CHAPTER 5

USE OF
TECHNOLOGY:
THE e-PARADIGM
 CHAPTER OVERVIEW
The application of technology to further your
cause is a challenging undertaking to begin with.
Living in a digital climate requires us to become
more sensitive to their uses to be able to stay on
track.

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 “ Rapid changes in
technology have created a
market, in a society , where
information is king”
RAHIM, E. & DAWSON M., COLORADO
TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY FACULTY
 MULTIMODAL
ENGAGEMENT
Creating Multimodal texts prompts readers
to be more skillful in aknowledging
differences from one mode to another .
There is a need to know the purpose,
audience and genre to know what mode is
exactly needed.
SOFTWARE
RESOURCES
 PHOTOSTORY 3,
MOVIE MAKER
AND IMOVIE

Allow users to integrate

images, narration and
sound.
 ANIMOTO

Combines images,
sound and print
 AUDACIT
Y
Let’s you record, edit
and mix narration and
music
 VIDEOLICIOU
S2
Enable users to combine
videos, photos, music and
stories through a simple
talk and tap process
VOICETHREA
D
uses voice along with
documents, snapshots,
diagrams and videios
 INFO CORNER
The Digital Storytelling Association (2002)
voice Considers digital storytelling as the
modern expression of the ancient art of
storytelling using digital media to create media-
rich stories to tell, to share and to preserve.
 INFO CORNER
Digital Stories voice Derives its power through
weaving images, music, narrative and voice
together, thereby giving deep dimension and
vivid color to characters, situations and insights.
 DIGITAL STORIES 3 CATEGORIES

Personal Narratives stories that contain accounts

of significant incidents in one’s life

Historical Documentaries stories that examine

dramatic events that help us understand the past
Stories that inform or instruct
 A SAMPLE STORY BOARD:

Photos/videos Photos/videos Photos/videos

music music music

narration narration narration

camera movement camera movement camera movement

A SAMPLE STORY BOARD:
 “Begin Separate Ideas with Powerful
Quotations or Images for more impact,
introduce each separate topic or idea with a
relevant quotation or full-screen image that
evokes the topic instead of using a stock title
slide. Add a word or two about the topic if you
have to, or simply say it out loud and let the
quote or image support it.“