In Rich McCue’s example of storytelling, what senses does he appeal to in his story? Which of the guidelines does he follow? Are there any that he doesn’t follow?

In Rich McCue’s story telling with video example, he evokes emotion in order to  get the point across about backing up digital files. He does this by using various story telling techniques. He immerses the listener in the story by using strategically chosen images that relate to the part of the story he is telling and by painting a detailed picture of the scenario using descriptive words and explaining feelings. The story he tells is also a personal one, adding to the captivating nature of the story. He builds suspense by telling the story in chronological order, leading up to the tragedy that destroyed his students laptop. He does this by explaining how a brand new laptop looks and feels and by providing details of his conversation with his student, rather than revealing the tragedy right away. He uses dialogue in his story which allows the listeners to have a clear picture in their head of the scene, in doing this he employs the “show, don’t tell” technique. In this specific story I think it would be difficult for him to use the technique of “bringing the characters to life” as it is a personal story involving only him and his student. As well it does not appear that he uses the “S.T.A.R moment” technique but this could be due to the short nature of the story. He does end with a positive takeaway by explaining what you can do to protect yourself against losing your data and lets the audience know that his student follows these back up suggestions and now has peace of mind.

Rich also reduces cognitive load in his video by ensuring that the video is short and to the point (segmenting), he provides narration with complimentary pictures (matching modality), and he does not have any distracting music or extra animations (weeding).

My Storyboard

At first, I found creating a story board difficult as I had trouble determining what it was that I wanted to teach through a story. I decided to create my storyboard this week in the same theme of my lesson plan and create a story involving life cycles. However, I made the learning outcome for this story  simpler in order to fit into a short story context and I wanted my story to have a children’s book feel to it. If this storyboard were to be used for learning material, it would likely be a different age/learning ability than my lesson plan was created for in my last blog.