Story Boards
Professor Diana Haney
South Suburban College
http://www.oncourseworksh=op.com/Motivation019.htm
Intro to Article: (For the entire article, please click the link above)
“I teach Reading and Study Skills at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois. At some point in the semester, some students forget why they have decided to pursue a college education. They also stop doing what is necessary to be successful. Just as a road map leads a traveler in the right direction, a story board can help students from straying off course from the goals they have set for themselves. It will help them feel successful, one step at a time. Collaterally, they build self-confidence by speaking in front of their classmates. This activity could be used in any class at any time during the semester. (For an artistic student, this activity might even suggest a new career goal, as artists can make their living creating storyboards.) I decided to use it in the middle of the semester to remind students why they enrolled in college in the first place” (Haney).
Summary
In the article a professor at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois, gives an assignment of creating a storyboard. The storyboards purpose is to re-motivate the students and to recall what their reason was for enrolling in college, to build self-confidence in presenting in front of their peers and also to define the specific steps they need to take in order to reach their goal. The professor gives an immense amount of detail in describing what the students should do and how they should do it. She provides directions and also asks the class what their goals are. The professor then made the class present their storyboards after 30 minutes of planning it out and creating it. Each one was different and each person had different goals that pertained to them. The professor made the students realize that they needed to get focused again and to realize that they need to think about the steps it takes to get to their goals and why they decided to even go to college. The professor herself even realized that each student had huge goals. Although they were a bit extreme most of them were going to do what it would take to achieve that goal of theirs. The point of the matter is making the students realize what their goals were to get into college and what they were going to do when they get out of college and also how they were going to achieve those goals.
Thoughts and Reflections
From reading this article I feel that storyboarding is a good form of communication throughout the classroom. Storyboarding allows people such as these college students to stop and put something into an order and realize what they are doing and what they should do. Storyboarding is also great for classrooms because it provides interaction throughout the students. For example, in the article we read the college students were organizing their thoughts and presented their storyboards to the class. I believe that storyboarding is a fun and easy way to organize your thought and be able to present them to a group of people.
After reading this article I have realized that storyboarding is a great tool that can be used to organize your thoughts and it can be used to plan step by step process when you are creating a project. It can also be used like in the article when you want to write down how you will achieve a goal. I think that it helps you break it down into smaller achievable goals that give you instant gratification when you achieve it. It helps you see what you are working towards making all your hard work worth while once you get to the completed project. Whether it be a project for school or your life goals.
Storyboarding gives students an opportunity to be more organizes with their thoughts. In this article, students we're asked a question on regards to their own personal educational goals. Not only does the storyboard process help put their ideas and goals in a structures manner, storyboarding gives them a chance to be creative by using words and pictures. I think organization and creativity are two words that help students achieve what they set out to do. Storyboarding not only helps structuralize your thoughts, it gives the student a chance to put their creativity at use. As the article mentioned, some students labeled their storyboards, while others used their artistic talents. Overall, I feel storyboarding is a good concept for creating structured ideas for the students in the classroom.
Further Research
Chronology and History of Storyboarding:
“Stories can be told in many different ways—word of mouth, written word, movies, plays. One of the fastest, most universally understandable and information-rich ways to tell a story is with a storyboard. Storyboards have been used throughout history to depict events through pictures. Even when created very quickly, storyboards can convey a wealth of information, showing a particular order of events in an interesting and easy-to-understand way (www.teched.com).
This abstract beginning quote does a great job of explaining the significance of storyboarding. The article itself goes into the history of storyboarding as well as step by step instructions on how to create an effective storyboard.
http://www.teced.com/PDFs/upa2006_storyboards_a_dynamic_storytelling_tool.pdf
The Difference Between a Script and a Story Board:
This article does a great job of explaining the differences between storyboards and a script. It also states all of the benefits of using storyboards when creating projects or scripts.
http://www.create.cett.msstate.edu/create/howto/Storyboard_Handout.pdf
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18 comments:
I like the idea about the college students using storyboarding to help them reflect and use organization to visualize their goals... In college (especially in the beginning) it seems too easy to lose focus in what you're actually there for. Storyboarding is an excellent way to put individual goals in an organized way so it is easier to stay on track! Good use.
I like the way your page is set up! It grabbed my attention and was fun to read/look at.
I also liked the idea of college students using storyboards. They help focus.
Good job!
Your post was very organized! I like how it was split into specific sections. I also like how your article pointed out how students can use storyboards. My groups article (group 1) focused mainly on how teachers can use storyboards so it was nice to read about the reverse side too! Before this assignment I didn't really know what a storyboard was but now after reading about them, I feel that they are very useful for everybody.
I loved your blog, I liked the video, and the examples, as well as the survey. You did a great job, it definatly grabed my attention.
I really like how Group 6 gave examples of storyboarding using videos and pictures. It seemed as if they really put a lot of time and effort into this week's blog. The way their page is set up made it much easier for me to read and it also grabbed my attention as soon as I saw it.
Your team found a good article that was very informative and told not only how storyboarding helps to motive students and give them visuals, but also used as a organization tool. Also your web cite is very nice.
Wow, this is a great summary page! I like how it has a bunch of links related to storyboarding and education. The example of a storyboard is a nice touch too. The layout is clean and easy to read.
Great Job Team 6! Your blog page looks awesome! I love the way you added different things on the left hand side of the page and your article about storyboarding had yet another approach for using it in the classroom! I think it's a great idea for students, especially in college, to make a storyboard of their goals because too often students forget what the point of college is! I think storyboarding your future plans also allows you to see your progress and clearly show you how much closer you are to your goal! There are millions of ways to use storyboarding in the classroom but I feel that this way is the most beneficial for everyone! Amazing Work Team 6!!
The summary on storyboards kept me interested and I clicked on some of the links for further research. Your summary mentions that storyboards are good for organizing thoughts and are fun because they can be so creative. Both of these elements are important for students to learn and storyboards do a good job of teaching both!
I LOVE LOVE LOVE how you guys used an actual example of how storyboards were used in a classroom and not just how they are made. Also, great links and quotes at the end of the article!
What a great blog site, it was really useful, plus it was pleasing to the eye. Everything that you included in your blog helps so much. The movie was a great idea.
Good job team 6, I really liked your page. Colors are always good, as well as the little storyboard on the side there. I also like how your article had to do with college students as well, because obviously, being in college allows us to easily relate to the article. Good job.
I liked how the article talked about students creating a storyboard that relates to their goals they would like to achieve throughout their life. Also, I really liked how the page was set up and how there was an example of storyboard. Good job!
i liked the fact that your blogg included the video. another thing that caught my eye was the whole college students using storyboards. i wish i knew what they were sooner so i could have had that advantage as well.
I love your storyboard example! This page was full of info and it still managed to keep my attention! Way to go!
I liked the fact that you show how storyboarding is not only useful for the teacher but also the student. With this ability learned at a young age they can apply it to other areas of their life.
First, the blog page seems very lively and high tech, especially the sample story board panel on the left side. This blog shined a new light on storyboarding by showing me that higher level(college) students can use storyboards too for organization.
I like the way you guys did your blog. Instead of one reflection, your team put everyone that did one. It was nice seeing all the different views of your group.
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