Why Storytelling in the Classroom Matters  (Edutopia.org; July 2014)

Storytelling is the oldest form of teaching. It bonded the early human communities, giving children the answers to the biggest questions of creation, life, and the afterlife. Stories define us, shape us, control us, and make us. Not every human culture in the world is literate, but every single culture tells stories.

Digital Scholarship Lab 2010:

• Audio Studio: Robert Nelson (90.9 FM KRCL Radio background)

• Video Studio: Tony Sams (photography, film background)

New Media Lab – Creativity & Innovation Services, 2015

Digital Storytelling Project(s):

• Tony: WRT 3040  – Voicing Folklore: Discovering Special Collections through Digital Storytelling
• Robert: COMM 5580 – Public Relations & Non-Profit Campaigns: Smile Jamaica Reggae Radio

My story:

• Student in the Marriott Library, 1988
• Reggae Deejay/Smile Jamaica Host, 90.9 FM KRCL, 1988
• BA in History, 1989
• Marriott Librarian, 1994

COMM 5580 – Public Relations and Non-Profit Campaigns. Tristin Tabish – instructor

Course description: This course is a service-learning experience for students who wish to learn more about public relations tools and practices and collaborate with working professionals. At the end of the semester, students will be able to:

• Invisible college – (collegial connection. The instructor is a former deejay/staff on KRCL now Content Director at  90.1 KUER.)

• Class Lecture – Reggae History Lesson (Digital Storytelling, Communication)

<Reggae History Lesson – The Middle Passage; 73 sec.>

• Show Smile Jamaica Blog (Social Media)

Reggae, Jamaica and the Middle Passage

• Smile Jamaica – Radio/Radio Ark-Ive listening assignment (Broadcast Media/New Media/Media Archives)

• Tour of the Station for Videographers. Film Smile Jamaica in progress (Broadcast Media/Traditional Media, Marketing & Promotion)
• Teach students how to write Public Service Announcements (PSA’s) for on air broadcast. 30 second scripts (Writing for Media Promotion)
• Record their PSA’s in the Marriott Library’s Audio Studio (Radio Marketing & Promotion, New Media, Sound Art)

<Smile Jamaica Promo, Fahad – Kuwait>

Taglines:

• Greetings!
• Roots Reggae & Dub for 25+ years
• Reggae History Lessons
• Your College for Musical Knowledge
• The King’s Music, Jamaican Blues

• Record Show Bumpers (90.9FM Smile Jamaica) (Broadcast Media, Communication, Radio Marketing & Promotion)

<Spanish language bumper>

• Show LibGuide for “Interviewing for Research” for Smile Jamaica host interview (Communication, Interviewing/Journalism/Marketing)