The purpose of our workshop is to share with colleagues who are interested in maximizing learning from experience what we have learned through our experience about the power of storytelling methods. Our workshop will be built around four themes and an experiential storytelling demonstration. We expect to cycle back to the themes throughout the session as participants discuss issues that arise from the themes and the experiential exercise. The final hour will be used in intensive critical discussion about all four themes. The following paragraphs summarize the four themes and briefly describe the small group storytelling demonstration exercise.
Human memory is story-based.
Ours is a world of stories. Our students and we need to understand how to most effectively use these powerful technologies. For the experiential exercise, participants will break out into small groups. A critical look at storytelling. Truth is usually stranger than fiction.