Open Workshops

Over the last 16 years, we have honed and tested our digital storytelling workshop practices in a wide variety of contexts with a diverse number of people, from the techno-savvy to the techno-phobic. Participating in a workshop is the best way to grasp our work. The sense of connection, of discovery or risk, and of reward, can be profound. Here are our current open workshop offerings:

The goal of the three-day Standard Workshop is to design and produce a three to five minute digital story. Participants craft and record first-person narratives, collect still images, video, and music with which to illustrate their pieces, and are guided through computer tutorials that enable them, with teacher support, to edit their own stories.

The three-day Educator Workshop is designed specifically for K-12 classroom teachers. Participants create shorter, first-person digital stories through the process outlined above and also have an opportunity to discuss useful tools and practical applications for introducing the methodology into a classroom setting.

In an effort to formalize our ongoing support of digital storytelling facilitators, we offer a week-long Facilitator Intensive Training that explores the principles, methods, software tools, and curriculum issues that experienced technology educators must consider when leading digital storytelling processes in their own environments. Attendance in a Standard or Educator workshop is a pre-requisite for this workshop.

The University of Colorado at Denver (CU), in conjunction with the Center, is offering a Digital Storytelling Certificate Program -- a series of three CU-transcripted, graduate-level courses in which participants develop the skills necessary to produce digital stories as well as facilitate their use across a wide range of educational and work settings. The Certificate Program consists of our three-day Standard or Educator workshop, a ten-week online course, a five-day Facilitator Intensive Training workshop, and a one-credit, self-paced implementation course.

We also offer customized program development services.