From the UNE catalog:
“The practices of digital storytelling bring the digital creation tools of the current age together with the varied traditions of storytelling. Digital storytelling connects the creative energies of the author-artist to the digital media techniques through which the artist expresses their creativity. Students in the course will exercise their creative energy in telling stories digitally as they develop their ability to use relevant digital (hardware and software) tools. Digital storytelling encompasses storytelling through sound, video, image, the intersection of word and image, and more. Accordingly, it lends itself well to the topics-based approach. Spring 2023: “Topics in Digital Storytelling: Podcasts” focuses on the techniques involved in telling engaging audio stories: Story structure, interviewing, sound capture, mixing, and editing. Students will work individually and collaboratively to pitch and produce a variety of shorter- and longer-form audio stories.”
This class has helped me understand a way to get my own voice and story out in the world. Having a podcast is a great way to convey information or just to get your own opinions out in the world. It has also helped me get more out there and more comfortable with myself and try things. Having never liked my voice in recordings I had to get used to it. I feel like you can defiantly see that throughout all the podcasts that were created. Also, being able to learn about different audio capture is an interesting way to tell a story more than just talking into a microphone. The interviews were my favorite part of the class, I think they have gotten better every time I did one building off the advice I had received from the once before.
