Digital+Storytelling

The university of Houston have put together what is possibly the most comprehensive collection of tools, resources and media to assist teachers and students in better understanding [|the Educational uses of digital Storytelling.]

Important Resources:

 * 50+ Storytelling Tools from CogDogBlog: [|Alan Levine] has done much background work in finding some of the best tools available for developing web-based stories. Take a look and try some of the tools that Alan has listed.
 * [|Digital Storytelling from Wes Fryer]: Wes Fryer's digital storytelling wiki is one of the best resources on the subject. Beyond listing tools, Wes looks at some important issues such as copyright, fair use, and intellectual property.
 * [|Center for Digital Storytelling Examples]: This Center is a non-profit organization that helps individuals and institutions build digital stories. The examples of digital stories, and resources related to digital storytelling, may be useful.
 * Digital Story Telling Workshop: This is an excellent resource from Patrick Woessner, MICDS (St. Louis) featuring a step-by-step workshop for teachers.
 * [|Meg's Digital Storytelling Resources]: An excellent resource with many good examples of digital stories and links across curriculum.
 * [|Digital Storytelling Collection]: Great resource from David Jakes including articles, media resources and examples of digital stories.
 * [|Thirty Places]: An excellent article that points to "Thirty Plus Places to Find Creative Commons Media"
 * [|Digital Storytelling]: A great resource from Helen C. Barrett.
 * [|Beyond Words]: "From essay to multimedia collage" by Jason Ohler.
 * [|Digitales]: The art of telling digital stories.
 * [|Video in the Classroom]: Excellent resource for elementary students by Matthew Needleman.
 * [|AFI Screen Nation]: Learning resources and examples from the American Film Institute.
 * [|21st Century Educator's Handbook (PDF)]: From the American Film Institute.
 * [|Digital Storytelling Tools for Educators]: A free book on Lulu by Silvia Tolisano.

British photographer, educator and digital storyteller, [|Daniel Meadows] defines digital stories as "short, personal multimedia tales told from the heart." He maintains that the beauty of this form of digital expression is that these stories can be created by people everywhere, on any subject, and shared electronically all over the world. Meadows goes on to describe digital stories as //"multimedia sonnets from the people" in which "photographs discover the talkies, and the stories told assemble in the ether as pieces of a jigsaw puzzle, a gaggle of invisible histories which, when viewed together, tell the bigger story of our time, the story that defines who we are."//