Robin Green EDUC 5333

     I plan to delve into the story of how birds impact me and have taught me lessons through various phases of my life. This is a discovery story designed to explore various types of birds, their characteristics, and habits. I’ll be choosing the birds of focus based on events in my lifetime that have a particular connection to the birds (Lambert, 2010). The goal will be to show how I’ve uncovered truths about myself through this unique avian connection.  Ultimately, this is a story of transformation, so I believe that Ohler’s story arc is most useful for story mapping. This type of discovery story is more of a question and response that leads to transformation rather than a more traditional problem and solution (Ohler, 2012). The story arc provides the framework for that movement through the story. Essentially, the overarching story arc will be show how I’ve grown and changed throughout my life. There will be smaller story arcs in the forms of anecdotes and factua...

  Pinepoint tells the story of the death of a Canadian town. In reality, though, it is a story about memories and how those memories contain both truth and falsehoods. The story’s theme is stated explicitly: “If we’re not careful, though, we grind it down to raw superlatives, with none of the banalities or complications that make truth feel true” (Simons & Shoebridge, 2011). The banalities and complications are what made this story feel special. This digital story is a quirky combination of photos and child-like drawings; sound effects and voice-over interviews; videos and government documents. The combination of drawings overlaying real images supported the theme of the ephemeral nature of memories. It invites the viewer to experience the town, its residents, the historical time frame, and the local industry in a way that felt tangible, as if being invited to sit down at a kitchen table to thumb through a scrapbook of the era. The story auto-played, but it also included an int...

My name is Robin Green. I am an instructional designer for an EdTech company based in Virginia. In my current role, I use open source curriculum to create online courses that our partner schools use in their schools. My goal is to provide engaging, interactive math courses that support teachers as they provide individualized learning experiences to their students. I started my career as a teacher in small rural schools in western Oklahoma, teaching English and Spanish. I fell into the online education industry in 2009 and have been in that space in various capacities ever since. My husband and I have three adult children and two fur babies. I am excited to say that this is my final class before I earn my degree in Curriculum and Instruction! I’ve kicked around a few ideas for my digital story. I considered something surrounding the lack of representation in the field of medical research as well as the role of fatphobia in the inadequate healthcare that fat women receive. This type of...