Learning with storytelling

Digital training days on storytelling as an educational method in all learning environments

With consistently high ratings from our participants, we feel empowered to put together another package of continuing education where storytelling is the educational focus. Due to the special situation we are currently in, Learning with storytelling 2021 will be conducted digitally.

The program offers inspiring lectures, good examples, practical workshops and idea-creating meetings with other teachers, educators and trainers. You will meet Nordic experts with perspectives from universities, classrooms and the world of storytelling - theory and practice in interaction.

Learning with storytelling 2021 is aimed at those who work with learning in preschool, primary school, upper secondary school, SFI, popular education or in other learning environments - the conference is relevant on a general level.

The conference is organized by the Nordic Storytelling Centre, a department of Västerbottensteatern.

ENG: Further education for pedagogues - Storytelling as an educational tool

 

Program 2021

 

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 10
08:30-09:00 CHECK-IN/ TECHNICAL CHECK

09:00-09:20 NORDIC STORYTELLING CENTER
Robert Herrala opens the conference with inspiration and progress report. Moderator presents the practical arrangements.

09:20-10:05 THE DIFFICULT STORY
Mimesis Heidi Dahlsveen, Norway, storyteller, writer and first lecturer at Oslomet Story University.
This pedagogical and performative presentation is based on the Erasmus+KA2 project "Common Ground Common future" and is based on the hypothesis that all stories contain a social stigma. Through examples and exercises, participants will gain insight into how a story works and affects us.

(Coffee break 10 min)

10:15-11:00 STORYTELLING TOOLBOX Veva Gerard, (BE), storyteller and coach, FEST collaborator and developer of the model and toolbox.
Katty van Kerkhove (BE) network coordinator of FEST- Federation for European Storytelling.
A description of a newly launched competency model - Storytelling in 8 Colors, a practical and educational toolkit for oral storytelling. Find out how it can be used to inspire, improve and expand your skills as a storytelling teacher/educator. (English).

(Leg stretcher 5 min)

11:05-12:00 STORYTELLING AS A SOCIAL TOOL
Max Bremer, Finland, actor, producer and director at Storysharing Universum, Helsinki, talks about the project and the methods of Story Sharing Cafés. We will also try to participate in a digital storytelling café.

12:00-13:00 Lunch

13:00-13:45 SPEAKING TOGETHER AND INTERACTING
On the importance of oral conversation. Åsa Wedin, Dalarna University. PhD in second language research and professor of pedagogical work. On the importance of speech for language development.

13:45-13:50 Break

13:50 - 14:35 SAGOBYGDEN AND SAGOMUSEUM - BRINGING THE ORAL STORYTELLING TRADITION TO LIFE
Mikael Thomasson, Ljungby/Kronoberg, storyteller educator. A presentation of Sagobygden in Kronoberg. For 30 years, the oral storytelling tradition has been spread and developed. Three storytelling educators work mainly with children and young people in preschools, schools and cultural schools. In November 2018, Sagobygden was recognized by UNESCO. The lecture includes practical tips on how to work with:
Developing children and young people's storytelling.
Bringing the stories of the place to life.
Use oral storytelling in value-based work.

14:35-14:50 Coffee break

14:50-15:10 FORTAELLETID - A DIGITAL LEARNING PORTAL FOR STORYTELLING IN PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES
Kasper Sørensen, Denmark, storyteller and founder of the company Foraellekunsten and producer of Words, an annual storytelling festival in Elsinore. (English)

15:10-15:40 DIALOGUE IN BIKUPOR in Breakout Rooms

15:40 - 16:00 SUMMARY OF THE DAY

THURSDAY 11 FEBRUARY

08:30-09:00 CHECK-IN/ TECHNICAL CHECK

09:00 - 12:00 FILMING WITH YOUR MOBILE
Mikael Sundkvist, runs P-town Production, still photographer and filmmaker. A practical workshop for those who want to learn more about how you can use your mobile phone to document and share your stories and how you can support others in their digital storytelling. The workshop will mix theory and practice and give concrete tips on e.g. composing, sound and light and different ways of editing with mobile apps.
Practical exercises where we learn to use the mobile, film and edit digital projects.