USSY 220 - Digital Storytelling: Creating Meaning with Sight, Sound, & Language

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Case Western Reserve University

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Storytelling can be a powerful tool to communicate and share experiences, explore meaning, and help people connect to one another. Storytelling bridges age, race, gender, and culture. It explains myth and creates a way to express individual voice. In today's digital age, there is an opportunity to illuminate, and express our stories with sensory images. Students in this course will learn to tell their own story, create collaborative stories, and understand other viewpoints through the use of digital media. For example, students can hear and record an elderly relative's journey, digitize photos from the past, and present that story in the context of their own lives. A group of students can explore a myth or past historical event by gathering images (letters, photos, music, art) and through crafting the story. This seminar draws upon students' creativity, symbolic representation, and personal expression. The tools for crafting stories include written text, multimedia presentation, and learning to verbally tell a story. In each of these venues students will explore ways in which sights, sounds, and language can be used to create meaning. Prereq: Passing letter grade in a 100 level first year seminar in USFS, FSSY, FSCC, FSNA, FSSO or FSCS. Prereq or Coreq: FSTS 100

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3.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.case.edu

Phone Number:

(216) 368-2000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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