Describe a meaningful learning experience that started with a story. What made it impactful for you? Did you recognize any of the storytelling techniques reviewed this week?
I remember in hisotry class back in elementary school, when i was in China, the teacher taught us the fascinating story about chinese history and how a boy who were born a beggar overcame his adversity to become the founder emperor of Ming dynasty, this got me interested in that character and make me weel enegaged thru learning aout the history of Ming dynasty.
In the reading this week, 7 Storytelling Techniques Used by the Most Inspiring TED Presenters, which of the presenters did you find most compelling? What technique(s) did you recognize in their talk?
The presenter that I found most compelling was Leslie Morgan Steiner, she showed her personal story and guided the audiences thru that story to create some level of resonance that we are all part of the audiences that one day might experiance similar situations around us. she also tried to put us thru her personal perspective by giving us the what if’s if we were in that situation, to think and consider the circumstances so that we could be in her shoes or at least understand her.
What storytelling techniques have you used instinctively and which ones require more work for you? Which techniques will you focus on moving forward?
I will definetely try to take people into my perspective by first creating a personal story, I believe that people are good resoners and would want to listen to the stroy or experiances of others, therefore taking them thru a first personal view of things are able to get you involved into thinking thru your perspective and possibly put them into your shoes to experiance the same emotions as you would experianced it.
Another technique i would like to use is to create suspense, since suspense will want people to follow up the story more, and thus this would let them pay attention, if people think the learning is boring and do not want to follow up they would not pay attention thus it would affect the learning outcome, therefore creating suspense would get them to pay more attention and thus improve the learning outcome.
Hi Bruce,
Thanks for sharing your experience of storytelling, I am also familiar with the story of the Ming dynasty’s emperor. In addition to arousing empathy and creating suspense, I try to make my stories interesting and increase interaction with the audience, such as asking questions or answering their doubts. I am committed to helping learners imagine new experiences, inspire empathy, and promote their understanding.
Hi Bruce，
I agree that when learning history, is more memorable and easier to understand when the teacher narratively teaches us. It is very useful to use a storyline to learn about history to keep students interested than to memorize it by rote. Besides, your last point about the suspense is very creative and will make the students concentrate more. But I think not all knowledge and learning content can be taught in a storytelling way, for example, theories and definitions are difficult to tell in a story. Do you have the same opinion?