The more things change the more they stay the same…storytelling
has gone digital!
The art of storytelling has been around as long as mankind
can remember. People passing on stories from one to another is how we have
learned about the culture and history of mankind, and the experiences that
happened before pen and paper. Storytelling is how a great deal of information
is shared, it always has been and always will be.
However, times have changed in the way we are able to story
tell. We don’t necessarily all have to be sitting around a campfire or reading hieroglyphics
on a cave wall…we’ve gone digital!
Digital storytelling has been happening for decades. The use
of multimedia to tell our stories is important because so much information can
be relayed thru images, allowing the patron to actually see what is happening,
the emotions being felt, the actual location of the event, the way one’s
surroundings appeared during the time and place of the story. Digital storytelling
allows us to preserve memories long after the storyteller has passed.
For example, in this video from NBC Learn, a young Boy Scout is on a mission
to record stories of World War II Veterans. It is estimated that 740 WWII Veterans
were dying per day as of the time of this video in 2012. Digital storytelling will
allow us to recount the stories of these men and women long after they have all
past, keeping their memories, experiences, and life lessons alive for the rest
of us to appreciate. Click on the link below to check it out:
Even though the ways we are able to present our stories have
changed over the years, from cave walls and campfires to audio clips and still
frames…from record reels to high definition video…one thing is for sure, the art
of storytelling is here to stay!
Resources:
“Digital Storytelling.” Library Technology and Digital Resources: an Introduction for Support Staff, by Marie Keen Shaw, Rowman & Littlefield, 2016, pp. 201–202.
Ellis, Rehema. "Boy Scout’s Mission: Sharing WWII
Stories". NBC Learn, NBC Nightly News, 22 Oct. 2012, highered.nbclearn.com.ezproxy.palomar.edu/portal/site/HigherEd/browse?cuecard=61641
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