In chapter 6 I was starting to question Ohler’s recommendations
on how to approach mapping a story. I
felt that there were more ways for a story teller to visualize the path a story
takes and that a plot chart might be an even simpler for students to consider
when planning the events in a digital story.
I was surprised that in chapter 9 Ohler opens up the playing field to
number of approaches to mapping stories including a simplified “Aristotle’s Story
Map” which is clearly a predecessor to the plot chart I use with my own writing
students. He also shared a simplified
Joseph Campbell map which works as a great scaffold when trying to explain Campbell’s
“Hero’s Journey” concept. Below I have
completed such a diagram to represent the hero’s journey that Luke Skywalker
went through in Star Wars: A New Hope.
Ohler, J. (2008). Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy,
Learning, and Creativity [Kindle DX version]. Retrieved from Amazon.com
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