simple story of life with its twists, turns, predicaments, and secrets.
Thank you for being part of my audience. This story was made for you. If you are one of my children, I hope this reminds you of the experiences we have had together and the power of our relationship because of the experiences we have shared. If you are watching this as a native of the Westside, I hope you enjoy seeing your city through my eyes. If you have not lived in this city (or another like it) I hope you are intrigued by the power of this place. When I speak of power, I’m referring to the unlikely way that the previous history of this space spilled over into our lives. I am also talking about the ability this space had to knit together the lives of four people and their four different stories. I hope that you are moved as your unique experiences interact with this story. In that way, the power of that place will continue to live.
Digital Stories from SPAN 305 Fall 08: Spanish for Heritage Spanish Speakers II
The MLL Department worked for the first time using Digital Stories with Spanish 305 for Heritage Spanish Speakers during fall 2008. This course is an advanced Spanish course for Latino students at UMBC (3-credit course) taught by Dr. Ana María Schwartz and Adriana Val as Tech Assistant.
The goal of this class is to connect the students with their Spanish heritage language and culture, as well as to prepare them to be competent bilinguals who can use Spanish for academic and professional purposes. Students participated in face-to-face as well as online projects to improve their oral, writing as well as technical uses of the Spanish language.
One of the projects designed by Dr. Schwartz was the use of Digital Stories. Students worked during the semester choosing their own topics, writing narratives, collecting photographs, and finding appropriate music to accompany their verbal narration. All students participated in peer-review in class, reflected with instructors and classmates about their narratives, and worked in the computer lab under the assistance of Ms. Val, personnel from the IMC such as Ms. Joan Costello, and video experts from the New Media Studio at UMBC. The product of this powerful work is the collection of the first digital stories from the first Heritage Spanish speakers who work intensively to share their personal stories.
Elver Alarcón: Todo sobre mi familia
Cristina Dalton: ¿Qué soy yo?
Ana Torres: Hacia los Estados Unidos
Claudia Zuniga: Mi mamá, mi héroe
AMST 325: Studies in Popular Culture Spring, 2009
Nicole King, Assistant Professor of American Studies, used a digital story project as a culminating assignment in "Studies in Popular Culture." Students posted their films on YouTube and submitted their projects as a link. Here is the collection:
Digital Stories from the Shriver Center's Peaceworker Program
Students in the Shriver Center's Peaceworker Program have created these stories reflecting on their service and experiences abroad.
Finda Hawa |
Let Me Tell You About You |
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 |
Honduras |
Sarah Hill |
Second Chance |
Joby Taylor |
Mystery With a Capital "M" |
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- ELC 054 Cross-Cultural Communication 2009
- Stories from Intercultural Communications MLL 495/695
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