For Part 1 of my digital story telling experimentation I decided to try out Five Card Flickr. Five Card Flickr is a very easy story telling tool to use. You simply click the link that brings up random images, choose one in each of the 5 sequences and write a short story about the photos you chose. The images are kind of like a visual story prompt and are all quite lovely. I enjoyed the ease of the Five Card website as well as the variety of images that are shown to choose from.
Here is my first Five Card Flickr story.
Five Card Story: Journeys
a Five Card Flickr story created by Haleigh Oberkirsch
flickr photo by bionicteaching
flickr photo by Serenae
flickr photo by bionicteaching
flickr photo by Serenae
flickr photo by bionicteaching
I had a dream that I walked down a road and came to a raspberry bush, it had the most beautiful lush berries on it- the kind that grow on my grandparents farm! All of a sudden I was tossed into a desert but when I entered a small tunnel I discovered the other entrance led to an earth toned urban center. As I looked around an eagle feather floated down from the sky and landed on my head and as I grabbed the feather I was thrust above the buildings and I was the bird.
Five Card Story: Play Time
a Five Card Flickr story created by Haleigh Oberkirsch
flickr photo by bionicteaching
flickr photo by Serenae
flickr photo by bionicteaching
flickr photo by bionicteaching
flickr photo by bionicteaching
Under a tree sat two young children. As they sat the giggled about the trails the had encountered at their school. One trail had lead them to an abandoned swing set by a pond where they had found their most prized possession, their slimy new pet.
For part 2 of my digital story telling experiment I chose to do three Daily Create tasks. I really enjoyed looking through the different Daily Create tasks. I like that the tasks are all different in that some are writing, some are drawing, videos, photos, etc. all is done and shared digitally with the rest of the class. I think that this is a very cool tool that I would like to do once I have my own class because it gets the creative juices flowing. I also had to learn how to use Flickr for the Daily Creates and it is very quick and simple to use.
The first Daily Create I did was Daily Create #455 (tdc455) called: You know it’s going to be a good day when…
I really enjoy playing in mud...in my husband's and my car. I especially enjoy doing this on the back road to his parents' house and watching his face as I do so. He really enjoys having a clean car and I think it's really funny when it's covered in mud because well, I love mud and have loved the feeling of it since I was the tender age of two. The irony of it all is that I hate being dirty so if I get out of the car and brush it on my way out, I'm not a happy camper.
What is something simple that brings you joy?
My advice on digital story telling? Give it a try because it can actually be a lot of fun! This from a girl who does NOT consider herself a story teller in any way. So, go on give it a try and send me a link in comments to show me what you can come up with!
Cheers!