College of Education
Dept. of Curriculum & Instruction
Instructional Technology Program

CUIN 7358:
Educational Uses of Digital Photography
& Digital Storytelling

fall 2008

This course is linked with CUIN 7336: Popular Culture in Education

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-pop/7358-pop.htm 

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

Introduction to Digital Photography and Digital Storytelling

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

Digital Story Examples:

   * The Look

   * Thelma Scott Bryant

   * My Search

In summary, here are some examples of what you cannot do:

   * Reach

   * Moving to Houston

   * The Wizard of Oz

   * Symbols

   * Historic Moments - Bad Example

And some examples of what you Can Do:

   * The American Dream: Keeping Up with the Great Gatsby

   * The History of the World
       http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvQW3HKFoSo

   * 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 

Especially, the Pop Culture Stories at: http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/pop_culture.html

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-pop.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 related to some aspect of popular culture 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.