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spotlight for January 2004
The January 2004 Ocotillo Spotlight highlights two faculty at South Mountain Community College who share via digital video their experiences storytelling in Australia and New Zealand.
Traditional Tellers Add a Digital Touch to their Travels
written by Mary Long, Philosphy faculty and Ocotillo Chair, South Mountain Community College
mary.long@smcmail.maricopa.edu
Two faculty from the Storytelling Institute at South Mountain go digital to
tell the stories of their journeys Down Under (Australia and New Zealand) as part of the Australia Faculty Exchange Program last summer. Lorraine Calbow and LynnAnn
Wojciechowicz added the digital dimension to their traditional storytelling
art.
From their travels and tales, each has woven a digital story which you can find linked at the end of this spotlight.
Storytelling Gifts
In a sociocultural milieu in which community is often lost
and diversity is not understood as an opportunity of coming together in unity,
storytelling is a way to bridge the personal distances between peoples. Digital
storytelling is a way to share that experience with others.
In Storytelling Gifts, during their travels to New Zealand, Lorraine relates a custom of the Maori they learned at the
Maori Intensive School from the children there. She states,
"We arrived early,
were taken into every classroom to meet students, and learned Maori
customs 'Kia ora' - be with life -
foreheads together and nose to nose, breathing in one another's breath. Then
for an hour, we told stories and became one community."
Tea Time in Australia
In Tea Time in Australia LynnAnn describes one of her most outstanding memories, the Melbourne Shrine of Remembrance.
"The shrine was constructed so that on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. the light shines through a window on the word 'love' in the passage, 'GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN'. The
shrine is on the top of a hill that has a beautiful view of downtown Melbourne."
Through her digital story we see the
shrine and are reminded that we share enduring memories of historical events.
Digital Stories
Lorraine and LynnAnn would like to offer a big thank you to Linda Hicks and Rachel Woodburn, who teach the Digital Storytelling course at Scottsdale Community College for graciously helping with the creation of these digital stories.
| Storytelling Gifts | Tea Time in Australia |
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by Lorraine Calbow
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by LynnAnn Wojciechowicz
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| Note: These streaming video clips are designed for viewing on a high-speed (broadband) internet connection. |
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