SHARE YOUR STORIES
'Online & On Zoom'
(1) Email stories to me as an attachment or link.
(2) I will post them on our class website with your permission. (Optional).
(3) Present & share stories via Zoom meeting (Optional).
(4) Record shared stories on Zoom (Optional).
Topics & Tools
--Topics may change. Guest presentations TBA.
--PowerPoints, published readings, and
guest presentations/handouts are in italics (and posted with permission).
--Follow the structure and support with weekly lessons posted below. Or, complete coursework at your own pace and/or add individualized topics of interest.
--Communicate progress/challenges with me as your instructor. Sharing your progress and/or challenges with your stories can include the class website, Zoom meetings, emails, phone, and/or postal mail.
-See below or click the tab, Student's Stories, to view samples of stories by students.
Wk 1 Registration and Course Overview; Lifespan Development
Course Content: Our Stories/Our Lives (PowerPoint )
VIEW: LifeStories-Donna.org (Class Website)
READ: Syllabus (Website's Homepage)
READ: Weekly Schedule
Applications
CE (Creative Expressions): "Mind Maps" & Creative Expressions of Interest
Download Purpose and Audience
Optional Book: Learn Google Photos (2021) - Store, organize, edit, & share photos & videos.
Wk 2 Your Purpose & Audience
Course Content: Your Purpose & Audience; Tools & Resources
DISCUSS: Purpose and Audience (for this semester)
DISCUSS: Creative Expressions for Life Stories
Applications
CE: Putting Pieces of Your Stories Together
Shared Stories and/or Topics of Interest
Sharing Progress & Challenges with Life Stories
Wk 3 The Writer & Writing Styles
Course Content
DISCUSS: Creative Expressions with Life Stories
Presentation: Creating a Slideshow/Storyboard and Music w/ iMovie by Debbie Stevenson
WATCH: The Power of Storytelling: 4 Types of Stories (8:41)
WATCH: Tracking Favorites with Google Photos - Geeks on Tour (2:08)
WATCH: Rainy Day Chili Recipe by RSD-Debbie S.
Applications
CE: Select Photos/Images that Enhance Memories & Creativity
Create a brief intro of yourself (or someone you know) using the title below.
Select the structure or format you will use and 3 key points. See below.
Identify favorite photos and/or images that enhance your memory and creativity
Use ChatGBT.
Writing: What is the structure or format that works best for you? Try this out...
a. Topic/Title: "The Writer I Bring to the Page (or Story)"
(Or, the type of creative expression you will use).
b. Introduction: Begin with a good introductory sentence, (photo or image).
c. Key points (3) points that support your story
d. Summary (that ties it together)
e. Optional: Add photos/images to your story
Shared stories by students
Wk 4 Titles, Themes, & Red Threads
Course Content: Putting the pieces of your story together
WATCH: Erik Erikson & Lifespan Development (6:00)
WATCH: Erik and Joan Erikson (12:02)
Applications
CE: Start putting the pieces of your story together. (Synergy & Style)
Shared stories by students
Sharing Progress & Challenges
Wk 5 Critical & Creative Expressions with Storytelling
Course Content: Creative Expressions with Storytelling
Using photos/images to enhance memories
4 Pillars of Storytelling: People, Place, Plot (Structure), & Purpose (Theme)
READ: How to Insert Pictures
Additional Resource: Learn Google Photos by Chris Guld (2021)
Applications
CE: Organize/select examples of creative expressions with storytelling.
Shared stories by students
Wk 6 Digital & Oral Storytelling
Course Content: Digital & Oral Storytelling (Create your Story Draft)
VIEW: Digial & Oral Storytelling
VIEW: After watching this, your brain will not be the same | TEDxVancouver (14:25)
VIEW: Storytelling with Music (4 min)
READ: Digital Storytelling Cookbook
READ: About Pioneers' Oral Histories
Applications
CE: Create your story draft. How are you using technology with music/photos/images?
READ: StoryCorps App (Record/archive conversation w/ anyone, anywhere.)
READ: THE CONVERSATION OF A LIFETIME, ONLINE WITH STORYCORPS CONNECT
Focus on the organization of your story
Share the structure & digital tools you have used
Shared stories by students
Wk 7 Heredity & Early Environment (Ancesty, Genetics, & Early Environment)
Course Content: Ancestry, Genetics, & Interests w/ Storytelling
VIEW: Ancestry Corporate - Our Story
READ: Threaded Beads by RSD-Christiane K. (Heredity)
VIEW: Born a Leftie: A Timeline by RSD-Marcella (Heredity)
VIEW: Life Stages
Applications
CE: Add genetic influences to your story. (What were you born with genetically?)
VIEW: Separated At Birth 33 Yrs Ago, IDTwins Meet For First Time, TODAY (10 min)
VIEW: Child piano prodigy plays Carnegie Hall (3 min)
Shared stories by students
Wk 8 Prenatal Development (Conception to Birth)
Course Content: What were you born into environmentally and culturally?
DISCUSS: Generational & Early Cultural Influences with Stories & Photos
VIEW: Point of View (POV) - PBS Independent Non-fiction Short Films
WATCH: Separated At Birth 33 Yrs Ago, Identical Twins Meet For First Time (10m)
View: The battle between nature and nurture | Irene Gallego Romero | TEDxNTU (14 min)
View: Pt. of View (POV)-PBS Independent Non-fiction Short Films
Applications
CE: Add Environmental & Cultural Influences
VIEW: Screen Clipping (Handout Instructions) by RSD-Marcella
Shared stories by students
Sharing Progress & Challenges
Wk 9 Infancy/Toddlerhood; Psychosocial Dev't (Birth-2 yrs: Trust/Mistrust)
Course Content: Early Family Influences and Attachments w/ Relationships
READ: As Time Goes By by RSD-Christiane K. (Environment-Early Life)
VIEW: Erik Erikson: The Lifespan Approach (Stages Of Psychosocial Dev't)
VIEW: Erik Erikson's Trust vs. Mistrust (2 min)
VIEW: Erik Erikson’s Stages of Psychosocial Dev't - Infancy (0-1 yr): Trust vs. Mistrust
VIEW: The First Two Years
VIEW: Biography of Erik Erikson (1902-1994)
Applications
CE: Add early attachments/relationships to influences in stories.
