Digital Storytelling Conference

18 - 20 May 2009

SESSION BOOKINGS NOW AVAILABLE

Tell your tales; make them true. If they endure, so will you.
James Keller

Literacy is the ability to use language to understand
and communicate ideas in society.

In the 21st Century we live in a world of moving images and to participate fully in our society and its culture means to be as confident in the use and understanding of moving images as of the printed word. Both are essential aspects of literacy in the 21st Century.

Digital storytelling is one way for our students to access, analyse, create, construct and communicate messages to make meaning in a digital world.

So how do we teach our students to thrive in a non-linear literacy environment? How can we teach students to use ICT to communicate in a way that is responsible and purposeful? We use the same ways we teach students to read a book, write a story or to listen and speak – we use engagement, modelling and quality teaching practices.

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If we start with the traditional art of storytelling then mix in new and emerging technologies, stories go digital! By combining the many elements: text, image, sound, voice into a story, digital storytelling is given its power, with each element playing a unique role.

As educators we face challenges in the 21st Century with how and where we and our students write and this is leading us to develop new ways of writing and designing curriculum to support these in this digital world – digital storytelling provides one answer.

As a learning experience Digital storytelling empowers students to create and communicate their learnings to a wide audience in a 21st Century global world. First and foremost the writing process is honoured in the storytelling process before it goes digital. Then with a blend of traditional and digital we give voice to ourselves and our students.

Digital stories can be personal, historical, informative or instructional and can be used by teachers as a way of creating and constructing digital content for learning experiences in the classroom. Digital storytelling can be planned within all KLAs and provides opportunities to develop 21st century literacy skills such as Critical Literacy, Information Literacy, Media Literacy and Visual Literacy.

There will be a variety of ways for people to participate in this Conference:

Option A A Colloquium with Marco Torres   10:30 - 3:00	18 May	$165 ex gst
Option B 3 day Digital Storytelling Conference	18 - 20 May	$435 ex gst
Option C 2 day Digital Storytelling Conference	19 - 20 May	$295 ex gst
Option D Free for QSITE members Event     Afternoon Keynote with MarcoTorres	18 May 3:30	$45 ex gst non-QSITE Members $20 non-member Uni student $140 for up to 5 staff from a single school

Marco Antonio Torres is a high school teacher, media coach and education technology director for San Fernando High School, one of the nation’s largest urban schools in Los Angeles. He is also a professional filmmaker and photographer who uses these digital storytelling skills to add value to his curriculum.

He has keynoted and presented at numerous conferences nationally and internationally. His practical workshops help teachers push theirteaching and learning to new exciting levels.Marco’s media rich program has been highlighted in numerous TV, radio, online,magazines, books and news periodicals. Very recently, Marco was recognized by the California legislature as a California Teacher of the Year.

Keynote: Digital Movie-Making in the Classroom : Marco Torres
Lights, Camera… Learn!

All participants will attend Marco's Keynote and then this will form the framework for the Colloquium with Marco from 11:00 - 3:00.

Kym Nadebaum has worked as an educator in South Australia for the past 30 years. For the past 10 years he has worked in a variety of roles at Technology School of the Future and the DECS Learning Technologies Branch.He is passionate about engaging kids in creative ways with digital media. He has a media background and has worked extensively in film making projects with teachers and students. His expertise is in digital literacy and digital media curriculum integration strategies.

Daryll Bellingham is a professional storyteller and narrative consultant based in Brisbane. For over fifteen years he has been performing and running sessions, workshops, projects in schools, preschools, libraries and community and corporate venues. He regularly runs storytelling workshops for libraries, schools, teachers and students. He is a member of the Queensland Storytelling Guild and has performed in and helped organise storytelling festivals and events around Australia including the current Australian National Storytelling Festival in Brisbane. Daryll's training in community theatre and improvisation combined with his finely honed appreciation of the narrative form through storytelling performance provides him with a unique set of skills for helping writers young and old to create fresh, exciting stories for performance or publication. During the Conference Daryll will work with all participants to help them create their story that will go digital using the tools and software available to us.

Storytelling and the narrative are an important part of the school curriculum across all KLAs as we ask students to define their knowledge in many ways across the curriculum.

Audience: Teachers from all phases of learning and KLAs,Teachers of English, Teachers of literacy, HODs, HOCs Teacher Librarians, Libarians and Teacher Aides.

MT & Lunch provided everyday

Sessions will include:
Be a storyteller - all participants will workshop with a storyteller to write their own story ready to go digital
Workshops on digital & critical literacies and where they fit in the curriculum

Hands-on Workshops
Tinkering with the technologies
Making Music - Garageband
Can you hear me? Podcasting
Shoebox Stories  - Photostory
Hollywood Stars  - Movie Maker / iMovie
Web2.0 digital storytelling
Ensuring Everyone Can Tell Their Story

Draft program

Registered participants will be notified when workshop sessions are
available for booking.

Please choose the Options for how you wish to attend the conference in the session bookings after you have registered.