Watch Joe Sabia narrate a digital story about storytelling technology in real-time using an iPad. How meta of him!
The New Digital Storytelling by
"People have been creating digital stories since before the Web began, but only recently have so many powerful mediums for sharing these stories become available to the general population. Today's digital storytelling is not just for tech-savvy individuals; anyone with a desire to express their creativity can learn to use modern technology to share their experiences."
Digital Storytelling: Form and Content by
This edited collection brings together academics and practitioners to explore the uses of Digital Storytelling, which places the greatest possible emphasis on the voice of the storyteller. Case studies are used as a platform to investigate questions of concept, theory and practice, and to shine an interrogative light on this emergent form of participatory media. The collection examines the creative and academic roots of Digital Storytelling before drawing on a range of international examples to consider the way in which the practice has established itself and evolved in different settings across the world.
New Narratives by
"Just as the explosive growth of digital media has led to ever-expanding narrative possibilities and practices, so these new electronic modes of storytelling have, in their own turn, demanded a rapid and radical rethinking of narrative theory. This timely volume takes up the challenge, deeply and broadly considering the relationship between digital technology and narrative theory in the face of the changing landscape of computer-mediated communication. New Narratives reflects the diversity of its subject by bringing together some of the foremost practitioners and theorists of digital narratives."
Digital storytelling elevates the age-old tradition of storytelling to new and emergent heights by coupling stories with digital tools that aid in their telling. From Microsoft PowerPoint to video editing software to web-based applications, the tools at a digital storyteller's disposal vary widely in terms of complexity and effect. A digital story can be stripped-down, as in the case of a narrated PowerPoint; or it can be artsy and embellished, as in the case of a highly produced video. The possibilities are as numerous as they are exciting.
One way to gain footing in this dizzying realm of possibility is to approach digital storytelling as a multistep process that is best negotiated one step at a time. The below diagram, created by K12 educator Samantha Morra, should prove helpful in this regard.
All would-be digital storytellers need to get a better sense of how digital tools can aid in the telling of stories. One way to do this is by watching a few digital stories from the University of Houston's repository while paying special attention to how symbols, images, music, sound, video transitions, and other media conventions are used to convey meaning. It is also useful to think about the role of the narrator in each story.
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