Online workshop links – South Tyrol Italian schools 01. – 02.03.21

Although an in-person workshop (as pictured here in Chennai) has advantages, this online version will give us many opportunities.

Links to use after the workshop

Skeletons you used: 

• Tortoise Called “All of You”
• Nasruddin Looking for the Perfect Wife

Videos: (remember, this is NOT the only way to tell the stories – use my way to find YOUR way)

• Tortoise Called “All of You”
• Nasruddin Looking for the Perfect Wife
• Strongest of Them All – video

Homework

Alberto will send you another skeleton to learn for tomorrow’s workshop. Now that you have gained storytelling experience, you will find it even easier to prepare your story to tell.

This page also has tips for lighting, background, etc. which may help your online presence: How to record: tips and suggestions

Feedback

Do send me a mail if you have further feedback to give on the workshop.

Videos:

• Frightened Mouse
• Beth Gellert
• Free Melons
• Strongest of Them All
• Old Woman and her Pig
• Death and the Gardener

PowerPoint: download the workshop presentation (probably to your download folder)

Further resources:

• Storyflix – a multi-lingual collection of folk tales
• Activity Teaching Packs – Frightened Mouse (beginners), Tortoise Wins the Spicy Food Competition (intermediates), Mr Fox (advanced)
• Frightened Mouse – an article on telling the tale in the classroom
• Telling stories in the classroom: basing language teaching on storytelling – article about my methodology
• The Magic Mitten – an article on telling the tale in the classroom
• Lesson plans based on storytelling
• 60 seconds non-stop talking – we didn’t have time to do this activity but it is typical of my wider storytelling methodology (in school this often developed into a full and very productive lesson)
• Fairytales for teenagers – a collection of powerful tales which appeal strongly to this age group
• Tad-tales for teenagers – a collection of tales usually considered for young children, but which are often very successful with teenagers (including Mr Wiggle and Mr Waggle)
• Teaching STEM via storytelling – Fran Stallings’ use of storytelling to teach Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths in a US primary school
• We Share the Same Moon – Cassandra Wye’s excellent science-teaching resource
• Story cards – a great asset in any teacher’s schoolbag
• Storytell – an international online storytelling community
• Subscribe to my newsletter to hear when a new video is uploaded, or when I am returning to South Tyrol
• Rabbit and the Moon – I probably told this as a farewell tale