Digital+Story+Telling

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=Digital Story Telling Project = = = = =

[[image:dscLogo.gif]][|Disability Services Commission (DSC)]
==[|and][|Challenger TAFE]==

//Digital storytelling involves combining narrative with digital content to create a short movie. Digital stories can include interactive movies with highly produced audio and visual effects or presentation slides with narration or music. Some learning theorists believe that as a pedagogical technique, storytelling can be effectively applied to nearly any subject. Constructing a narrative and communicating it effectively require one to think carefully about the topic and the audience's perspective.// [|Contributed by EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative], (2007)

**This project aims to create a training model through which people with disabilities can utilise photos, artwork, music and voice over to create their own stories on film, with the support of experienced writers, researchers, film makers and producer. Working in partnership with Challenger TAFE, the resulting model of training will complement the types of training strategies currently being utilised within Challenger TAFE’s disability programs and be transferable for inclusion in other training programs for people with a disability and/or other target groups .**

 The pilot will initially target 12 long term residents of DSC-run residential facilities. The students will be selected by DADAA as part of a large-scale project called the [|Lost Generation Project] from July 2008 to January 2009. One of the Lost Generation Project’s major strategies is for each person to have the opportunity to tell their story on film with support from researcher/writer/directors and experienced film makers.

This strategy was developed, as the project partners recognised that each person was invisible to their community unless they had the chance to tell their story in a way that was lasting, could be repeated to a variety of audiences, and allowed them to express themselves in a way that was impossible in ordinary community settings. The film product then has a variety of audiences, from the local arts group that a particular person wishes to join, to a potential employer, to broadcast TV. A major outcome of this process will be the immediate empowerment of a group of individuals who usually experience great difficulty in expressing who they are to many of the people they come into contact with. The project will enhance Challenger TAFE staff’s skills, providing a rare opportunity for them to learn new skills and strategies when working with the students that open a up a whole lot of new opportunities for them. Other ‘spin offs’ will be: increased opportunities for delivery of the resulting course to other people with disabilities and other students from a wide range of backgrounds; breaking down the barriers to demonstrate that traditional methods of assessment may not always work with this particular group; new means of demonstrating competencies.

DST Planning Phase

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Digital StoryTelling Links online reources
Inspiring Digital Stories