CUIN 7358 Linked with ELED 7325

August 25, 2008: Class One Course Blog return to main page

Topics for Class One:

   Introduction to the Course & Course Website
   Introduction to Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling
   Review Digital Story Examples
   Discussion of Digital Camera Use
   Downloading Images from the Web

Assignments for Next Class:

Reading Assignments
Blog Assignments
Hands-On Assignment 1

Introduction to the Course & Course Website

The course website is online at:
http://courses.coe.uh.edu/brobin/7358-lit/7358-lit.htm

The course syllabus is online at:
http://courses.coe.uh.edu/brobin/7358-lit/syllabus/7358-lit-syllabus.htm

Introduction to Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling

Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling Website
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/

New DS Website (will replace the existing site this week)
http://osx.soc.uh.edu/~ds/index.html

Digital Story Examples:

The Look

Scissors

Thelma Scott Bryant

My Search

The Wizard of Oz

In summary, here is an example of what you cannot do:

Historic Moments - Bad Example
Historic Moments - Good Example

Discussion of Digital Camera Use

Students may use their own digital cameras for this course. If you do not have a digital camera, one will be available for you to check out from the CITE Lab.

In-Class Activity: Downloading Images from the Web

Web Search Tools:

Google Image Search

Yahoo Image Search

Tips:

Restrict Search for Large Images Only

Be Sure to Save the REAL Image NOT the Thumbnail Image

Rename Images with Meaningful Names

For more information, refer to:

Searching and Downloading Images from the Internet
http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/pdfs/downloading_images.pdf

Assignments for Next Class:

Reading Assignments

A Multilevel Approach to Using Digital Storytelling in the Classroom
http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/multilevel-approach.htm

The Educational Uses of Digital Storytelling
http://discovery.coe.uh.edu/7358-f07/class1/Educ-Uses-DS.pdf

Plus review the following:

More Digital Story Examples
http://www.coe.uh.edu/digitalstorytelling/examples.htm

The War Experience: Memories of WW II
http://www.thewar.coe.uh.edu/

Especially, the stories at: http://www.thewar.coe.uh.edu/explore/index.cfm

Hoaxes!
http://hoaxes.coe.uh.edu/

Blog Assignments

Post a comment on the course blog at: http://cuin7358-lit.blogspot.com in which you introduce yourself and briefly discuss your experience with technology in general, and with digital photography and digital storytelling, specifically. Also, please indicate what type of digital camera you have used in the past and discuss what technology skills you hope to gain from this course.

Hands-On Assignment 1:

Select any topic you wish (it can be related to children's literature, adult literature, or any other topic in which you have an interest) and find at least 10 digital images that could be used to help tell a story on that topic. The images may be downloaded from the web or may come from any other source you choose. Once you have the images, you should put them in order so that the begin to form a visual outline of a story.

If you want, you may use the program of your choice to arrange the pictures or you may simply bring the images with you to the next class on a CD, a flash drive or you may upload them to a location where you can access them from the CITE Lab next week.
As an example, here are some images that begin to form a visual outline of the 20th century, where each picture represents a different decade for the 1900s to the 1960s.

In addition, depending on your experience with a digital photography, you may want to begin taking some practice photos with a digital camera, if you have access to one. Remember that you may check out a digital camera from the CITE Lab if you do not have one you wish to use.

The pictures do not need to be on any particular subject, however, try not to delete all of the images you don't think are good, since reviewing poor quality images can often be a very helpful component of improving digital photographs.