Experience Fun, Learning, Creativity and Spirit Renewal!
 I rediscovered my creative self this week - Krista |
Join us for a five-day DigiTales’ Storytelling 2010 Summer Camp! You do not need to be a high tech user or an accomplished storyteller to attend. This unique artistic learning retreat is being held in the Colorado Mountains just twenty miles from Estes Park. DigiTales’ Camp is designed to immerse paper-trained adults and kids in a personal digital storytelling experience that will leave them with a multitude of technical and communication skills as well as a perfect opportunity to renew individual or team spirit within the heart of the Rocky Mountains.
Who | What | When | Where | What to Bring | Registering and Pricing | Cancellation Policy | Camp Handouts
Who
Bernajean Porter will
lead DigiTales’ Summer Storytelling Camps. AKA writer, speech
and debate coach, inventor, author, teacher of possibilities, media
maker, futurist, master of survival techniques when working with
adolescents, professional speaker, technology consultant, teacher
of teachers, long-term technology user, promoter of anything that
increases joy, spirit and outrageous possibilities in all aspects
of life for kids and adults and now. . . a digital storytelling
guide. Likes: Watching stars, designing group events, mountain
living, learning anytime anywhere, moon glows, adventure travel,
can-do attitudes, mangoes, magic, building community spirit, lilacs,
ATVing, a good story and living life juicy! Dislikes: Rules of
all kinds. Loose ends. Stale strawberry licorice. People insisting
on having negative and limiting beliefs. Letting worst fears ruling
the day. Having narrow choices. And milking cows. Pet
Philosophy: Da Um Jeitinho – there is always a way!
What
Life is quite simply full of stories! Begin by choosing a defining moment in your life that is a story that needs to be told. In our lives, there are moments, decisive moments, when the direction of our lives was shaped or reshaped. A major achievement, the time of a particularly bad setback, a decision made or not made, meeting a special person, the end of a relationship, a relationship with a family member, the death of a loved one, an unexpected challenging event, are all examples of these fork-in-the-road defining moments. Now is a fun and perfect time to claim your own defining moment story!
Each digital story (voice, images, and sound) uses a personal experience to develop a 3-5 minute digital living memory with a specific point, a moral, an a-ha awareness or a specific understanding that is told from the heart and not the head. Make sure the story you choose to tell develops your own thinking, spirit and viewpoint not just telling about the situation. How has your family’s history given meaning to or shaped your life? How did that defining moment or situation influence your thinking, beliefs, or life? Trust your own voice and unique approach to tell your stories. The magic is that if a story touches you -- then that is the story that needs to be told! And just think of the joy and insights your life story will give to all those who know you and all those who are yet to know you in future time.
When We need to foster in others the same kind of awesome passion we found this week with our own stories - Robert |
Usually DigiTale’s Storytelling Camp is a three-day format. However the five-day summer format was designed to provide for both the in-depth digital storytelling creative work as well as personal time to enjoy the mountain camp and local area. CLICK here for DigiTale’s Summer Camp Visual Schedule.
- July 16-21, 2010
You will enjoy the breath-taking mountain drive up to Highland’s
Camp located in AllensPark, Colorado. We will learn and work together
in a brand new conference center featuring glass walled conference
rooms that over look the Rocky Mountains. The lodging rooms offer
a wide variety of choices from singles, family or joining spaces
to create team rooms. The newly built lodging rooms have sleeping
and sitting room with lots of rustic charm like the handmade quilts
sewn by a multitude of women’s church groups. Prices for
the week vary depending on number of people sharing a room. CLICK
here to view Highland’s Camp.
CLICK here to view Highland’s Camp.
Each storyteller is responsible to bring their own personal laptop (MAC and WIN platforms supported). Be sure to install and test the basic software identified for digital storytelling prior to camp week. Please be sure to have a wireless network card along with any specific utility disks or warranty phone contacts needed for any emergency situations that may occur. CLICK here for MAC Checklist. CLICK here for WIN Checklist.CLICK here for MAC Checklist. CLICK here for WIN Checklist.
Review the Camper’s Invitation, Camp Agenda, and DigiTales’s book in order to maximize readiness for DigiTales’ Summer Storytelling Camp. Each storyteller needs to draft a one page (500 words or less) personal narrative unfolding a defining moment in their life. While we will have time and hardware to digitize images, memorabilia, and video on-site, prior preparation lessens the onsite work and increases personal time during camp.
Wear very casual, comfortable clothes. Even though it is summer, when the sun goes down the Rocky mountains can be chilly. Be prepared for warm days, cool days and wet days! Hiking, biking, horse-back riding, canoeing, volleyball, table games and adventure rock climbing may mean different clothes or the same clothes to you – use your own judgment. CLICK here for What to Bring Camp List.
Any and all snacks are welcome but no alcohol is permitted on campgrounds. Smoking is not permitted in view of any minors. Please plan to drink LOTS of water to both avoid altitude sickness and to increase the creative function of your brain’s dendrites which specialize in receiving and transmitting information.
Registration and PricingEach of DigiTales’ Summer Storytelling Camps is limited to no more than 20 spaces with Bernajean Porter as facilitator and an additional technical support staff. Two people may share one storytelling space IF they are collaborating on the same story.
Pricing:$850 per week for each storytelling space PLUS lodging cost. Pricing includes a registration package with DigiTales: the Art of Telling Digital Stories book, all onsite materials, complimentary access to online training, and individual learning support for the entire week. Families and friends are welcome to come for the package price of lodging plus meals per person.
Complete the DigiTales Camp Registration Form
Choose one of the
following *Lodging Package Prices for five night stay, all meals
except two dinners with 24 hour snacks included:
Single occupancy: $745 for camp week
Double occupancy: $470 for camp week
Triple occupancy: $345 for camp week
Quadruple occupancy: $300 for camp week
Contact: Michele Harman for registration and travel arrangements
(303) 442-2229
Contact: Bernajean Porter for content (720) 381-6336
Due to limited space and contract fees with Highlands Camp, any participant needing to cancel after registration will be charged a $250 cancellation fee from any refunds. If cancellation is made at least 45 days prior to the camp date of July 18, a cancellation fee of $250 will be deducted from your refund. Any cancellation within the 45 days will forfeit the entire registration plus all lodging costs UNLESS we are able to fill your space with another participant from our waiting list. If another participant is able to take your story space, a refund will be made minus the $250 cancellation fee
