Smart Tech Use for Equity Series
Published on Nov 30, 2018
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Sparking Student Voice
through Digital Storytelling
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My story begins with a 26-day journey by boat from the Phillipine Islands through Guam and Hawaii to Angel Island. This my grandmother with her two children (my mom and uncle) during an emergency drill mid-way through their journey. she told me before she was smiling yet terrifed.
Denise Maduli-Williams
Associate Professor, English/ELAC
Fast forward decades later to now. I am a professor who teaches students who have also just landed here after embarking on their own brave journeys from their home countries.
Look closely - May 2020. A few months into teaching fully remote during the pandemic. I'll talk about how I used my experience with technology and online learning to transition during this time of chaos.
Look closely - May 2020. A few months into teaching fully remote during the pandemic. I'll talk about how I used my experience with technology and online learning to transition during this time of chaos.
Miramar College
Community colleges accept the top 100% of students.
Miramar College - community colleges are the most inclusive of higher education spaces accepting all students,welcomeing many first-gen college students, from all backgrounds.
~10,000+ students
African American 5%
Asian 15%
Filipino 7%
Latinx 28%
Multi-Ethnicity 7%
White 34%
21% First Gen
ELAC (ESOL) Population (program is a small population of the college, but students with ESOL backgrounds in every class).
Students in the Spring of 2020. The community is clear, This is the end of the semester - they are close together, holding each other - they know each others' stories and connected.
~10,000+ students
African American 5%
Asian 15%
Filipino 7%
Latinx 28%
Multi-Ethnicity 7%
White 34%
21% First Gen
ELAC (ESOL) Population (program is a small population of the college, but students with ESOL backgrounds in every class).
Students in the Spring of 2020. The community is clear, This is the end of the semester - they are close together, holding each other - they know each others' stories and connected.
Informed and respectful understanding of real people's complex experiences.
Three main foundations for my work with technology. Chapter 4 in Mica's guidebook on bringing equity to schools is Culture Talk.
How can I support and invite this deeper and critical understanding of our students' experiences.?
Some things come up later when talking with faculty - that they never know the students histories and stories. Why not?
How can I support and invite this deeper and critical understanding of our students' experiences.?
Some things come up later when talking with faculty - that they never know the students histories and stories. Why not?
Research on men of color and first-generation students in community colleges has emphasized that "relationships before pedagogy" is a tenet of effective teaching.
~ Dr. J. Luke Wood
Research into the community college studnents surrounds welcoming and belonging. That these relationships must be established before we dive into content.
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Humanized online teaching is supported by empathy, awareness, presence, and trust.
~ Michelle Pacansky-Brock
Finally the work into Humanized Online Teaching prioritizes relationships "as the connective tissue between students, engagement, and rigor."
Four principles here: empathy, awareness, presence, and trust.
Four principles here: empathy, awareness, presence, and trust.
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Equity Vision
With those foundations in mind, I had in mind this grand equity vision.
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A vibrant (online) community where students feel connection and belongingness; where they can share and be their
full selves.
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How can I invite and encourage students to tell their stories and share their full identities?
This is not fluff or a small "fun" thing, but a necessary component of deeper learning and succcess.
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Urgency
The urgency during the pandemic was clear.
I had taught online - for students who had selected those classes.
Now we were online with everyone.
No established norms for tech?
Asynchronous.
I had taught online - for students who had selected those classes.
Now we were online with everyone.
No established norms for tech?
Asynchronous.
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Need for community and connection to be forged and sustained in a fully online (asynchronous) class.
Asynchronous.
How?
Starting out cold.
Faculty complaining we can't "see" students.
Students feeling isolated.
Can't just blast into verb tenses or equations.
How?
Starting out cold.
Faculty complaining we can't "see" students.
Students feeling isolated.
Can't just blast into verb tenses or equations.
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Digital Storytelling
A mixture of digital media to tell a story.
Enter Digital Storytelling. Had done before but as a small project, an add on, with lots of in-person support. Now I am hoping it can be the glue to begin to connect students.
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Once upon a time. . .
Every day . . .
Until one day . . .
Because of that . . .
Because of that . . .
Because of that . . .
Until finally
And ever since then . . .
Everyone had "until finally I arrived at Miramar College"
Helping students choose a story to tell. Frame it, but allow choice in how much to reveal.
