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Share a Backstory: Win an iPad3 and iRig Mic from Storychasers

March 18, 2012

Would you like to win a new iPad3 and iRig microphone for yourself or your classroom? Through April 30, 2012, Storychasers is inviting any adult who has created and shared a digital story on Celebrate Oklahoma Voices, Celebrate Kansas Voices, or Celebrate Texas Voices to submit a “backstory” about that video to enter a drawing [...]

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Student Storychasers Begin Work at Skyview Elementary in Yukon, Oklahoma

February 15, 2012

On February 15, 2012, the Yukon Review newspaper shared the following photograph and caption about the first student Storychasers group starting at Skyview Elementary School in Yukon, Oklahoma. 3rd grade students are working with their principal, Carla Smith, to write articles about school news and record their articles as a “radio show.” Radio WillowWeb from [...]

Teaching Creativity and Innovation to Inventive Minds: August 3-5, 2011 at OSU

July 22, 2011

Are you an Oklahoma K-12 teacher interested in: Helping your students become more creative? Learning more about STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) careers for your students? Obtaining “digital backpack” equipment (including a new digital camera, digital audio recorder, headset with microphone, and more) you and your students can use to create videos for class [...]

Kansas Educators: Become a Storychaser this summer in Haysville, Greenbush or Andover!

June 7, 2011

Storychasers is hosting THREE two day digital storytelling workshops this summer in Kansas for teachers, librarians, administrators and others interested in technology integration, multimedia video production, oral history and preserving community voices. The three workshop dates and locations are: June 28-29, 2011 in Haysville, Kansas July 25-26, 2011 in Greenbush, Kansas August 3-4, 2011 in [...]

Oklahoma Educators: Become a Storychaser at OSU June 23-24, 2011

June 2, 2011

Storychasers is hosting a two day digital storytelling workshop June 23-24, 2011, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, on the campus of Oklahoma State University. Register to join us, and please forward this information to others you know who may be interested! A 1 page PDF marketing flyer about the workshop is available. Why attend our 2 day [...]

Register to attend June and July 2011 Storychaser Workshops

May 17, 2011

Storychasers is pleased to announce registration is open for SEVEN digital storytelling workshops in Oklahoma and Kansas in June and July 2011. These workshops for Celebrate Oklahoma Voices (COV) and Celebrate Kansas Voices (CKV) will be held the following dates in different locations: COV 1-2 Jun 2011 Muskogee, Oklahoma (2 sessions) CKV 14-15 Jun 2011 [...]

Spots available for April 2011 Storychasers Workshops

March 30, 2011

Spots are still available for teachers, librarians, and other educators to register for Storychaser workshops in April 2011. These opportunities include: A “Celebrate Oklahoma Voices” digital storytelling and oral history workshop April 7-8 in Midwest City, Oklahoma, to be held in MidDel Public Schools A “Celebrate Texas Voices” digital storytelling and oral history workshop April [...]

Volunteer Your Site to Host a Summer 2011 Storychasers’ Workshop

March 21, 2011

Are you interested in providing an outstanding, two or 2.5 day opportunity for educators in your area to learn about digital storytelling and oral history? If so, please consider “volunteering your site” to host a summer 2011 Storychasers’ workshop! We are providing workshops in Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas in 2011 to support the Celebrate Oklahoma [...]

2011 Storychaser Facilitator Application Online

February 28, 2011

An online application to become a facilitator in 2011 for Storychasers is now online. Please review information about facilitator roles and responsibilities before submitting the form, linked from the “Get Involved – Become a Facilitator” page of our informational wiki. photo © 2008 Wesley Fryer | more info (via: Wylio) Technorati Tags: application, history, kansas, [...]