Category Archives: SAMPLES – CDS-Style Digital Storytelling

STUDENT SAMPLE – Life's a Dime

Rachel E. shares her story about “how death can make a child grow up, but even in death there is light.” (WRTG 3090 – Spring 2015) Rachel’s Behind the Scenes …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – SVT (or, The Day I Flatlined)

Pitch: A story about the day a young boy flatlined. View on YouTube Story by Christian (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Behind the Scenes To recreate this story I went …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Home Sweet …

Digital Story by Ashley (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Meeting the POTUS

Digital Story by Madelyn (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Like a Bird

Digital Story by MacKenzie (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – The Blind Mate

Pitch: What would you do if something you relied so heavily on was taken from you…while you were in the middle of the ocean? Digital Story by Jane (WRTG 3090 …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Discovering My Gender Identity Through High Tops and Bikes

Digital Story by Flora (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) The target audience of my project is college women or women who are of that age, roughly 18-25 years old. The …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Strength is a Process, Not Just a Result

Personal Narrative by Adelyn (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Rhetorical Situation Audience:  My audience has changed from who I was originally targeting… Instead of focusing on trying to talk to …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – We Can't All Get Along

Pitch: Living with roommates can be one of the biggest challenges of young adult life. Story by Marlee (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2013) Behind the Scenes This multimedia composition was …

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DEMO DIGITAL STORY – This is What a Lesbian Looks Like

A Digital Story by Amy Goodloe This project is an example of a CDS-style digital storytelling project, which is one of your options for a video project. In June 2012, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Sisters

Digital Story by Rachel (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Journey to a Chivalrous and Strong Masculine Lesbian

A Personal Narrative by Danie (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) Target Audience: Anyone interested in gender studies or just interested in a story of someone coming into their own. Purpose: To …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Repeal of DADT and the Changing American Hero

Video by Trey and Spenser (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) In terms of gender and sexuality times are changing, especially in the department of our refractory military. Growing up we …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Learning to Ski

Digital Story by Sarah (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – A Picture's Worth a Thousand Words

Digital Story by Kathryn (WRTG 3090 – Fall 2012) AMY’S NOTE: This is one of the samples by students who took WRTG 3090/ATLS 3519 the first time it was offered, …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – There is no Women's National Hockey League

A Personal Narrative by Katie (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Read her Rhetorical Rationale.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Staying True to Your Roots

Personal Narrative by Sara (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2013) Ever wonder what it was like to be a girl growing up in between two brothers? Let me tell you, you …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Love Always

Pitch: Natalie’s pursuit to be different points her in the direction of tattoos, but before getting one she first talks with friends to get their views on the matter. Personal …

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STUDENT SAMPLE: Knowing Me, Knowing You

Digital Story by Sheridan (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2012) I wanted to target college students and the purpose of my digital storytelling essay is to advocate the notion that everyone …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – “Finding Myself,” a digital story-line of my bisexual identity

Follow this link to view a creative approach to a digital storytelling project by a student in my Spring 2012 section of LGBT 2000.

STUDENT SAMPLE – My Gender Puzzle

Personal Narrative by Tori (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2011) For Tori’s discussion of the rhetorical context, view her entry on the class blog.

STUDENT SAMPLE – The Social Construction of Kennady Nickell

[youtube WGmzN1EK55U] Amy’s Note: The photos and narrative structure are compelling on their own, but Kennady also provides a piano soundtrack for her story that she played herself, which enables …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Misidentified

A Personal Narrative by Erin (WRTG 3020 – Sumer 2011) Read Erin’s rhetorical rationale on the class blog.

STUDENT SAMPLE – The Influence

A Personal Narrative by Renata (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Read her Rhetorical Rationale.

STUDENT SAMPLE – My Gender, My Sexual Orientation

A Personal Narrative by Haley (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Primary target audience: The intended audience for my project is for anyone who is interested in learning more about how …

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STUDENT SAMPLE – Mydentity

View on Photobucket. A Personal Narrative by Elaina (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Read Elaina’s rhetorical rationale on the class blog.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Mydentity

View on Photobucket. A Personal Narrative by Elaina (WRTG 3020 – Summer 2011) Read Elaina’s rhetorical rationale on the class blog.

STUDENT SAMPLE – Cookie Cutter of a Different Shape

Personal Narrative by Stephanie (WRTG 3020 – Fall 2010) Stephanie wrote out what she wanted to say and then recorded herself reading it while displaying images she found on the …

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SAMPLE – Learning Gender and Sexuality Norms: A Closer Look at the Casillas Family

[youtube z8LWPnnKCyc] This personal video narrative was composed by Anahil Casilis for the Spring 2011 Continuing Ed section of WRTG 3020.

STUDENT SAMPLE – My Gender Journey

The audiovisual project below as composed by a student in my Spring 2010 section of WRTG 3020, in response to an assignment that is similar to but not exactly the …

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