Digital+Storytelling

[|Digital Storytelling] is a fantastic way to engage students, teachers and just about anyone else who has ever wanted to be the next Ken Burns or Steven Spielberg. There are many different definitions of "digital storytelling," but in general, all of them revolve around the idea of combining the longstanding art of telling stories with any of a variety of available multimedia tools, including graphics, audio, video animation, and Web publishing."

The University of Houston has a wonderful site devoted to the [|education uses of digital storytelling], including an [|introduction], [|goals and objectives], [|getting started], [|**examples**], [|evaluation tools] and more!

Ideas for Photostories:
Ideas for Photostory 3 Projects Photostory & Movie Maker Ideas

**Copyright Friendly Resources:**
**Creative Commons Search** FlickrCC FreePlayMusic- Library of free, available music to use with Photostories

Storybird Voice Thread Animoto (education version) [] [|Bookr] [|StoryJumper] [|Five Card Flickr Story]
 * Web 2.0 Digital Storytelling Resources:**

**Digital Stories using Photostory**

[[file:Photostory Ideas - Bilingual.doc]]
Photostory resource links

Digital Storytelling Using Movie Maker [[file:MovieMaker Agenda2.ppt]]
Movie Maker resource links

Other Resources
//PowerPoint presentation for trainers from UofH site:// Recommended Microphone