Determining the Story

Got the email about "prep" before attending. Doesn't anyone realize we are in the end of the school year and start of the new fiscal year? Take a breath - -this is good for me. I should have time for self and if I am doing my job correctly, I can trust others to carry some of the load and we will get done what needs to be done.

1.  Watch some already created digital stories from previous workshops. - Not a problem!
2.  Come with a rough draft of your story, written from the perspective of “I” (remember this is your story from YOUR experience, thus “I” is important! -a life change, an important event, an influential person, a funny anecdote, an angry rant, a first time, a scar, a memory). 
3. download the "cookbook" and read the first 30 pages. Sounds simple enough.
4. Begin to think of the story to tell.
5. Gather your raw items for illustrating your story - you won't have the time in 3 days to do this well and procrastination is a storytellers demise.

So - being proactive, and rather enjoying already the process.

What story should I tell? Family - loss of a parent in the last year?, the path of medical challenges for certain family and their strength in dealing?, the pride of being a mom of two wonderful young women?, my dogs?, my career path?

Too many things that involve deep reflection and personal exposure. While it may be healthy - to do so in a 3 minute story to be published and come to that product with strangers in public - ahhh - not without a therapist in the room. :-)

What else has made an impact on my life and is an "I" story? Bingo! My online communities! Immediately came to mind how reading about a group of educational technology professionals were starting continuing a group that would take a picture a day for 365 days and share. Sounded like a good idea and with January 1 2009 arriving a way to make a resolution. This will be my story - how this simple task has turned into the richness of friendship, support, and journey. You will have to wait until the digital story to see what it is all about.