This document discusses empowering students as digital witnesses by having them document and share experiences using digital media. It provides reasons for story chasing such as developing literacy and critical thinking skills. It also lists ways to story chase, including using planned or impromptu recordings with hardware like digital recorders and software like Flickr, Audacity and Garageband. Story chasing projects are suggested to preserve local history and inspire creativity.

1. Empowering Students
o f 2 as Digital Witnesses
rt 2
P a by Wesley Fryer
handouts.wesfryer.com/storychasing
speedofcreativity.org
WiAOC09 - 23 May 2009
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2. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2093161846
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3. http://lc.celebrateoklahoma.us/video/silver-spoon-a-legacy-of
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4. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3556386031
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5. www.flickr.com/photos/vubui/47617247/
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6. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3557082762
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7. storychasing
1. define
ar t 1 2. reasons
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rt 2 3. ways
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8. inspire empower
www.flickr.com/photos/nzdave/303236483/
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9. Story Chasing?
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10. Story Chasing?
Using digital media recorders
and websites to document and
share events and experiences
on the global stage.
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11. http://lc.celebrateoklahoma.us/
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12. http://storychasers.org/
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13. www.slideshare.net/wfryer/empowering-digital-witnesses
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14. reasons to storychase
1. parent communication 6. model constructive use of
social media
2. develop literacy skills
7. develop digital citizenship
3. develop critical thinking (contextual copyright
skills learning)
4. provide a window into 8. develop digital literacy
learning
9. inspire creativity
5. preserve and share
family and local history 10. catalyze the learning
revolution
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15. ways to storychase
1. planned or impromptu?
2. hardware
3. software / websites
4. projects
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16. www.flickr.com/photos/damclean/3237807815/
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17. planned
or
impromptu?
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18. www.flickr.com/photos/geekmojo/2409461504/
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19. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/2996867277/
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20. http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Sony-ICDUX70-Digital-Voice-Recorder-MP3-Red?sku=482679
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21. 1. Plan
2 Produce
3. Chop
4. Publish
http://handouts.wesfryer.com/ds
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22. www.mpsomaha.org/willow/Radio/listen.html
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23. www.mpsomaha.org/willow/Radio/podcastbooklet.pdf
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24. www.mpsomaha.org/willow/Radio/podcastbooklet.pdf
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25. http://wiki.celebrateoklahoma.us/Home/resources/handouts
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26. http://wiki.celebrateoklahoma.us/Home/resources/handouts
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27. http://wiki.celebrateoklahoma.us/Home/resources/handouts
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28. hardware
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29. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/3200612202/
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31. http://pro-audio.musiciansfriend.com/product/Sony-ICDUX70-Digital-Voice-Recorder-MP3-Red?sku=482679
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32. software
&
websites
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33. http://audacity.sourceforge.net
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34. www.apple.com/ilife/garageband
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35. www.flickr.com
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36. www.flickr.com/photos/whitehouse
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37. www.flickr.com/creativecommons
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38. compfight.com
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39. www.zoo-m.com/flickr-storm
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40. www.flickr.com/groups/old_school/
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42. www.flickr.com/groups/kansasthunderstorms/
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43. www.flickr.com/photos/kansashorizons/sets/
72157617226001638/
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44. www.flickr.com/photos/kansashorizons/3468196283/in/
set-72157617226001638
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45. geo-tagging
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46. “Add to Your Map”
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48. www.flickr.com/photos/wfryer/417079418/
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49. www.geograffiti.com
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50. www.geograffiti.com/voicemarks/3440 www.geograffiti.com/map
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51. http://audioboo.fm (requires
an iPhone)
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52. http://audioboo.fm/boos/4480-galapagos-tortoises-at-the-okc-zoo
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53. www.loopt.com
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54. http://vocaroo.com
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55. http://voicethread.com
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56. www.gcast.com/u/wfryer/mothersday2009
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57. http://podcastgen.sourceforge.net
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58. projects
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59. http://drop.io/
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60. http://filmonthefly.ning.com
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61. www.storycorps.org
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62. www.storycorps.org/record-your-story/question-generator
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63. http://k12onlineconference.org/
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65. www.flickr.com/photos/envision/258845617/
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66. Skype Videoconference 24 February 2009
Geraldine, NZ - Edmond, OK, USA
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67. Empowering Students
o f 2 as Digital Witnesses
rt 2
P a by Wesley Fryer
handouts.wesfryer.com/storychasing
speedofcreativity.org
WiAOC09 - 23 May 2009
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