I created my mobile story using Animoto.com. I created an account and very easily was able to add photos, write text, and add music. All the photos added are my own photos (taken by me from years 2007-2015). Because this mobile story is full of photos it shows many different settings. The song playing in the video was provided by Animoto, "Making Memories" by Steve Fawcett.
The script is as follows:
Meet Bella Marie Cook
Became a Cook family member in 2007
Followed by 5 individual photos of Bella
Meet Bubbles Trouble Cook
Became a Cook family member in 2011
Followed by 5 individual photos of Bubbles
This is our story
Followed by 9 photos of Bella and Bubbles together
We love to travel
Followed by 5 photos of Bella and Bubbles together during travels
photo 1 - weekend road trips
photo 2 - swimming in Lake George every Summer
photo 3 - strolling in Newburyport,MA
photo 4 - visiting lighthouses in Maine
photo 5 - enjoying Cape Cod beaches
We love to celebrate
Followed by 3 photos of Bella and Bubbles together
photo 1 - hanging with Santa
photo 2 - dressing up for Halloween
We work hard
Followed by 1 photo of Bella in the office - growing up an office pup with Mom
1 photo of Bubbles in the office
We play harder
Followed by 3 photos of Bella and Bubbles together playing and one each individual
photo 1 - snow days
photo 3 - swim days
Most of all...we love our humans
followed by 11 family photos
photo 2 - the family was growing
photo 5 - hello baby Aubrina
photo 9 - hello baby Irelyn
Friday, February 19, 2016
Creating my first mobile story
The thought of creating my first mobile story was exciting. I immediately knew I wanted to create a story about my dogs lives. Bella (8) and Bubbles (5) don't just sit at home everyday. They grew up coming to work with me for years. They go on a lot of travels and visit a puppy park or two frequently. They are living life to the fullest and they bring such joy to our family. We are not just a family of four, we are a family of six. They are my furry children and I think their story deserves to be shown. I set out on Animoto to create a story about their beautiful lives.
Disclaimer/Ethics Statement
My Disclaimer/Ethics Statement was added on Feb. 14th 2016. Any updates/changes to this disclaimer will be noted in a post when the update/change is made.
I found myself greatly enlightened
doing the reading for digital storytelling ethics. Upon creating a blog for
school use or personal use I would not have thought about creating an ethics
statement, or disclaimer. I did not realize just how important it is to have on
your blog or website. You not only want to protect your rights, but want your
viewers to know you are not trying to infringe on their rights. When writing it
you are stating your intentions and that your intentions are true. Since I have
never intended on collecting data from anyone or sharing anyone’s information I
had not previously thought about discussing it on my blog.
I found creating the ethics
statement difficult. I read through all the material given a few times before beginning
to write anything. I wanted to make sure the language was right and that it was
straightforward. I also wanted to make sure it was a good length, but did not
drone on. It has to be easy to read and understand for anyone who may be
viewing it. Viewing other ethic statements definitely helped me write mine. I
started off with making a layout of categories I wanted to use – responsible party,
copyright, privacy, accuracy, concerns, comments, and changes to policy. Then I
went in and wrote in each category. I wanted to show that my blog’s intention
is just to show my personal views and not to offend or violate anyone. I think
my ethics statement turned out as I intended it to be.
"Best Practices for Bloggers:
Dimensions for Consideration - Center for Digital Ethics and Policy | Loyola
University Chicago." Center for Digital Ethics and Policy Loyola
University Chicago RSS. 2012. Web.
<http://digitalethics.org/resources/best-practices-for-bloggers-dimensions-for-consideration/>.
"Ethics / Privacy Statement /
Terms of Use." Hurlbut Visuals. Web. <https://www.hurlbutvisuals.com/blog/ethics-statement/>.
"Writing a Blog Disclaimer -
The Blog Herald." The Blog Herald. 2007. Web.
<http://www.blogherald.com/2007/10/02/writing-a-blog-disclaimer/>.
"Code of Ethics for Bloggers,
Social Media and Content Creators." Mor10com. Web.
<http://mor10.com/code-of-ethics-for-bloggers-social-media-and-content-creators/>.
Digital Storytelling
Before doing the readings I merely
thought of digital storytelling as someone presenting a story of some type via
a video on the internet. Digital storytelling is so much more broad than just a
video on YouTube. It expands the way stories have been told in the past, broadening
the horizon to reach people those stories would have never before. People have
been telling different types of stories since the beginning of time. This
started with etching stories on cave walls, continued with writing books, and
as technology has advanced it has expanded into different types of digital
storytelling. If you have a computer or some type of mobile device, you have access
to an endless catalog of digital stories. Digital stories can be created from
different platforms. Bryan Alexander lists some examples of podcasts, games,
blog novels, and even stories done tweet by tweet on Twitter. You can create a
digital story with photos, music, writing, video, or a combination of all. The
key is that a form of digital media is being used to present a story of some
sort. On your mobile device you can easily see stories from business trying to
advertise a product, people telling their own personal stories, and journalists
telling stories that are happening in our world.
Just browsing your social media
accounts you can see many different types of digital stories. Facebook is where
I found the digital story I am sharing today. I have seen this story on
Facebook many times and every time I’ve stopped to watch it. It makes me tear
every time I watch it and I think it is a beautiful example of a digital story.
This example of digital storytelling is created by a person showing a story of
a dog’s last day of life. Robyn Arouty is the photographer who took the photos
of Dukey (whom was the dog of her friend Jordan). Here is the link to the video
https://youtu.be/bDpLBPcrGBE . The
story can also be seen on Robyn’s website, http://www.robynarouty.com/i-died-today/.
Arouty, Robyn. Robyn Arouty Photography. Web.
<http://www.robynarouty.com/>.
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