Digital Storytelling at MC
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During the fall and spring semesters, the Digital Storytelling Interns host virtual office hours in Zoom. Any 蘑菇视频 student working on a digital story assignment can schedule an appointment to meet with an intern. Students can now make APPOINTMENTS for Digital Stories Support through our Bookings page.
Digital Storytelling at MC is a thriving network. We are proud to host the first of its kind on-campus student internship opportunity. We also have a robust Community of Practice with over 100 蘑菇视频 faculty, staff, and administrator members. Our Community of Practice is embedding digital story work both in classrooms and other areas of student life. This work has spurred collaborations across the MC community as well as the local, regional, and even international community of digital storytellers. We are excited to share our integrated approach to digital storytelling!
For examples of the digital storytelling work of our interns, please visit the “Playlists” section of the .
- Participating in a collaborative and individual process to share a story
- Telling your own story with your own authentic voice from your own experience with the help of a digital platform and with the purpose of connecting to others
- Following a specific storytelling process to be able to fully connect your authentic voice to others
- A multimedia production told from a heart
Showcase
The capstone event of each semester of the Digital Storytelling Internship is a showcase where members of the 蘑菇视频 community, our internship partners, and family members and friends of the interns are invited to a formal screening of the interns’ new digital stories. This is a celebratory event where we share major takeaways from the semester’s learning experience, screen each story, and participate in a Q and A panel. To see an example of the digital stories offered in a previous showcase, please view this .
Internship Activities
The Digital Storytelling Internship is the first of its kind as an on-campus student leadership opportunity. It is supported by multiple MC Innovation Grants as well as the Paul Peck Humanities Institute. Professors Chip Gladson and Megan Howard are the co-coordinators of the internship. Since its inaugural Fall 2019 semester, the internship has thrived thanks to the efforts of those involved. Multiple cohorts of Montgomery College students representing the Germantown, Rockville, and TPSS campuses have participated in this rigorous internship experience designed around three branches: Development/Training, Service and Support, and Leadership, and 70% of that work pivots on service to the college community.
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Level One Digital Storytelling interns are responsible for
- Completing 80 hours of service in the role,
- Attending an opening orientation as well as biweekly professional development seminars and a Tech Day,
- Supporting faculty and students in their classrooms on all three campuses, as well as providing weekly virtual tutoring for students who are creating digital stories for their classes,
- Participating in a field trip as well as Humanities Days presentations and special projects with the International Digital Storytelling Conference,
- Composing a new digital story to be shared in a final showcase open to the Montgomery College community,
- Contributing to other opportunities as they arise.
Level Two Digital Storytelling Interns Are Responsible For
- Engaging with special projects (that are unique to the intern and the community’s needs) both on- and off- campus as well as virtually, leveraging their expertise gained from the Level One experience,
- Collaborating with faculty and frequent MC partners, such as the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC), Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (SCLDA), MCPS, and more,
- Participating in monthly “Reflective Reunions."
Community of Practice and More
The Digital Storytelling Internship at 蘑菇视频 is strengthened by the constant support of our Community of Practice as well as numerous collaborations with on- and off-campus partners. You can learn more about the Community of Practice, our partners, and the International Digital Storytelling Conference below as well as see samples of this great work:
With the success of the Digital Storytelling Internship’s pilot 2019-2020 academic year, the Community of Practice (faculty, staff, and interested parties) in Digital Storytelling at 蘑菇视频 is growing. Between early adopters, like WDCE, and faculty and student support staff from the STEM, Humanities, Social Sciences, and Community Engagement fields, many 蘑菇视频 representatives are actively engaged in this community of practice and have learned how storytelling, on a broad scale, increases value in our contemporary society because it enhances communication, one of the most valuable skills in the professional sphere.
To continue to enhance service to 蘑菇视频 and the Digital Storytelling Community of Practice, we have established the Digital Storytelling Community of Practice , which houses relevant sources, recent news, notes from previous workshops, technology resources, samples of student work and faculty assignment prompts, and recommended scholarly articles.
To request enrollment in this Teams site or be added to the Community of Practice mailing list, please contact Megan Howard at megan.howard@montgomerycollege.edu.
The Digital Storytelling Internship is benefitted by the guidance, support, and partnership of multiple allies, including representatives of the Smithsonian Institute, the International Digital Storytelling Conference committee, Loughborough University, and The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). Each new semester of the internship has brought new and rewarding collaborations with these partners, allowing the interns to meet storytelling experts across the globe, to physically and virtually tour UMBC, and to engage in special projects. 蘑菇视频 Digital Storytelling Interns have presented in-person at the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference held here in Maryland and co-hosted by 蘑菇视频; virtually at the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference in Leeds, England; and the fully virtual 10th International Digital Storytelling Conference.
蘑菇视频 co-hosted the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference along with UMBC, the Smithsonian Institution, and StoryCenter June 20-23, 2023. The MC day was June 21st. Find more information here: DST2023.org.
The Digital Storytelling Internship leadership team at MC is thrilled to be active members of the International Digital Storytelling Conference Committee, which includes representatives from Loughborough University (UK), StoryCenter (US), UMBC – University of Maryland Baltimore County (US), SCLDA – Smithsonian Center for Learning and Digital Access (US), and Patient Voices (UK).
Since 2019, we have contributed to a 24-hour digital storytelling online marathon, the 10th International Digital Storytelling Conference hosted by Loughborough University in 2022 and co-hosted the 11th International Digital Storytelling Conference in the Washington, D.C. area.
During the 2021 summer solstice, the International Digital Storytelling Conference Committee hosted the online marathon, and you can find the proceedings, presentations, and recordings carefully curated in this Smithsonian Learning Lab collection: .
Plans are currently underway for the 12th International Digital Storytelling Conference, “Lives, Voices, and Knowledge in a World on Fire” in Bélem, Brazil on November 6-8, 2025. Find more information here:
For examples of the digital storytelling work of our interns, please visit the “Playlists” section of the .
If you would like to learn more about our pilot academic year and how we navigated the pandemic to innovate new opportunities for our interns and the broader MC community, please read our 蘑菇视频 Innovation Journal article, “”