by Michelle Ossa

Created on: June 16, 2009   Last Updated: July 15, 2009

Storytelling 2.0

What is it? Storytelling 2.0, voicethreads, audioblogs, digital stories, etc., is a method where people publish pictures or photographs, create a form of animated slideshow with them, and get to reflect upon them in a narration that goes along with the presentation.

How is Digital Storytelling useful in education? The question is, how is it NOT useful. There are myriads of possibilities.

Digital Storytelling, voicethreads, or audio blogs are a GREAT educational tool that integrates many 21st century skills:

Performing searches in the computer (ex: for pictures); Saving, creating folders for pictures and files; Writing reflections upon a photograph, or picture; Reading out their reflections; Recording the readings on microphone; Saving the file on the computer, then opening and inserting it again; Self- evaluating the worth of their work in rubrics prior to publishing; Publishing and sharing. EW56Bhttp://www.lingtechguistics.wordpress.com/WH6PD Z6EFP STORYTELLING 2.O - OUTSTANDING WEBSITES FOR YOU!

http://www.americanfamilystories.org- American Family Stories

This moving tribute to family, traditions and culture is a project by Joe McHugh in which you will find audio logs, pictures, and stories of families going through the good and the bad. Great idea for you to create your own in class!

http://www.bbc.co.uk/wales/audiovideo/sites/gallerie s/pages/digitalstorytelling.shtml BBC Wales

The BBC-Wales offers several digital stories where musicians, news reporters, community workers, and everyday people narrate their experiences. This helpful for students to understand how a good narrative is produced both orally and in writing.

EW56Bhttp://www.itvs.org/beyondthefireWH6PDZ6EFP

http://www.itvs.org/beyondthefire/ Beyond the Fire

Far from just a blog, this incredible project portrays the stories of 7 teenagers. What do they have in common? They are all war refugees from different zones. Think about asking your students to reflect and write a critical analysis on what they saw, then explain their own realities the way it is done on the site.

EW56Bhttp://www.bubbleshare.com/WH6PDZ6EFP

www.bubbleshare.com

Bubble share is a photo sharing application similar to FLICKR. and Photobucket, however, it seems to be a bit more filtered for student needs. That way, every picture you ask the students to research will not come back with a double entendre.

http://www.cistory.org/

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