Digital storytelling reshaped my professional and creative life.

Several years ago, I attended a digital storytelling workshop offered by StoryCenter in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. The workshop awakened in me a creative streak that I didn't know existed. Since that workshop in 2011, digital storytelling has been a centerpiece of my professional life, both as a teacher and a maker.

I love nothing more than to work with students as they tackle the joys and complexities of creating a multimedia story. Together we face the challenges of telling a story in a very short amount of time, using technology that may be unfamiliar. Over and over again, I've seen how digital storytelling gets under their skin, the way it did for me many years ago.

ANNE'S background

• I am currently a Teaching Artist at the Loft Literary Center, where I have taught an introductory class in digital storytelling since 2019.

• Since 2021, I have taught classes for Community Connect Maine, a non-profit that works with individuals with developmental disabilities.

• I am a Professor Emerita at Metropolitan State University, St. Paul, MN. I have been a college teacher for over 30 years, teaching and developing curriculum in professional writing, rhetoric, gender studies, information literacy, and digital storytelling.

• I have won multiple teaching awards at Metro State, including the Outstanding Teacher Award (2017), the Foundation Faculty Excellence Award (2010), and the Excellence in Teaching Award (2005).

• I have a B.A. in English from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Composition and Rhetoric from the University of Minnesota.

• In recent years, I've taken classes and workshops at StoryCenter, the MPLS Photo Center, Adobe Education Exchange, SPNN, Film North, the School of Motion, as well as in Metropolitan State's studio arts and screenwriting programs.

• I love to bicycle, garden, and create interesting Photoshop compositions featuring my standard poodle, Rafa.

For more information, see my resumé.

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