Team Assignment: Storify

INTRODUCTION

On social media networks like Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, membership has grown exponentially in the decade or so since their inception. With that growth has come a tsunami of status updates, tweets, and pictures. How does one make sense of things in this deluge of content? How do we choose what we want to see and focus on and give our attention to?

 Twitter, in particular, allows users to curate their content. They can pick and choose who to follow, and control which tweets they see in their content stream. 

 Beyond the official twitter website, there are a number of tools that enable users to cast focus on the things they are interested in. One of those is Storify, which lets users tell stories by collecting updates from social networks, focusing on the content that matters to them to create a new story format that is interactive, dynamic and social. 

 For example, here are some stories found on the Storify homepage, as well as two others about recent TCC conferences:


 PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES OR OUTCOMES
  • Evaluate content and practice curation by sifting through a social network, in this case, Twitter.
  • Create a story using Storify that is relevant to teaching and learning.

DUE DATES
Mon Oct 13 - Storify Team Assignment begins.
Mon Oct 27 - Post Story to SM4Ed Facebook Group and Twitter
Mon Nov 3 - Peer reviews

ASSIGNMENT OVERVIEW (a.k.a. the TL;DR version)
  1. Read the Shirky (2014) article. As you read, post on Twitter at least THREE (3) tweets about your thoughts, ideas, questions, opinions, etc. making sure to use the #642fa hashtag.
  2. As a team, discuss and compile your tweets and create a Story on Storify.
  3. In addition to your own tweets and ideas, include in your story a minimum of:
    1. at least THREE (3) tweets from members of other teams.
    2. one academic article, with brief summary and commentary.
    3. one non-academic resource, with brief summary and commentary.
  4. One team member should post the link to your story to the SM4Ed Facebook Group.
  5. All team members should also tweet the link of your story using the hashtag #642fa.
  6. Then over the following week, INDIVIDUALLY review stories from other teams. (See PEER REVIEWS below)
PROCEDURE (a.k.a. the long detailed version)

Step 1:
Read the article by Shirky (2014). As you read, use Twitter and tweet your thoughts, questions, and comments. E.g. Do you agree or disagree with Shirky’s ideas and opinions? What gave you food for thought? Was there anything that made you go: “I’ve never thought about it that way before”? etc. 

 In order to make sure everyone has enough content to work with, try to post at least THREE (3) tweets. 

 IMPORTANT: Make sure you tag your tweets with the #642fa hashtag so that they can be easily found by other class members.

 Step 2:
As a team, compare notes (and tweets). Then write a story on Storify, inserting your collected tweets where appropriate. The story should form a loose but cohesive narrative and include your team’s tweets about their experiences, thoughts, questions, and ideas as you all read the article separately. You should make sure to include a selection of tweets from all your team members, but you don't have to use every single one of every member's tweets. Use whatever is necessary to unify your story.

 Some optional possible story ideas (You don’t have to use these):
  • Create a general story about the article and your team’s thoughts as a whole.
  • Pick a specific idea mentioned in the article (e.g. multi-tasking, devices in classrooms, effects of social media on learning, etc.) that perhaps your team seemed to have similar reactions to and elaborate on that.
  • Connect the ideas in the article with a real issue that your team is interested in and discuss it in your story.

Note: Since Storify doesn’t allow multiple authors for one Story, one team member can be the Story creator/editor, and the others can help to critique, proofread, or find and contribute tweets and other content.

 Step 3:
In your story, you also need to include:
  • at least THREE (3) tweets from class members in other teams. You can use more if you wish. Use the #642fa hashtag to easily find other class members’ tweets. These can be tweets that help support your ideas, that you agree/disagree with, or simply that you felt made an interesting or unique point. Make sure it is clear why you included them, i.e. don’t just plop them in your Story if they don’t add to your point or overall idea.
  • Two resources, with a brief summary and commentary for each resource.
    • One academic resource. Preferably an academic journal article relevant to your Story. Include the reference at the bottom of your story, or if possible, link directly to the resource within your Story.
    • One non-academic resource. This could be a online news or magazine article, a YouTube video, a TED Talk, or even other stories on Storify. Feel free to get creative.
  • In your summaries and commentaries for these two resources, explain what the reference is about and why you included it in your story. E.g. How does it apply? What does it add to the conversation? Does it support what you’re trying to say or is it a different point of view?

Step 4:
One team member should post a link to your story to the SM4Ed Facebook Group. All team members should also tweet the link to your story using the #642fa hashtag.

Step 5:
Over the following week or so, INDIVIDUALLY review stories from other teams. (See PEER REVIEWS below)

 DELIVERABLE
  • Story on Storify (posted URL)

 TEAM ASSIGNMENTS
Green Eggs - Brittany, Desiree, Janet
Brown Bear - Mark, Wendy, Kaulana D
Peter Rabbit - Christy, Faith, Kainoa
Momotaro - Kitty, Mike, Shilpa
Wild Things - Terri, Coby, James
Lorax - Liane, Kaulana H

 PEER REVIEWS
Using the rubric below, conduct peer reviews of two other teams’ stories. An assigned list of reviews and reviewers as well as guidelines for peer reviews will be posted prior to Oct. 27.

 Post your feedback and review using this Google form.
Needs Improvement
Fair
Excellent
Story is hard to read and ideas feel disconnected
Story is somewhat easy to read and ideas are somewhat connected
Story is easy to read and ideas are well connected
Does not include any tweets from team members
Includes tweets from only one or two team members
Includes tweets from each team member
Does not include any tweets from members of other teams
Includes only one or two tweets from members of other teams
Includes at least three tweets from members of other teams
Does not include any resources
Includes only one resource; or two of the same resource (i.e. two academic, or two non-academic)
Includes one academic and one non-academic resource


READINGS

Shirky, C. (2014, September 8). Why I just asked my students to put their laptops away. Retrieved from https://medium.com/@cshirky/why-i-just-asked-my-students-to-put-their-laptops-away-7f5f7c50f368

 Storify. (2014). Frequently asked questions. Retrieved from https://storify.com/storifyfaq/frequently-asked-questions

 Storify. (2014). Guided tour. Retrieved from https://storify.com/tour

 Storify. (2014). Our vision for Storify. Retrieved from https://storify.com/storify/our-vision

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