Technology & Instruction for UNEX

Teaching online often involves creating good questions for online discussions. Questionating , by Corinne Miller, might be helpful. She explains the "art and science of Questionating" as a way to create a Question Bank. It might be useful for spurring some online discussion. If not, the Change This site is a great source of other ideas you might find helpful.

Our Digital Storytelling course only had 3 students signed up, so it was cancelled. Too bad. I was really looking forward to the course and had high hopes for it. Maybe we can try to offer it again, but this was the second try, so it may not happen. Alternatives (Our course was a bargain at $125!): Visual Storytelling with Audio, taught by Bob Sacha, at the Santa Fe Workshops , July 6-12. It sounds like a great course. A little more expensive than our Extension course, but it's also an entire week, so you'll probably have a great experience. $1045 The Center for Digital Storytelling has a 3 day weekend workshop in Pasadena from March 28-30th. Learn from the people who started the Digital Storytelling phenomenon. $495

Our Digital Storytelling class has 5 students enrolled. We need a couple more in order for the class to be held. Here is a digital story one of my sons created for a school project to give prospective students an idea of the kind of project you could work on.

If we have enough students, our Digital Storytelling class will begin next Tuesday.  Here's the course description from the UNEX catalog: In this class, students combine digital photographs with music and narration to produce a three- to five-minute digital story using Photo Story 3, a free application from Microsoft. Participants write a short script, arrange the photos, add narration and music, and save the final product onto a DVD. Students should bring 20 to 30 images to class along with an idea or story that ties them together. The class has 4 meetings on Tuesdays and Thursdays starting February 26th. If you'd like to see some examples of digital stories, check out this page on the Center for Digital Storytelling's website .