Final+Storytelling+Project

= Storytelling Project: = = Befana = Retold By: Ashley Wallace []

La Llorona as of 8/5/10 There Was An Old Lady Who Swallowed A Fly
Retold By: Brandi Rosales @http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0j0mODt13U

Formal Partner Practice Log:
July 8, 2010- Brandy and I met and discussed what story we were going to retell for the final storytelling project. We talked about how we could find out if they were in the public domain. We decided to use stories from our cultural research project because they have personal meaning associated with them. These stories will help tiea few projects in this class together. We talked about how we would work together while both of us were on vacation and how we could practice while we were gone.

August 2, 2010-We started communicating about what we were going to do on Thursday and what and where we were on our projects through text messages.

August 5, 2010-I am taking the picture but here is Brandi working on her digital storytelling. You can see the screen is open to Movie-Maker on my computer screen.

Ashley's Formal Personal Practice Log:
July 20, 2010- I came up with an interesting spin on Befana as I was driving to my favorite place in town. This version included a dog and a cat and my storytelling used felt pieces. This ended up not being the version that I used. July 20, 2010- I shared my new spin on the story with Tman. Obviously, he didn't think it was that great because he said, "Or.... It could be that she isn't really a mean person but aggrivated that her brother and dad came over that day already. She is just very frustrated when she opens the door for the third time." You will see if I used this change when you watch my digital story! July 20-29, 2010- My poor little dog children had to hear this story so many times! July 20-29, 2010- Tman was a great listener providing feedback. He would give positive and negative feedback. This is something very special about him, he will tell me what he thinks. His honesty has helped my story a great deal. July 29, 2010- I practiced telling the story in front of the mirror various different times. I can not help but to be honest in saying that I felt funny doing this but I think it did help somewhat. August 1, 2010- I practiced telling my Befana story to my "to be" in laws. I do not know how smart this was but I did it because I needed to practice. It was raining outside so there wasn't a chance we were going back to Epcot so I figured I would entertain them. No, there are not pictures of this practice. I am still very camera shy. August 2, 2010- I practiced today with one spectator. Here is a picture of me trying out a version that consists of a knocking on the door. I am such a wimp but slowly getting up the courage to record myself for optimal practice. A picture is headed in the right direction! August 3, 2010- I played the story over and over in my head today while I was supposed to be at the Magic Kingdom. Physically I was there, mentally I was in Italy with Befana. August 4, 2010- A day at the airport can only mean one thing, plenty of hours to repeat scenarios for your storytelling! August 5, 2010- I made the final product for my digital storytelling today. The audio part took me hours and hours to do. It's still not perfect. I think the next time that I sit down and do something like this I will give myself five tries and the best one of those five will be the one I use. August 5, 2010- I have tried to upload my Befana story to youtube three times and there has been an error message each time. Befana is still not up on youtube. Hopefully, someone can help me with this. August 6, 2010- Befana has now been uploaded successfully. I think it just took them a while to process it since it was my first time to submit a video. August 6, 2010- Liz was my partner today for the sharing session. She gave me some feedback that I could change for tomorrow, however, with the video already on youtube with comments I will not be able to do some of them. Tman tried to see what was going on with the volume but had no luck in fixing this. Hopefully, tomorrow the volume on the speakers in the room tomorrow will work fine. I am putting my props with my backpack so that I do not forget them.

Brandi's Formal Practice Log:
July 16, 2010 - Passion Party at my house for my educator friends...told them my story and asked feedback while waiting for the presentation to start. Had a few teachers tell me they would like me to work on doing some other stories. July 21, 2010 - First talked to my mom about the La Llorona tale as it related to me as a child. Then gave the version that my father told me when I was a child, next I told my mom the story as I would like to tell it. Asked for feedback as far as where I could embellish parts a little better. July 22, 2010 - Dinner with my dad, explained that for my storytelling class that I was going to be telling La Llorona with the class. I told him the version I planned on using at the time. My dad questioned me in comparison to what he had heard growing up and even what he had told me growing up. July 25, 2010 - Boyfriend and other passengers thought I was crazy on the airplane as I was walking through my story. July 28, 2010 - Watched the children's librarian at the New York City library during her story time to get ideas on hand movements, had a discussion with Marc (bf) to get his feedback on my hand movements or body language when telling the story. Conversations on what age would need to hear this or how to redo the ending so that it could be modified for younger students. The graphic nature of Maria drowning her children might be not be so good for the kids. August 5, 2010 - Changed my project from La Llorona to There was an old woman who swallowed a fly...I worked with Ashley at her house to get the story right, find the rhyming words, and make this a digital story project. August 6, 2010 - playing for friends with kids! :)