Digital Storytelling

Digital Storytelling is one of my favorite educational applications of Web 2.0 technologies. Students can easily bring life to their own writing (stories, reports, etc..) with different multimedia technologies such as Microsoft's Photo Story and Mac's iMovie.

Below are some of my favorite sites that have examples of Digital Storytelling.

• University of Houston's, College of Education, Digital Storytelling site: http://digitalstorytelling.coe.uh.edu/
• Scott County School District in Kentucky, Digital Storytelling site: http://www.dtc.scott.k12.ky.us/technology/digitalstorytelling/ds.html
  

This PBS page provides a nice lesson plan for incorporating digital storytelling into instruction.

• http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/teacher3.html

Links to common tools that are used in schools.

• Photo Story: http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx
  
• iMovie: http://www.apple.com/ilife/imovie/
  

Digital Stories can used in the classroom by having students work alone or in groups. They can be used in almost any classroom. How can it be used in your classroom?