WATCH: Hilarious Dads - Funny Daddy and Babies Moments (10:00)
Shared stories by students
Sharing Progress & Challenges**
Wk 10 Early Childhood-Play Years (2-6 yrs: Autonomy/Shame)
Preschool Years (4-5 yrs: Initiative/Guilt)** - Family Documentaries
Course Content: Early Childhood Memories
VIEW: Erik Erikson's Initiative vs. Guilt (1:20)
WATCH: Two-Year-Old Dancing to Jailhouse Rock (2m)
WATCH: Four-year-old-boys performing "Jailhouse Rock" (3m)
READ: Metamorphosis by Savanith L.
Applications
CE: Add Childhood 'Life Markers' Within Your Stories
Shared stories by students
Wk 11 Utilizing Local & Library Resources; AI & QR Codes with Mike McMahon
Course Content: Resources to support your story's creativity & progress
WATCH: How to Get a Carlsbad City Library Card Online (3:48)
WATCH: How to Apply for a SD County Library Card (2 min)
Applications
CE: Access resources that support your creativity and story.
VIEW: StoryCorps Stories
Shared stories by students
Wk 12 Scanning Family Photos
Course Content: Google Photo Screen App (4 min)
VIEW: How to Use Your Phone as a Scanner
Wk 13 Video Storytelling: Traditions That Hold a Special Place in your Life
Course Content: Traditions that hold a special place in your life.
READ: Scanning Photos the New Way by Mike McMahon (2:00 PM Presentation)
Click: O.A.T. Complimentary Adventure Travel Planning Guide
Applications
CE: Add Traditions (Food, Family, and Friends) That Left a Place in Your Life
Shared Stories, Progress, & Challenges
Wk 14 Middle Childhood/School Age (Ages 7 to 11 yrs.; Industry/Inferiority)
Course Content: Middle Childhood Memories (The Good & The Bad)
READ: Making Slideshows (Part 1) by Mike McMahon (2:00 PM Presentation)
READ: Psychosocial Development in Middle Childhood
REVIEW: Pioneers of American Landscape Design® Oral History Project
WATCH: Drew Barrymore's (7 y/o) Appearance | Carson Tonight Show (16:10)
Application
CE: Video Storytelling (The Good & The Bad)
Shared stories by students
Wk 15 Adolescence (Ages 12 to 18 yrs.; Identity/Role Confusion )
Course Content: Influences that helped shape your identity in adolescence
WATCH: Identity/Role Confusion (3:49)
WATCH: Raising Happy Teenagers | Raj Raghunathan | TEDxUTAustin (17:57)
Applications
CE: Add Photos, Videos, Stories, Demographics, Education; and Relationships related to Adolescence.
Share stories by students.
Wk 16 Young Adulthood (Ages 19 to 39 yrs.; Intimacy/Isolation)
Course Content: What mattered most to you as a young adult?
READ: Making Slideshows by Mike McMahon (2:00 PM Presentation)
WATCH: Erikson on Intimacy vs Isolation (2 min)
Applications
CE: Storytelling & Photos. Add another range of emotions.
Shared stories by students
Sharing Progress & Challenges *
Wk 17 Middle Adulthood (40-64 yrs.; Generativity: Accomplish/ Stagnation)
Course Content: Your most and least useful accomplishments?
VIEW: Generativity vs. Stagnation in Psychosocial Development
Applications
CE: Add the useful accomplishments that have been important to you; Photo Storage.
VIEW: Reading of Story from Early Adulthood by RSD-Rose Mary
Shared stories by students
Wk 18 (1) Older Adulthood (Ages 65+ yrs.; Meaning & Maturity)
Course Content: Symbols of what you valued in life**
WATCH: On Old Age 1: A Conversation with Joan Erikson at 90 (4:00)
WATCH: On Old Age II: A Conversation with Joan Erikson at 92 (4:27)
WATCH: Quality of Life of the Elderly
WATCH: Senior Citizen Plays Piano...Then Magic Occurs (7:07)
Applications
CE: Add the Life Markers and Legacies Significant to You.
Shared stories by students
Wk 18 (2) End of Semester Review & Celebration
Course Content: Life Stories: Review & Reflections
The Good & The Bad (Challenges & Gratitude!)
VIEW: Life Stages
Applications
Shared stories by students
Sharing Progress & Challenges
Reference: The Developing Person Through the Lifespan (12 Edition) by K. Berger
(Note: Developmental stages and ages range according to theorists and authors.)
For more information: Mike McMahon recommends North Coast Photo Services (Carlsbad,
PC-Photo.Net, & Nelson Photo (Little Italy).
Note: When dating photos, start with the year, month, day (XXXX-XX-XX).
Reminder: This online course is designed so you can follow the weekly structure and/or work independently at your own pace.
You can also join the class via Zoom each week on Fridays from 1:00-3:30.
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Critical & Creative Thinking Throughout Our Lives
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Our Life Stories
The Good & The Bad
Our Gratitude & Our Challenges
The Written & Needing to be Rewritten
The Creatively Expressed & The Unexpressed
Creating Balance As We Go (Or Not!)
Throughout Our Lives!
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