{"id":25,"date":"2015-05-22T22:45:46","date_gmt":"2015-05-22T22:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader6\/?post_type=chapter&p=25"},"modified":"2022-07-22T20:38:27","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T20:38:27","slug":"whatsyourmessage","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/abealfreader6\/chapter\/whatsyourmessage\/","title":{"raw":"What's Your Message?","rendered":"What’s Your Message?"},"content":{"raw":"

Click play on the following audio player to listen along as you read this section.<\/p>\r\nhttps:\/\/media.bccampus.ca\/id\/0_terqn86o?width=608&height=70&playerId=23449753\r\n\r\n[caption id=\"attachment_359\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"450\"]\"a<\/a> Megaphone[\/caption]\r\n\r\nThe stories that stay with us tend to be more than an event with a beginning, middle, and end. The stories that stay with us hold a bit\u00a0of [pb_glossary id=\"682\"]insight[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> into what it means to be human. This [pb_glossary id=\"682\"]insight[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> is the main idea or message of the story. For example, the Ojibwe nation has told stories for thousands of years about a character named Nanabush. Nanabush stories are used to teach children lessons such as the importance of sharing and the value of our elders.\r\n\r\nWhile listening to stories can leave the [pb_glossary id=\"649\"]audience[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> with an important lesson, telling stories can also help the storyteller find a lesson. This is one of the goals of the digital storytelling process. [pb_glossary id=\"672\"]Examining[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> our stories helps us [pb_glossary id=\"712\"]reflect[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> on who we have been, who we are, and who we will become.\r\n\r\nFor example, when putting together All the Truly Important Things<\/em>, the storyteller learned that his lived experience of being [pb_glossary id=\"663\"]diagnosed[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> with HIV allows him to bring comfort to his newly [pb_glossary id=\"663\"]diagnosed[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> HIV-positive patients. When he tells these patients that all the truly important things in life are not lost, they can see that he is a living and breathing example of this truth. This hope may be the best [pb_glossary id=\"691\"]medicine[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> he can share with his patients, and it\u2019s a [pb_glossary id=\"691\"]medicine[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> that would not be as healing if he did not share the same illness.\r\n\r\nIn 7th Word<\/em>, Tat\u00e9 BlackBear\u2019s message is that the classroom is everywhere. After the government spent over 100 years trying to erase the Lakota language, learning Lakota might seem impossible. But Tat\u00e9\u2019s successes keep him hungry to learn more. Some of his most [pb_glossary id=\"689\"]meaningful[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> learning happens in the bus on the way to the skate park, or sitting around the kitchen table eating berry pudding. Tat\u00e9\u2019s digital story shows that by [pb_glossary id=\"669\"]embracing[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> these moments, Tat\u00e9 has been -- and will continue to be -- an [pb_glossary id=\"644\"]active[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong> learner of Lakota language and culture.\r\n

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Digital Story Spotlight<\/p>\r\n\r\n<\/header>\r\n

\r\n\r\nIn 2008, a project called Nurstory was launched. The project used digital storytelling to help nurses reflect on the way they practiced nursing. By sharing their digital stories with their colleagues, the nurses improved their ability to cope with a difficult job, work well with others, be leaders, and make ethical decisions.\r\n\r\nCathy Jaynes is one of the nurses who participated in the Nurstory project. She worked as an emergency nurse. Her job involved flying in helicopters to the scene of an [pb_glossary id=\"640\"]accident[\/pb_glossary]<\/strong>. On the surface, her digital\u00a0story Go Around<\/em><\/a> is about a helicopter ride that almost ended\u00a0in disaster. But it\u2019s really about the recognition of Cathy\u2019s voice and value as a person. As you watch this digital story, consider these two questions:\r\n