For my
final digital storytelling project, I took an in depth look at how digital
storytelling is prevalent and used by students who study abroad. This project
reflects a core theme of the class, which is looking at how academic work can
be translated into the digital realm. In
designing a website, I had to think about and determine how to combine the
theories associated with study abroad and digital storytelling with my audience
and how to showcase students’ stories that reflect their time abroad in
combination with the questions raised throughout class such as how authority,
authenticity, and ethics of using new media and digital technology change the
way meaning is made and identity is constructed. To conclude the project, I
made my own digital story about my study abroad experience to Paris in 2008
hoping to both self-reflect upon my experience and share with others what my
study abroad experience meant to me.
The
link to my website can be found here: http://tellingaglobalstory.weebly.com/
