Story Work for Communities and Higher Education
Faculty members is many disciplines have applied digital storytelling methods in their teaching in creative ways. In these interviews they discuss their work and how DS has impacted their classrooms.
From July 2-11, 2013, 12 young people from Brazil attended a leadership camp through The Shriver Center at UMBC. The students are all participants in the English Access Microscholarship Program, which provides English-Language skills to talented young people from economically disadvantaged areas. During their time at UMBC, the students participated in service-learning projects, spent a … Read more
Mill Stories is a collaborative project bringing together UMBC students to help preserve stories from the Sparrows Point community. As the project develops, we hope that this website will present a form of database documentary, in which users can access interviews, videos photos and other cultural materials gathered from the community. Two classes participated … Read more
A pioneering and unique Digital Storytelling Project organized by UMBC’s New Media Studio and funded by Retirement Living TV (RLTV) has won a Bronze Telly Award. The prestigious Telly Award cites the Digital Storytelling Project as being among the world’s best in local, regional, and cable television commercials and programs, as well as among the finest in video and film … Read more