An invitation.
Helping students choose a story to tell. Frame it, but allow choice in how much to reveal.
An invitation.
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Text - some images.
Dipping a toe into sharing identity.
Dipping a toe into sharing identity.
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More personal stories. Images of family. Vulnerability to share sadness and hope.
Comments w/each other.
Through text.
Comments w/each other.
Through text.
Adobe Spark Video
spark.adobe.com or mobile app
Tech tool - not the end, the bridge or the vehicle.
Free
Mobile app
Intuitive
Saves to a cloud
Recording is easy.
Free
Mobile app
Intuitive
Saves to a cloud
Recording is easy.
Making Magic Happen:
- Write first
- Select images
- Record your voice
- Add music
Never told them this is a tech project. It's a storytelling project.
Language skills practiced (verb tenses, punctuation, word choice, pronunciation).
Language skills practiced (verb tenses, punctuation, word choice, pronunciation).
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Example - intutitive.
Big red button. Push and record. No editing.
This is me. I share first. Modeling vulnerability and story telling. I don't ask students to do anything I don't do.
Big red button. Push and record. No editing.
This is me. I share first. Modeling vulnerability and story telling. I don't ask students to do anything I don't do.
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Shared.
Had already used Padlet for something else (less of tech hurdle).
Commented.
Had already used Padlet for something else (less of tech hurdle).
Commented.
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Richer dialogue, easier to view. Connections being formed.
Students lived near each other back home.
Quiet student - Kung Fu Master.
We learned a lot about the student through her dog.
Thank you for sharing.
Encouragement.
Students lived near each other back home.
Quiet student - Kung Fu Master.
We learned a lot about the student through her dog.
Thank you for sharing.
Encouragement.
Barriers:
General Technology Issues
Laggy wifi
download the wrong app
trouble signing in
how to add images
music to loud
how to share
download the wrong app
trouble signing in
how to add images
music to loud
how to share
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Support:
- 1-on-1 Meetings
- How-to Videos
- Student-student troubleshooting
Built a library of video tutorials
personal videos better
students calling each other
personal videos better
students calling each other
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Successes
Voice, Time, Community, Language
Voice: Every student created one.
Time: They did so at their own pace - especially with speaking they could re-record. etc.
Choice: not everyone shared personal images.
Community: Shared stories.
Language - all skills practiced
Time: They did so at their own pace - especially with speaking they could re-record. etc.
Choice: not everyone shared personal images.
Community: Shared stories.
Language - all skills practiced
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Equity Findings
Does the technology allow all learners to share/communicate their thinking and inquire deeply into a concept?
Does the technology empower all learners to recognize their knowledge and contributions to the learning environment and to society?
Does the technology empower all learners to recognize their knowledge and contributions to the learning environment and to society?
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Digital storytelling can be a powerful way for students to share their identities, make connections, and build community.
The magic of voice.
The power of music.
The personalization of images.
Choice in how much to share.
The power of music.
The personalization of images.
Choice in how much to share.
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Time and space in the online setting allowed for intentionally thoughtful stories.
A barrier (asynchronous) actually have students the time and space to work at their pace.
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Students became creators (not simply consumers) of technology.
Empowering to create and share and publish.
Moving beyond using tech to consume information or practice a skill.
Moving beyond using tech to consume information or practice a skill.
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Incorporate out-of-class digital storytelling to build and support
in-class community.
hold to the time and space outside of class to create. build the community
troubleshoot in person as needed.
troubleshoot in person as needed.
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Provide further opportunities for deeper stories (parts 2 and 3).
tech: no longer an issue.
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Share with the broader department and college community.
Invisiblity of ESL students on campus, sense of belonging to the wider college community. Empowerment of a bigger message easily shared w/the technology acting as a bridge.
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My story then starts and ends with family. These are photos from smaller journeys last month to visit my family in SF and my husband's family in Chicago. F2F connection that had been sustained during the pandemic with the technology of shared videos and facetime.
Thank you for listening to my story today.
Thank you for listening to my story today.
What are you thinking?
Please take 2 minutes just to sit with what you've heard.
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1. What does this make you think about with regard to sparking student voice and encouraging students to share their full identities?
2. What does this make you wonder about using tech "smartly" in an equitable way?
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