Storytelling is a powerful medium for a quest of doing good, spreading love and positive messages, and creating smiles. In this camp, campers join our award winning storytellers and educators in exploring ways of sharing their stories with authenticity for social good. Through live, online, interactive zoom sessions and a secure online camproom with discussion boards we will explore different elements of storytelling each day with the campers as they create individually and together from afar. At the end of each morning’s zoom session, the campers will embark on their day’s story challenges. As the campers build their story bites each day, they can interact, plan, and share with one another in the camproom’s discussion boards, as well as problem solve with and ask questions of our quest leaders.
Age: 8 – 15 year olds Date: July 20 – 24, 2020 Time: 10 am – 11 am PST / 1 pm – 2 pm EST
Camp At A Glance:
- Monday – Word Play
- Tuesday – A Picture Tells a Story
- Wednesday – Video Vignettes
- Thursday – Turn the Camera Outwards
- Friday – Stories for Good
Required equipment:
- A computer, smartphone or tablet
- A camera of some sort – can be a smartphone or tablet that has a camera to take videos and photos OR a digital camera where files can be uploaded to the computer
- Access to a high speed internet connection
- Paper and pens
Storytelling is a powerful medium for a quest of doing good, spreading love and positive
messages, and creating smiles. In this camp, campers join our award winning storytellers and
educators in exploring ways of sharing their stories with authenticity for social good. Through
live, online, interactive zoom sessions and a secure online camproom with discussion boards
we will explore different elements of storytelling each day with the campers as they create
individually and together from afar. At the end of each morning’s zoom session, the campers will
embark on their day’s story challenges. As the campers build their story bites each day, they
can interact, plan, and share with one another in the camproom’s discussion boards, as well as problem solve with and ask questions of our quest leaders.
Age: 8 – 15 year olds Date: August 3 – 7, 2020 Time: 10 am – 11 am PST / 1 pm – 2 pm EST
Camp At A Glance:
- Monday – Word Play
- Tuesday – A Picture Tells a Story
- Wednesday – Video Vignettes
- Thursday – Turn the Camera Outwards
- Friday – Stories for Good
Required equipment:
- A computer, smartphone or tablet
- A camera of some sort – can be a smartphone or tablet that has a camera to take videos and photos OR a digital camera where files can be uploaded to the computer
- Access to a high speed internet connection
- Paper and pens
Enter the exciting world of interactive digital storytelling by creating animated books and stop motion videos. Learn to storyboard, create voice overs, experiment with soundscaping, play with coding, and discover how to transform your creations in the editing suite. In this online camp, campers will connect with each other and their instructors through interactive video sessions and a secure online camproom with discussion boards. Each day will include a morning and afternoon interactive video session, time to work on the day’s challenge with instructor guidance, and an exercise / relaxation session.
Age: 13 -17 year olds Dates: August 10 – 14, 2020 Time: 10 am – 3 pm PST
Required equipment:
- A computer
- A smartphone or tablet that has a camera to take videos and photos OR a digital camera where files can be uploaded to the computer
- Access to a high speed internet connection
- Building blocks (such as, Lego)
- Paper and pens
There is a community and an audience online for just about every story, idea, and concept. The problem is that many people don’t know how to create their ideas online, and to build and engage a community around those ideas. That is what you will begin to build in this course – a storyworld around your digital media endeavours (whether for personal branding, business or a project). This will include utilizing WordPress to build a professional website, optimizing SEO to that website and an associated youtube channel, niche audience building, creation of and participation in a digital storytelling campaign, measuring social metrics, crowdfunding, crafting appealing email newsletters, and developing a long term strategy for continued community engagement.
While its true most of us have set up social media accounts, are you aware of the subtle nuances of using your social media effectively? Do you know how to stand out in the digital space over the non-stop buzz of social media noise? Ultimately, understanding the story you wish to tell is key, along with the art of being able to tell a good story. The focus of this course is identifying the story you wish to tell and learning to manipulate social media tools to better tell it. This skill set includes building your (or your business’) social media presence, identifying the best social media platforms for your story, and learning social media time management around your digital storytelling.