Ch 8. Reflection "Transformation Formations: How We and the Characters in Our Stories Change"

In chapter 8 Ohler leads us through the importance of "transformation" on the main character of any story.  He expands such transformations to cover not only the fictional world but also the lives of our students has they develop knowledge.  He tinkers with the use of Bloom's Cognitive Taxonomy and how it can be a scaffold in breaking down how a character or student transforms over time.  He believes that many educational theories about our development as learners could make interesting models for developing transformations in stories.  At the end of the chapter he challenges the reader to compare Kohlberg's "Stages of Moral Development" as a way to view character transformation.  Below is video I produced that explores this relationship in term of the development of the character Anakin Skywalker in the Start Wars film series.  The video demonstrates Anakin’s transformation through his and other's dialog in several key scenes.  I recommend that you open the video in full screen to be able to read the text based examples featured in it.

Ohler, J. (2008). Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy,

                Learning, and Creativity [Kindle DX version].   Retrieved from Amazon.com